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Media & Entertainment

Advertisement Market is Booming, But Not for Everyone

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Media investment firm Magna now expects ad sales by media owners to increase over 9% this year.

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Artificial Intelligence

The AI Talent War Is Supercharged

Some candidates with experience in large language models can reap salaries in excess of $1 million a year.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

Google’s latest AI patent may make your spreadsheets less daunting.

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Big Tech

Apple Might Team Up With Google to Put AI on iPhones

The two tech titans may leverage their frenemy relationship to boost the technology on the best-selling device.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Won’t Let You Ask Gemini AI About Upcoming Elections

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The chatbot’s new restrictions apply to countries that will be holding top elections this year.

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Social Media

Reddit Readies for IPO as it Works Toward Profitability

The company’s valuation has declined but it still has its sights set on raising nearly $1 billion when it goes public.

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Patent Drop

Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

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Consumer

Temu Emerges as Major Ad Client for Meta, Google

Temu is now one of the biggest ad clients for both Google and Meta, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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Patent Drop

Google May Use Radio Waves to Feed its AI Models

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Google’s patent to scrape radio stations for AI training could provide a pool of useful data, though it may face a copyright dilemma.

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Patent Drop

Baidu’s Quantum Patent Offers a Look at Shelved Innovations

Though the company ditched quantum in January, many tech firms still see major promise.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Multimodal Assistant Patent Watches and Learns

The tech highlights that AI needs multiple streams of data to really get to know its users.

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech’s AI Push Requires a Big Bath

The hot new technology needs a lot of cooling off — and increasing use of water supplies is getting it done.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Track Burnout Through Your Keyboard

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The company’s “personal wellness keyboard” patent may signal an interest from tech firms to embed AI in consumer devices.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Use Context to Drop Wakewords

Without a wakeword, a digital assistant has to monitor its users more closely.

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Patent Drop

Google May Bring AI to YouTube Shopping

The filing adds to its AI-powered ad tech, and fuels growing competition to make social media shoppable.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Could Track Users Based on Wi-Fi Connection

This tech could be used for automatic control of certain devices in a building, but also may present privacy concerns.

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