Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

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

Photo by BoliviaInteligente via Unsplash

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

2 min read

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Drop

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.

2 min read
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Drop

Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

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

3 min read
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Drop

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.

2 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Chegg Cuts Workforce as AI Takes Over the Chat

Photo by Shantanu Kumar via Unsplash

Online learning company Chegg is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce amid worries that AI is doing people’s homework for them.

2 min read

Photo by Edmond Dantès via Pexels

Artificial Intelligence

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.

1 min read
Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photos by Gage Skidmore via CC BY-SA 2.0

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.”

6 min read
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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.

3 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Google AI-ngst: Apple Deal May Disintegrate Even Without Court Intervention

Photo by Arkan Perdana via Unsplash

The future of traditional search engines got a rude awakening last week as an Apple executive predicted their eventual demise.

2 min read

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Drop

IBM’s Patent Cuts Bias in AI Lending

IBM wants to make sure AI lenders are playing fair with its patent to weed out bias in financial machine learning models.

2 min read
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Drop

Meta’s Eye Authentication System Keeps Metaverse Data Safe

Meta wants to make sure it’s actually you who’s wearing your mixed reality headset.

2 min read
Photo by Mojahid Mottakin on Unsplash

Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech’s AI Push Requires a Big Bath

The hot new technology needs a lot of cooling off — and increasing use of water supplies is getting it done.

2 min read

CIO Upside

DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Small and energy-efficient models have garnered growing attention in recent months.

1 min read

Photo by Tom Hermans via Unsplash

Artificial Intelligence

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.

2 min read
Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photos by Gearstd and Cyano66 via iStock

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.

4 min read
Photo via Nvidia Media Assets

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.

2 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.