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Patent Drop

Microsoft Guards its Models at All Angles

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Microsoft’s AI protection patent shows the vulnerabilities that models face amid rapid growth.

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Media & Entertainment

WPP Slashes Profit Outlook After Sluggish Quarter

WPP issued a reduction of its profit outlook for the second time in consecutive quarters on Thursday, citing major headwinds.

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Big Tech

Microsoft Looks at User Protection After Log-in

The patent highlights Zero Trust, the concept that cybersecurity shouldn’t stop at the gates to entry.

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M&A

Chevron’s Hess Acquisition Fuels Broader M&A Frenzy

On Monday, Chevron said it would acquire energy player Hess for $53 billion. It’s the latest megadeal in a wildly active industry this month.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Fights Climate Change With Cryogenics

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Microsoft wants to clean the atmosphere by freezing it. It highlights a big problem with carbon removal efforts: the ginormous price tag.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Launches Search Engine for Medical Records

Google’s cloud division says it’s launching a new AI-powered tool designed to rifle through and compile patients’ medical records.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft is Creating an AI-Powered Factory Floor

Microsoft wants to patent a system that tests if factory tools can go the distance. But the tool itself may be more powerful than the patent lets…

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Markets

The Market Might Be Losing its Mojo

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 both sank to their lowest respective levels in three months. What has investors so anxious?

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Pumps Billions into AI Firm Just as Chat-GPT Alexa-fies Itself

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Amazon — along with every other Zuckerberg, Musk, and Harry — is trying to get ahead in the generative AI race.

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Technology

Justice Dept. is Out to Prove Google Has a Search Monopoly

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Wants to Monitor How You Message Your Coworkers

Microsoft is asking if you put one too many exclamation points in that email to your boss

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Wants Gmail To Help Win the AI War

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Straps AI to Your Back

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Meta may be getting into AI wearables.

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Technology

Microsoft Offers New Deal to Buy Activision Blizzard To UK Regulators

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Wants to Micromanage Its Energy Consumption

Microsoft adds another piece to it’s net-zero goals.

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Patent Drop

Intel May Save Power on AI Training

Intel may have found a way to train AI without running up the power bill.

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