Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Will Pay Semafor to Use AI for News Reports

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The deal could widen the technology’s use in news-gathering, while also heading off future copyright lawsuits.

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Big Tech

Earnings Season May Have Split Up the ‘Magnificent Seven’

Several of the companies have pleased investors with their profit reports, and then there’s Tesla and Apple.

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Special Report: Meta’s Many Changes

In the 20 years since Facebook was first formed, Meta has morphed into something far larger than a simple social media platform.

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Energy

Google Announces Massive Wind Farm Deal

Google announced it is signing power purchase agreements with two offshore wind farms to power its data centers in Europe.

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Big Tech

Amazon Could Soon Be On the Hook for Everything it Sells

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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission wants Amazon to assume liability for items sold by third-party vendors.

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Boeing’s AI Inspector Could Offer a Sharper Look at its Planes

Amid backlash over its safety practices, AI could help Boeing catch what the human eye may miss.

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Social Media

Universal Pulls TikTok Into its Streaming Fight

The music industry titan is in a war of words with the popular app after failing to reach a licensing deal.

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Apple Cuts Though the Noise with AI Optical Detection Patent

The filing adds to the company’s pursuit to upgrade its speech detection tech, as well as its growing AI plans.

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Microsoft Peels Back the Layers of its Deep Learning Models

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Models that can explain how they draw their conclusions can help fight hallucination and build user trust.

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Google Patent Could Track Users Based on Wi-Fi Connection

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This tech could be used for automatic control of certain devices in a building, but also may present privacy concerns.

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Technology

For Sale: Your Data

Data brokers are tracking you all over the internet to buy and sell your profile along with millions of other users.

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Baidu’s Deep Learning Patent Could Add to AI Smartphones

Baidu wants to help chatbots work outside their wheelhouse with a patent that lets AI models lean on other apps for information.

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Adobe’s Multimodal Model Could Make AI Summaries Clearer

The company may be looking to boost its AI capabilities after the fallout of it’s proposed acquisition of competitor Figma.

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