Artificial Intelligence

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Google Patent Makes Controlling Robots Easier

The tech allows a robot to operate based on both language commands and environmental surroundings.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mexico is Quietly Becoming an AI-Hardware Manufacturing Hub

With AI on the mind, US tech heavyweights are are urging Taiwan-based contract manufacturers to move production facilities to Mexico.

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Artificial Intelligence

The AI Talent War Is Supercharged

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

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Patent Drop

Nvidia, Google Patents Signal Big Tech’s AI Robot Craze

While robots aren’t taking over the world any time soon, tech companies seem intent on creating AI-enabled machines that walk among us.

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Nvidia, ADM Buoyed by Saudi AI Deals, Softer US Export Controls

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A change in US export controls on advanced semiconductors presaged a wave of AI deals between the US and Saudi Arabia this week.

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

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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Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

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

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IBM Wants to Weed Out Falsely Advertised AI Tools

IBM’s tech could help AI services address the knowledge gap between consumers and the AI tools they use.

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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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Google Won’t Let You Ask Gemini AI About Upcoming Elections

The chatbot’s new restrictions apply to countries that will be holding top elections this year.

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Patent Drop

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

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

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Patent Drop

Google May Use Radio Waves to Feed its AI Models

Google’s patent to scrape radio stations for AI training could provide a pool of useful data, though it may face a copyright dilemma.

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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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CIO Upside

Why Factory Floors Are the Best Place to Start with AI Robots

“The problem is bounded,” one expert said.

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Big Tech Wants to Settle the ‘Fair Use’ AI Question Once and For All

Several years into the great AI revolution, it still remains an unsettled question whether firms are committing mass copyright infringement.

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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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