Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Chegg Cuts Workforce as AI Takes Over the Chat

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Online learning company Chegg is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce amid worries that AI is doing people’s homework for them.

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Artificial Intelligence

Consultancy Firms Are Using AI to Fast-Track Partnerships

Large consulting and law firms are trying to get junior staffers on the fast track to partner using tools like ChatGPT.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft May Check Your Mental Health Using AI

Microsoft’s patent for a computerized wellness check walks a fine line between privacy and convenience.

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Patent Drop

Intel Goes After Responsible AI with Ethics Index Patent

Intel’s ethics index aims to call out when people are using AI for the wrong reasons.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google AI-ngst: Apple Deal May Disintegrate Even Without Court Intervention

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The future of traditional search engines got a rude awakening last week as an Apple executive predicted their eventual demise.

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Artificial Intelligence

Stability AI Is Reportedly Shopping Around for a Buyer

Stability AI, the startup behind AI-powered image-generator Stable Diffusion, is reportedly shopping itself to potential acquirers.

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OP-ED | Power Corridor

OpenAI: It’s Complicated

The first large-scale rebellion among artificial intelligence workers raises some serious questions.

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Patent Drop

Special Report: How Big Tech Makes You Buy

As the holiday season approaches, consumers and tech companies alike have shopping on the brain.

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CIO Upside

DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

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Small and energy-efficient models have garnered growing attention in recent months.

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta Stamps Out its Responsible AI Team

Meta has disbanded a team in charge of making sure the company developed AI in an ethical way, according to The Information.

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Artificial Intelligence Is the New Gold Rush

OP-ED | Power Corridor

Artificial Intelligence Is the New Gold Rush

How the race for profits could overtake the need to weigh human risks.

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Patent Drop

Google Wants to Clean Up its Data to Train AI Safely

Avoiding data security slip-ups involving its AI tools is vital in keeping its strong position in the market.

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Industries

Microsoft Holds Out on OpenAI Nonprofit Plan

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Microsoft hasn’t signed off on OpenAI’s dramatic reversal of its onetime plan to become a for-profit venture.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

Big Tech is hoping AI-powered smartphones will be the first of many great returns on its eye-popping AI investments.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Fights to Stay One Step Ahead of AI’s Many Evolutions

This year’s Nvidia GTC event comes after the bombshell DeepSeek moment, the acceleration of a global trade war, and a broader market rout.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft Seeks Patent to Limit Hallucinations in AI

Along with mitigating hallucinations, this tech creates an audit trail for more transparency between the model and its users.

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