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

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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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Boeing’s AI Inspector Could Offer a Sharper Look at its Planes

Amid backlash over its safety practices, AI could help Boeing catch what the human eye may miss.

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Microsoft Peels Back the Layers of its Deep Learning Models

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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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Startup ElevenLabs Is AI’s Newest Unicorn After Latest Fundraising Round

The AI software company is sporting a new valuation of more than $1 billion after its latest $18 financing round.

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Microsoft Makes Chatbots Mindful with Emotion Detection Patent

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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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IMF Warns AI Is Coming for Jobs in High-Income Countries

The International Monetary Fund warned almost half of all jobs worldwide could be affected by artificial intelligence.

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Amazon Sharpens its Senses with Personalized Alexa AI Patent

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The tech adds to its ongoing efforts to make Alexa more intuitive and contextual.

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