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 Is the New Gold Rush

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Artificial Intelligence Is the New Gold Rush

How the race for profits could overtake the need to weigh human risks.

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Google Wants to Clean Up its Data to Train AI Safely

Avoiding data security slip-ups involving its AI tools is vital in keeping its strong position in the market.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Bots Struggle to Transition from Novelty to Money-Maker

Sam Altman thinks big and spends big. But when it comes to a product that makes money, the whole AI thing can feel a little Metaverse-y…

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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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Patent Drop

Adobe May Add Face Swapping Tools to its AI Arsenal

The company’s latest patent could have implications for training image generating AI without the copyright issues.

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Patent Drop

Apple Could Use Generative AI to Visualize Your Feelings

The tech further adds to the company’s reported investment in generative AI, and shows that it wants to build up its health tech even further.

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Patent Drop

Nvidia’s Two-Model System Could Make AI Less of a Power Drain

The company is seeking to patent a system which uses a general purpose AI model to create training data for a task-specific one.

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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

Google’s Smart Speakers May Add to Global Data Melting Pot

Google wants its smart speakers to learn from their mistakes. The company’s latest patent reveals plans for its devices to take feedback.

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Patent Drop

Sony Wants to Check for Bias With “Human-Centric” AI Model

Like any AI-based system, the model itself that makes these determinations needs to be properly trained.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s AI News Poll Ticks Off UK Newspaper

The Guardian submitted a complaint to Microsoft on Tuesday after a grotesquely inappropriate AI-generated poll next to a Guardian article.

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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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