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Meta’s Machine Learning AR Patent Fuses Its AI and Metaverse Bets

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Despite investors’ reaction to the company’s big spending, Meta’s potential to monetize AI and its access to data may give it a leg up in the long run.

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Economics

Is the US Seeing a Startup Boom?

After a slump through the latter half of the last decade, the US is experiencing a startup tsunami, according to The Economist.

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Microsoft Patent Could Broaden Large Language Models’ Horizons

Microsoft wants its language models to be a little more adaptable.

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Consumer

Uber’s Behavior Prediction Model May Come With Privacy Problems

Uber wants to know how you feel before you even get into your ride.

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Social Media

TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Created Content

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The platform says it plans to identify and label content created by other AI tools, like Adobe’s Firefly and OpenAI’s Dall-E.

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Google Wants to Use Machine Learning to Keep AI Data Unbiased

The company’s latest filing adds another solution to several aiming to tackle the ever-present issue of bias at the source.

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Honda May Bet on Carbon Removal to Clean its Factories

Honda may be placing its hopes on carbon capture to reach bold net-zero goals – despite the tech’s high price tag.

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IBM’s Coding Companion Patent Adds to the Sea of AI-based Developer Tools

A recent IBM patent shows that it may be working on Grammarly for software developers.

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Blockchain

Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Receives SEC Wells Notice

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The move follows the SEC’s suit against crypto exchange Coinbase for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange.

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Apple Adds AI Patent as it Preps for AI-powered iPhones

“Generative AI could fuel the next big Apple iPhone refresh cycle.”

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JPMorgan Chase Patents Take On Unconscious Bias Using AI

JPMorgan Chase is tackling human biases with two recent patents.

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Ford Patent Signals Privacy Problems with Connected Vehicles

As vehicles become more connected and autonomous, they also collect a lot more data.

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Social Media

Universal Music Squashes its Beef with TikTok

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The new deal enmeshes UMG’s music into TikTok’s burgeoning e-commerce business while also battling AI-generated songs.

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Microsoft’s Model Screener Could Create More Responsible AI Tools

Microsoft may want its language models to prove their worth.

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Goldman Sachs Files Blockchain Patent Despite Crypto Disinterest

Goldman Sachs may want to use blockchain for anything but crypto.

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Technology

Starlink is Poised to Move into Yemen

Elon Musk’s Starlink is set to receive official approval to enter Yemen, where a civil war has been raging since 2014, Bloomberg reports.

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