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Oracle Employee-Tracking Patent Points to Increased AI-Powered Workplace Surveillance

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While this could improve safety on increasingly automated factory floors, these precautions may come at the expense of employee privacy.

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Google’s Video Moderation Patent Highlights AI’s Role in Tracking ‘Objectionable’ Content

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Using AI in this manner comes with its own set of risks, one expert said.

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Microsoft’s Gaming Dreams Enter Their Price-Hike Era

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Microsoft’s gaming division Xbox announced it’s splitting its hugely popular subscription service Game Pass into two subscription tiers.

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CNN Announces Layoffs, New Digital Subscription Business

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CNN announced layoffs of 100 employees, a reorganization of its newsrooms, and its “first direct-to-consumer subscription product.”

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Netflix’s New Homepage Pushes Users to Watch, Not Scroll

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Space X’s Mars Mission Gets a Boost From Accelerated Launches at Texas Colony

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Fed Declines to Bet Economy on Outcome of US-China Trade Talks

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