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Google Patent Makes Controlling Robots Easier

The tech allows a robot to operate based on both language commands and environmental surroundings.

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Meta’s In-House Chips May Conserve Power and Cash

The move could usher in a challenge to the “brute force, high-energy use approach” of GPUs.

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Big Tech

Meta Begins Testing its Made In-House AI Chips

Unlike the other six companies in the so-called Magnificent Seven, Meta’s share price is actually up so far in 2025.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship

Google’s patents take on error correction as its quantum ambitions grow.

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Artificial Intelligence

Nvidia, ADM Buoyed by Saudi AI Deals, Softer US Export Controls

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A change in US export controls on advanced semiconductors presaged a wave of AI deals between the US and Saudi Arabia this week.

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Artificial Intelligence

Chegg Cuts Workforce as AI Takes Over the Chat

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Online learning company Chegg is laying off almost a quarter of its workforce amid worries that AI is doing people’s homework for them.

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Quantum Computing Race Isn’t Run ‘In a Vacuum’

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“It is a technology that is emerging worldwide.”

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