Artificial Intelligence

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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

Europe is Hot on AI Regulation, Less So on Startup Policy

The EU’s landmark AI Act is due to come into force next month, and founders and lawmakers are fretting over whether it’s fit for its purpose.

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Patent Drop

Nvidia AI Watermarking Patent Could Help Separate Real from Fake

The benefits of watermarking AI are clear: “It’s preventing fraud, preventing misinformation and disinformation.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Whistleblowers File SEC Complaint over NDAs

OpenAI allegedly issued overly-restrictive non-disclosure agreements that could penalize anyone who blows the whistle to government agencies.

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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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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Data Patent Walks the Line of Privacy Versus Nuance in AI Training

Though keeping privacy front-of-mind could help avoid AI-related data breaches, balancing privacy and nuance in data may be tricky.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Patent May Help Models Unlearn Biases, Inaccuracies

And Amazon wants to help machine learning models unlearn bad data.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Upend Electricity Demand

AI’s energy needs are enormous, and could have a once-in-a-generation impact on the electricity market.

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Big Tech

AI Started a New Storm in Geopolitics

As the AI market matures, there is a stark realization in public sectors elsewhere that this is America’s AI world.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Signals Interest in Small Chatbots Amid Language Model Craze

Google wants to make chatbot development easier with its latest patent.

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Technology

IBM Joins Tech Giants Pouring Billions into US Production

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IBM is booting up its domestic production, setting aside $150 billion to make computers in the US over the next five years.

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