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Adobe’s Latest Patent Aims to Keep AI From Making Mistakes

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“Real solutions to hallucination are going to be the next step change in AI.”

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Airbus Patent Diagnoses Plane Malfunctions Through Sound

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As Boeing faces heat, Airbus may be looking at ways to boost production to meet the surge in demand.

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Meta Patent Adds AI Voice Assistants Across Devices and Apps

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Its latest patent for a way to perform “concierge-type services” via voice adds to the company’s broader AI ambitions.

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Intel Patent Takes on Privacy at Eye Level

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The patents highlight the data privacy issues to come with the metaverse and its headsets.

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Nvidia Patent Keeps Data Centers Energy Efficient

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Nvidia wants to keep data centers from standing idle.

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PayPal’s Neural Network Patent Could Reveal the Firm’s AI Plans

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: PayPal wants to create AI that tracks all kinds of user behavior.

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Social Media

TikTok is Launching an Instagram Clone

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The short-form video app said it will soon launch “TikTok Notes,” a photo-and-text-based platform intended to mimic the appeal of Instagram.

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Semiconductors

TSMC Lands Up to $11.6 Billion to Expand Arizona Chip Hub

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The Taiwanese chipmaker already had two factories in the works, and it’s getting some funds to build a third.

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Google Patents Explore Convergence of AI and Healthcare

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The filings signal the growing use cases for AI in healthcare settings, but also the risks that may accompany using AI in clinical care.

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Y Combinator Plans to Tap Alumni to Invest in New Funds

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As it raises its next trio of funds, the famed startup accelerator is inviting past members to invest, according to an Axios report.

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Big Tech

Microsoft May Use Emotion Detection for “Richer” Work Meetings

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The patent highlights that tech firms of all manner are interested in reading people’s emotions.

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Technology

Humanoid Robots Have Arrived

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Humanoid robots are taking their first tentative steps into the real-world workforce. But will they pass their probation period?

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Big Tech

Google Mulls HubSpot Acquisition

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Google has engaged bankers about a possible acquisition of HubSpot, a popular online marketing software company valued at $32 billion.

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IBM Patent Highlights Double-Edged Sword of Synthetic Training Data

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The tech underscores that offering AI services may be just as lucrative as building AI models themselves.

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DoorDash to Test Savings Program in Pennsylvania

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Starting this summer, DoorDash will contribute to savings accounts for its delivery couriers in Pennsylvania.

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Snap Plays Catch Up to Apple, Meta with Spatial Audio AR Filing

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The filing highlights that sound is a major part of the extended reality experience.

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JPMorgan Chase Continues AI Rampage with Volatility Prediction Patent

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JPMorgan Chase wants to predict overly-aggressive investors with AI.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Uses AI Race to Boost its Cloud Clout

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In a bid to attract some new clients for its cloud service, Amazon announced it will foot the bill for startups using AI models.

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Social Media

Fidelity Cuts Value of ‘X’ Stake Once Again

Investment firm Fidelity has once again cut the value of its Blue Chip Growth Fund’s position in Elon Musk’s X.

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Artificial Intelligence

Mexico is Quietly Becoming an AI-Hardware Manufacturing Hub

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With AI on the mind, US tech heavyweights are are urging Taiwan-based contract manufacturers to move production facilities to Mexico.

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