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Big Tech

Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship

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Google’s patents take on error correction as its quantum ambitions grow.

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Productivity Tech

The Time and Place for AI Code Generators

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Though chatbots do code’s heavy lifting, humans need to be in charge.

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Technology

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel

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What the years of writing about Big Tech’s IP has taught us.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

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Today, a patent application for making Amazon’s voice assistants more personal highlights the race – and roadblocks – to creation of an AI-powered Alexa.

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Big Tech

Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Strength Could Boost AI Bet

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Cybersecurity is a substantial part of Microsoft’s business — and a growing one.

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Technology

Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

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A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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Artificial Intelligence

Why Salesforce Might Be Eying AI Image Generation

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The tech could make graphics generation more intuitive as the company continues its push towards AI agents.

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Autos

As Cars Get Smarter, Personalization Presents Privacy Problems

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Ford may want to authenticate your face when you get behind the wheel.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia May Take Humans out of the Data Center Equation

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The filing signals that the company wants to be a thought leader in the data center space.

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Big Tech

Google May Be Giving Glasses Another Go. Will It Succeed?

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Despite its initial fumble with Google Glass, there are a few reasons it may be able to avoid another “glassholes” situation.

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Social Media

Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

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The company’s ad overhaul has largely worked in its favor based on its recent earnings report

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Technology

Can Microsoft’s Bing — or Anyone Else — Ever Overtake Google?

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Microsoft wants to get up close and personal to make its search results better.

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Blockchain

JPMorgan Chase May Use Blockchain to Check Facts

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Core blockchain technologies themselves are being adopted at a more gradual pace.

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Artificial Intelligence

Adobe Wants to Fix When AI Starts to Drift

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Adobe wants to stop AI models from losing their trains of thought.

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Electric Vehicles

Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

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Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Media & Entertainment

Disney Doesn’t Want to be Left Behind in AI

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The company’s recent patent signals that AI is coming both for the world of advertising and entertainment at large.

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Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce Wants an AI That Can do it All

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Salesforce’s patent for a multi-talented AI assistant signals that language models need to be more than just chatbots to be useful.

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Technology

Oracle’s Cloud Business is Along for the AI Ride

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Oracle probably won’t beat out major cloud companies. But it doesn’t have to in order to benefit from the AI wave.

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Artificial Intelligence

IBM May Pay Closer Attention to AI Risk Amid Model Boom

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The context in which an AI model is used can change how much risk it presents, and who it affects.

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Social Media

Meta’s Costly Reality Labs Bet May be a ‘Test Bed’ for AR Glasses

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Peripheral devices add another layer of friction onto the experience that stands to turn off users.

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