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JPMorgan Chase Patent Highlights Wall Street’s Growing AI Obsession

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“The risk of not making the most of the technology is much higher.”

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Adobe’s Latest Patent Turns Language Models into Middlemen

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Niche models could be more accurate, save energy and present less security risk than an all-knowing large language model.

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Snap’s Latest Patent Focuses on Hands to Control AR

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The company has struggled to get its AR glasses on people’s faces as the industry faces engineering and adoption issues.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google Won’t Let You Ask Gemini AI About Upcoming Elections

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The chatbot’s new restrictions apply to countries that will be holding top elections this year.

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Social Media

Reddit Readies for IPO as it Works Toward Profitability

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The company’s valuation has declined but it still has its sights set on raising nearly $1 billion when it goes public.

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Patent Drop

Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

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“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Ramps Up its Venture Capital Ambitions

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Tech’s latest darling has used its rapid rise to keep fueling its chip supply and expansion into new sectors.

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Consumer

Temu Emerges as Major Ad Client for Meta, Google

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Temu is now one of the biggest ad clients for both Google and Meta, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

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Patent Drop

Google May Use Radio Waves to Feed its AI Models

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Google’s patent to scrape radio stations for AI training could provide a pool of useful data, though it may face a copyright dilemma.

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Blockchain

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Gets Kicked Out of Spain

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The country’s data protection watchdog took offense at the company’s eyeball-scanning data operations.

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Microsoft’s Cloud Defense Could Help it Catch Up to AWS

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Microsoft may want to gatekeep the cloud using log-in analysis. The tech could keep AI models and training data safer.

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Autos

Hyundai’s Cybersecurity Could Protect Self-Driving Cars from Hacks

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The future of the connected car may come with a lot of driver data collection for the sake of personalization.

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Artificial Intelligence

Temasek May Be Circling an OpenAI Investment

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Sam Altman may be looking to the Singaporean fund to help him build his own supply of semiconductors.

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Big Tech

Apple Hit With $2 Billion Fine By EU Over Music Streaming

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European regulators found that the tech giant broke the region’s laws with its ban against making purchases outside its App Store.

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Blockchain

Bitcoin Is Climbing Toward an All-Time High

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The cryptocurrency has steadily climbed back as Wall Street begins to slowly embrace the trade.

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Patent Drop

Apple’s Auto Patents May Have a Lucrative Road Ahead

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An auto tech patent from Apple highlights that the iPhone maker has tons of vehicle-related intellectual property – and nowhere to use it.

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Technology

Gender Gap Narrows in US Tech Industry

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Things still aren’t great, but they’re better with females now comprising 35% of the industry workforce.

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Patent Drop

Intel Patent Brings AI Robot Coworkers to Factory Floors

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Intel’s latest patent shows that it wants robots to co-work with humans — without the risk of hurting them.

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IBM’s Patent Cuts Bias in AI Lending

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

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Technology

The Video Game Industry Keeps Bleeding Jobs

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Sony and EA both cut their workforce this week as the sector deals with a drop in post-pandemic demand.

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