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Microsoft is banning police in the U.S. from using its AI service for facial recognition

Microsoft is banning the use of its artificial intelligence service for facial recognition “by or for” police departments in the United...

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Microsoft says it released 30 responsible AI tools in the past year

Microsoft shared its responsible artificial intelligence practices from the past year in an inaugural report, including releasing 30 responsible AI...

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Apple's secret AI lab, ChatGPT's hallucinations, and explicit chatbot girlfriends: AI news roundup

The growing demand for artificial intelligence is heating up the talent war among companies, and putting heat on the government. On Wednesday, Google...

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AI has the potential to drive innovation and improve productivity, report finds

More businesses are making use of artificial intelligence — and it has potential to drive innovation and improve productivity growth, a new report...

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Joe Biden asked ChatGPT to write a Bruce Springsteen-style song the first time he used it

Even the most powerful person in the world is impressed by ChatGPT.Read more...

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Huawei is secretly funding U.S. research despite being blacklisted, report says

Despite being on the U.S. trade blacklist since 2019, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has secretly been the sole funder of a research...

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Starlink terminals are continuing to operate in unlicensed nations

Starlink satellite internet terminals are reportedly still operating in unlicensed places, despite the company’s warning last month that the service...

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Microsoft's fear over Google's AI dominance likely led to its partnership with OpenAI, email shows

Microsoft’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI likely came out of a fear of Google dominating the AI race, an email shows.Read...

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Google asks the U.S. to update immigration policies it blames for AI talent shortage

Unlike other parts of the tech industry, the artificial intelligence sector is struggling to find the right recruits, and now a major tech company is...

wednesday 10

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is reportedly closing in on a Starlink deal in Yemen

SpaceX is reportedly close to finalizing a licensing deal to provide Starlink satellite internet terminals to Yemen. Read more...

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Sanctions can't stop Huawei from soaring past Apple in China

Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei reported a rise in profit for the fourth consecutive quarter, outpacing its rival Apple, and showing its resilience...

30.04.2024 10

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is fine with employees thinking he's hard to work for

As head of one of the world’s most valuable companies, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang doesn’t believe getting there should be easy —...

30.04.2024 10

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Walmart is launching its own premium grocery brand to compete with Trader Joe's and Whole Foods

Walmart is stepping up its grocery game with a new line of trendy, chef-inspired foods, in its largest private brand food launch in two decades.Read...

30.04.2024 10

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ChatGPT's 'hallucinations' have OpenAI under scrutiny in Europe

OpenAI is under scrutiny in the European Union again — this time over ChatGPT’s hallucinations about people. Read more...

29.04.2024 20

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Bill Gates remains a quiet Microsoft power broker, report says

Despite publicly distancing himself from the company he founded, Bill Gates has quietly remained active behind the scenes of Microsoft’s artificial...

29.04.2024 20

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says companies will 'still want human' workers as AI grows

The man behind the chips powering the current artificial intelligence boom doesn’t think the technology is going to replace human workers.Read...

29.04.2024 9

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Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and the 20 other leaders on the new AI safety board

The people responsible for driving the current artificial intelligence boom are now being tasked with advising the U.S. government on how to safely...

26.04.2024 4

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China is backing away from facial recognition technology — at least in hotels

Thanks to data privacy concerns, Chinese officials are reportedly telling hotels in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou to stop scanning their...

26.04.2024 10

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OpenAI's Sam Altman, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and other tech leaders are joining a new federal AI safety board

Some of the people driving today’s artificial intelligence boom are getting another responsibility — this time to ensure the U.S. government...

26.04.2024 10

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Meta's AI annoys, Microsoft and Amazon under scrutiny, banks go all-in: AI news roundup

There’s no escaping AI, it seems, with a researcher predicting the technology will “be in every nook and cranny” of big banks, and vaccine maker...

26.04.2024 20

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Moderna's chief executive wants employees to use ChatGPT no less than 20 times a day

One of the world’s top vaccine-makers is partnering with a major AI company to advance medicine — and its chief executive is excited.Read more...

25.04.2024 20

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A Nvidia-backed startup just unveiled AI avatars that can express human emotions

An AI startup backed by Nvidia introduced its next generation of AI avatars that can understand context from text inputs and express human emotions,...

25.04.2024 4

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Micron will get $6.1 billion in CHIPS Act funding for plants in New York and Idaho

The U.S. isn’t slowing down its efforts to bring chipmaking stateside to compete with China, and the country’s largest maker of computer memory...

25.04.2024 10

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Microsoft and Amazon's AI deals are getting antitrust scrutiny in the U.K.

Big Tech’s investments into smaller AI firms to boost their spot in the AI race aren’t without some scrutiny.Read more...

24.04.2024 10

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says layoffs were more disruptive than expected

Music streaming giant Spotify is feeling the effects of its largest-ever round of layoffs — ones it would rather skip.Read more...

24.04.2024 4

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Larry Ellison says Oracle is moving its 'world headquarters' to Nashville

After leaving Silicon Valley for Austin in 2020, computer software company Oracle is planning to move its headquarters further east again to Nashville...

