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By Herzlich A federal jury in San Francisco found a former Google software engineer guilty of espionage and theft of trade secrets in the first-ever espionage conviction related to AI. …
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By Zilber OpenAI has come to terms on a massive 7-year, $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure cloud computing capabilities needed to power its suite of advanced …
Read More By Elisa OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, …
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By Barrabi Google avoided a forced breakup of its online search monopoly after a federal judge rejected the harshest remedies proposed by the Justice Department – sparking furor from critics …
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By Zilber The decades-long quest to create a practical quantum computer is accelerating as major tech companies say they are closing in on designs that could scale from small lab …
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By Elisa A sweeping cyberespionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 different organizations as of the weekend, one of the researchers who helped uncover the campaign said. Microsoft …
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By Elisa TikTok is building a new version of its app for users in the US ahead of a planned sale of the app to a group of investors, The …
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By Zilber Google’s controversial AI-generated summaries – which have been blamed for crushing the traffic of US news sites – have drawn an antitrust complaint in the European Union from …
Read More By Zilber Google’s AI Overviews feature has led to a significant increase in the frequency of “zero clicks” to search queries — drastically reducing traffic to news websites, according to …
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By Herzlich China is fast encroaching on the US’ lead in the artificial intelligence race – raising concerns that Beijing could use the tech for strategic military advancements and the …
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By Elisa A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under US copyright law. …
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By Elisa Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action that accused it of downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into …
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By Barrabi Amazon CEO Andy Jassy ominously warned that he expects the rise of generative artificial intelligence to “reduce” the company’s corporate workforce in the next few years. The Amazon …
Read More By Barrabi Google is offering a fresh round of buyouts to some employees and cracking down on remote workers as it shifts more resources toward the artificial intelligence race, the …
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By Elisa Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed $10 billion in artificial intelligence startup Scale AI, Bloomberg News reported. The terms of the deal …
Read More By Barrabi Amazon will invest approximately $10 billion toward new artificial intelligence data center infrastructure in North Carolina, company and state officials announced. The expanded AI data centers will be …
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By Zilber Trump Media & Technology Group is planning to raise as much as $3 billion to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, signaling a bold bet on digital assets as …
Read More By Herzlich TikTok said it is launching a meditation feature on its platform for all teen users as it faces several lawsuits accusing it of harming children’s mental health with …
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By Herzlich Alphabet’s Waymo this week recalled more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles over a software glitch that could make the cars more likely to crash into chains, gates and other …
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By Herzlich Pioneer video-calling site Skype is shutting down on Monday after 23 years as other popular apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have swiped market share in recent years. …
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