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Banking

Chase, PayPal Digital Ad Gambits Bring New Privacy Worries

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Unlike making a purchase on Amazon or eBay, financial transaction data gives a more complete profile picture.

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Patent Drop

Apple’s AI Waiting Game May Finally Be Over

Apple’s been biding its time on AI. Don’t count it out of the race.

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Patent Drop

Google’s AR Mapping Patent Could Unlock Low-Power Smart Glasses

While the company has been touting its AI work over the past year, it may have artificial reality plans in store.

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Big Tech

Google Just Can’t Quit the Metaverse

It announced a partnership with Magic Leap, which after some rough years might be finding a new lease on life.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Turns Search Results into Conversations

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Google wants to give search results more back-and-forth.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Trades AI Capability for Efficiency as Ambitions Mount

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Google’s recent patent to boost AI efficiency signals that massive models may cost more resources than they’re worth.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Next Big US-China Trade War is Over AI Talent

The US is trying to box China out of AI development. The problem is the Asian nation is also the source of invaluable AI talent.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Seeks To Make Robots More Observant

Google wants its robots to pay closer attention to the people around them.

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Use Machine Learning to Keep AI Data Unbiased

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The company’s latest filing adds another solution to several aiming to tackle the ever-present issue of bias at the source.

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Geopolitics

US Mulls Export Bans on AI Software to China

The US worries that models like ChatGPT could allow China to launch cyberattacks or even design biological weapons.

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Media & Entertainment

America’s Shortening Attention Spans are Corporate Gold

The stakes for media and tech companies have never been higher, even if attention spans have never been shorter.

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Regulation

FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality

When the rules are in place, internet service providers must allow equal access to all websites and domains.

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