Technology

Patent Drop

Microsoft May Give its AI Chatbots a Personal Touch

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Its patent to speed up interactions between you and your chatbot signals a growing interest in personalized AI.

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Patent Drop

Google May Bring AI to YouTube Shopping

The filing adds to its AI-powered ad tech, and fuels growing competition to make social media shoppable.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Will Pay Semafor to Use AI for News Reports

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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Patent Drop

Special Report: Meta’s Many Changes

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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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Social Media

Universal Pulls TikTok Into its Streaming Fight

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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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Patent Drop

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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Patent Drop

Microsoft Peels Back the Layers of its Deep Learning Models

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

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Social Media

TikTok’s US Data Safeguards Are a $1.5 Billion Money Pit

The company finally revealed how much it’s spending to silo off Americans’ data. We just don’t know how well it works.

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Semiconductors

AI Sparked a Chip Rally, But Only For a Select Few

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Not every company that produces chips for cars, medical equipment, or smartphones is taking part in the semiconductor boom.

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Patent Drop

Snap Might Use AR to Make Reading Fun

The company’s patent for “enhanced reading” using AR glasses could create visualizations of what you’re reading.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Could Track Users Based on Wi-Fi Connection

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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