Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Tech Giants Are Betting Billions on AI Smartphones. But Consumers Aren’t Sold

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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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Artificial Intelligence

Tencent Touts that its Latest AI Model is Faster than DeepSeek

One point Chinese AI companies including Tencent and DeepSeek emphasize about their new models: efficiency.

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Big Tech

Apple Plays Politics With Server Farm Announcement

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This new server farm announcement comes just after Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly paid President Trump a visit.

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Artificial Intelligence

Whatever Happened to All Those AI Copyright Lawsuits?

Last Tuesday, content conglomerate Thomson Reuters notched a big legal win against AI firm ROSS. Is it a sign of what’s to come?

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Artificial Intelligence

Alibaba Pops on Plans to Boost AI Investments

While ecommerce is currently Alibaba’s biggest piggy bank, hype is building around its burgeoning cloud computing biz.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Competition Heats Up With OpenAI Alumni On the Prowl

The fight for AI talent is starting to look like the end of a Marvel movie — a million fighters large and small.

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Big Tech

Apple Signs China AI Partnership with Baidu, But Keeps its Options Open

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Out of its Silicon Valley compatriots, Apple has always been the company with the most access to the Chinese market.

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Suggests DeepSeek Illicitly Used ChatGPT to Build its AI

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To be clear, OpenAI has not yet come down hard saying DeepSeek definitely stole its intellectual property.

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