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Regulation

Business Groups Sue FTC Over New Noncompete Regulations

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The FTC estimates its ban will help create 8,500 new businesses and increase average annual worker wages by $524.

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Artificial Intelligence

Finding the Real in Artificial Intelligence

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Does the AI hype actually hold any substance? As long as you don’t get distracted by shiny things, these venture capitalists say.

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Finance

Goldman Sachs Mulls Exit From Big Tech Investments

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The bank plans to take its profits off the table and repurpose them for new investments — primarily in energy and firms listed in Japan.

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Big Tech

Microsoft May Use Emotion Detection for “Richer” Work Meetings

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The patent highlights that tech firms of all manner are interested in reading people’s emotions.

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Big Tech

Google Mulls HubSpot Acquisition

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Google has engaged bankers about a possible acquisition of HubSpot, a popular online marketing software company valued at $32 billion.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Uses AI Race to Boost its Cloud Clout

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In a bid to attract some new clients for its cloud service, Amazon announced it will foot the bill for startups using AI models.

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Artificial Intelligence

The AI Talent War Is Supercharged

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

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Big Tech

Silicon Valley Executives Are Cashing Out Shares

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Tech executives and founders are selling their stock at the highest rate in years.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s XR Control Patent May Get Too Close for Comfort

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Microsoft is taking hands-free augmented reality to the next level: The company wants to patent a system for tracking tongue movements.

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Patent Drop

Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

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

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Energy

Bill Gates’ TerraPower to Build First Small Reactor in US

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The company plans to have one of the newfangled small modular reactors up and running in Wyoming by 2030.

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Markets

The Rest of the Stock Market is Catching Up to Big Tech

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Persistent optimism about an economic soft landing has buoyed investors’ hopes about companies of all sizes.

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Patent Drop

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

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

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Patent Drop

Microsoft’s Cloud Defense Could Help it Catch Up to AWS

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Microsoft may want to gatekeep the cloud using log-in analysis. The tech could keep AI models and training data safer.

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Artificial Intelligence

Temasek May Be Circling an OpenAI Investment

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Sam Altman may be looking to the Singaporean fund to help him build his own supply of semiconductors.

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Markets

European Stock Markets May Need a Makeover

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Despite record highs, the region’s equities markets have fallen behind the US in star power, trading volume, and IPOs.

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Patent Drop

Baidu’s Quantum Patent Offers a Look at Shelved Innovations

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

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech’s AI Push Requires a Big Bath

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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

Microsoft May Give its AI Chatbots a Personal Touch

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Its patent to speed up interactions between you and your chatbot signals a growing interest in personalized AI.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Will Pay Semafor to Use AI for News Reports

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The deal could widen the technology’s use in news-gathering, while also heading off future copyright lawsuits.

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