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

Big Tech’s Fascination with Large Language Models May Be Overkill

A high-powered chatbot may not deliver the illusive dream of developing artificial intelligence that can teach itself.

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Artificial Intelligence

The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI Clash is a Vision of the Future

As one legal expert put the issue: “The technology is moving faster than the law ever will.”

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Patent Drop

Shopify Image Patent Highlights Convergence of AI, Advertising

It’s recent patent expands upon its current AI tools as it aims to keep up with the rest of the tech and e-commerce industry.

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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

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

Google Wants to Use Machine Learning to Keep AI Data Unbiased

The company’s latest filing adds another solution to several aiming to tackle the ever-present issue of bias at the source.

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Patent Drop

IBM’s Coding Companion Patent Adds to the Sea of AI-based Developer Tools

A recent IBM patent shows that it may be working on Grammarly for software developers.

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Patent Drop

JPMorgan Chase Patents Take On Unconscious Bias Using AI

JPMorgan Chase is tackling human biases with two recent patents.

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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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