Technology

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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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Eye Authentication System Keeps Metaverse Data Safe

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Meta wants to make sure it’s actually you who’s wearing your mixed reality headset.

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Patent Drop

Honda’s Renewable Charging Rewards Could Boost EV Bet

Its recent patent for a renewable energy credit system could create needed incentives to get consumers to pay for pricey EVs.

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Technology

Biden Wants to Stop Foreign Spies Buying Americans’ Data

The president issued an executive order banning bulk sales of personal data to “hostile” countries like China and Russia.

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Baidu’s Quantum Patent Offers a Look at Shelved Innovations

Though the company ditched quantum in January, many tech firms still see major promise.

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