24.04.2024 10

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Amazon drone delivery is leaving California and coming to Arizona

Amazon is bringing its same-day drone delivery to customers in Phoenix, Arizona and shuttering the service for customers in Northern California. Read...

23.04.2024 4

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Google fires over 20 more workers after protests against its contract with Israel

After firing over two dozen employees last week after protests against its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, Google has fired more...

23.04.2024 10

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Apple's iPhone sales in China fell almost 20% — its worst quarter since 2020

Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 19% to start the year, according to new a report, Apple’s worst performance in the country since the beginning...

23.04.2024 8

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AI is 'a new kind of digital species,' Microsoft AI chief says

Microsoft’s AI chief said those building AI should make sure it’s easy for the public to comprehend it—and offered his own analogy to help do...

22.04.2024 9

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Sam Altman and others are investing $20 million in a startup tackling AI's energy problem

An energy startup aimed at cleaning up artificial intelligence’s massive use of electricity is getting a multi-million dollar boost from investors,...

22.04.2024 10

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China's Huawei chip is 'not nearly as good' and 'years behind the U.S.,' top official says

American efforts to curb advanced chipmaking in China are working, a top U.S. official said. The chip used in sanctioned Chinese tech company...

22.04.2024 30

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Meta is putting its ChatGPT competitor AI assistant on Facebook and Instagram

Meta is ready to put its AI assistant in the ring with ChatGPT in the chatbot fight.Read more...

19.04.2024 5

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China ordered Apple to take WhatsApp, Telegram, and other messaging apps off the iPhone

China is cracking down on foreign technology in the country, and is now targeting popular messaging apps on the Chinese App Store.Read more...

19.04.2024 10

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Jeff Bezos' $100 million, Google's $100 billion, and Microsoft's new play: AI news roundup

The world’s most important semiconductor foundry predicted its second-quarter sales may rise by up to 30%— higher than previously projected—...

19.04.2024 10

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Chipmaking giant TSMC expects to pocket even more AI profits

The world’s most important semiconductor foundry predicted its second-quarter sales can rise by up to 30% — higher than projected — amid an AI...

18.04.2024 6

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Read Google's memo on firing employees who protested its cloud contract with Israel

Google fired 28 employees late Wednesday after staffers led a series of protests against the company’s cloud computing and AI services contract with...

18.04.2024 20

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Google fired 28 workers who protested the company's Israel contract

More than two dozen Google employees were fired Wednesday after a series of protests against the company’s cloud computing and AI services contract...

18.04.2024 10

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Boston Dynamics has debuted a fully electric robot (with a dig at Tesla)

A future of humanoid robots taking over dangerous tasks from real people might not be too far off — and that future may be electric.Read more...

17.04.2024 10

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OpenAI's French rival Mistral AI reportedly says it's worth $5 billion

French open source AI startup Mistral AI is speaking to investors about raising hundreds of millions of dollars in its next funding round and seeking...

17.04.2024 10

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Apple might start making iPhones in Indonesia, CEO Tim Cook says

Apple is looking to diversify its manufacturing beyond China, and it’s interested in the country’s neighbors. Read more...

17.04.2024 10

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Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund giving out $100 million for AI solutions to tackle climate change

One of the world’s richest people is awarding $100 million in grants for AI solutions to tackle climate change and nature loss.Read more...

16.04.2024 5

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AMD is taking on Nvidia and Intel with a new AI computer chip

The AI race isn’t all about tech giants trying to create bigger and better chatbots. It includes the chipmakers powering the latest AI-enabled...

16.04.2024 10

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Google will spend more than $100 billion on AI, exec says

After comparing the billions of dollars going into AI development to crypto hype, Google’s AI chief executive said Monday the company will spend...

16.04.2024 5

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Microsoft's new AI play is a $1.5 billion investment in an Abu Dhabi firm with China ties

Microsoft is making a $1.5 billion investment into United Arab Emirates-based AI company, Group 42 Holding (G42), that will bring its AI technology to...

16.04.2024 10

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What Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jamie Dimon, and other business leaders say about AI and its future

Whether it’s about new chatbots and chips, or the billions going into its development, sentiment around the future of generative artificial...

16.04.2024 9

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OpenAI is coming to Asia with its first office in Japan

OpenAI marked its expansion into Asia by opening its first office on the continent in Tokyo, Japan, the company said Sunday.Read more...

15.04.2024 4

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Samsung will get $6.4 billion in CHIPS Act funding for chipmaking facilities in Texas

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is the latest chipmaker to receive billions from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, the Biden administration said...

15.04.2024 20

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A former Google CEO invested in China's AI industry while warning it was a threat to the U.S.

Despite publicly warning that China’s AI efforts could be a strategic threat to the U.S., former Google CEO Eric Schmidt pursued connections with...

12.04.2024 9

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OpenAI's Sam Altman is trying to poach some of Microsoft's customers

The AI race is heating up — even between business partners.Read more...

12.04.2024 8

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