Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Canva Shows AI Doesn’t Come Cheap

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Canva users found that their subscriptions were going up as much as 300%. Subscriptions are going up from $120 a year to $500.

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Autos

Uber Spreads Its Self-Driving Bets

Uber announced it’s investing in Wayve, a UK-based startup that’s building self-driving software for cars.

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Artificial Intelligence

The US Government is Ready to Regulate AI

The US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute announced OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to allow it to test and evaluate new models for safety.

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Technology

Nvidia Beats Revenue and Profit Expectations, But Was It Enough?

Yesterday was Nvidia Day: The AI giant handily beat revenue and profit forecasts, and issued third-quarter guidance that beat expectations.

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Big Tech

Google’s AI Energy Thirst Runs into a Problem in Ireland

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Google’s hopes for a new data center just outside Dublin were dashed this week when South Dublin County Council refused planning permission.

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Patent Drop

Philips Patent Predicts ER Delays Amid Healthcare Staffing Shortage

Philips’ latest patent could predict how long you’ll be in the waiting room.

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Patent Drop

Raytheon Patent Highlights Use Cases and Risks of AI in Defense

Raytheon’s patent to create sophisticated synthetic image data could allow the firm to generate large, robust datasets.

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Artificial Intelligence

The UK Investigates Amazon’s Partnership with Anthropic

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is probing whether Amazon’s $4 billion partnership with Anthropic might break antitrust rules.

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Patent Drop

Intel’s AI Watermarking Patent Signals Big Tech’s Responsible AI Push

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A patent from Intel to verify AI-generated content signals that tech firms may be paying attention to the consequences of their models.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia Downloaded a ‘Human Lifetime’ Amount of Video Daily to Train Chips

To compile training data for AI chips, Nvidia was downloading 80 years’ worth of video daily off of YouTube, Netflix, and academic databases.

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Patent Drop

Meta Patent Uses AI, AR to Guide Users with Sensory Impairments

Meta’s recent patent aims to guide people with sensory impairments using an AI agent — but viable and long-lasting smart glasses may be difficult to achieve.

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Patent Drop

Disney Patent Brings AI-Free Robotics to Entertainment, Animation

The simplicity of this method makes it applicable to “almost any type of robot.”

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Finance

How Will Wall Street’s AI Experiment End?

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Like money, artificial intelligence never sleeps. Financial institutions have pulled out all the stops to fit AI into their own operations.

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