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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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Patent Drop

Baidu’s Data Generation Tech May Sharpen its Self-Driving Reflexes

Baidu’s patent to tune up self-driving cars could help its fleet account for crazy drivers.

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Microsoft May Give its AI Chatbots a Personal Touch

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

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Microsoft Will Pay Semafor to Use AI for News Reports

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

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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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Microsoft Peels Back the Layers of its Deep Learning Models

Models that can explain how they draw their conclusions can help fight hallucination and build user trust.

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Baidu’s Deep Learning Patent Could Add to AI Smartphones

Baidu wants to help chatbots work outside their wheelhouse with a patent that lets AI models lean on other apps for information.

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Adobe’s Multimodal Model Could Make AI Summaries Clearer

The company may be looking to boost its AI capabilities after the fallout of it’s proposed acquisition of competitor Figma.

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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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Microsoft Makes Chatbots Mindful with Emotion Detection Patent

The company’s patent for a wellness chatbot could require users to have a lot of trust in the company to protect their data.

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Amazon’s Factory Robot Patent Could Fight Understaffing

This kind of patent is particularly significant amid the company’s ongoing battles with workers aiming to unionize.

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Nvidia Catches Feelings With its Emotion Reading AI Patent

Nvidia wants to pick out specific emotions in your voice with deep learning, but reading your feelings may require more context.

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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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