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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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Big Tech

Apple Signs China AI Partnership with Baidu, But Keeps its Options Open

Out of its Silicon Valley compatriots, Apple has always been the company with the most access to the Chinese market.

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Big Tech

Is Meta the Big Winner of the AI Wars?

Meta hit its 17th straight day of share price gains, good for the longest winning streak of a current Nasdaq 100 Index component in decades.

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CIO Upside

Investors are Growing Cautious of the AI Hardware Market

“The next Nvidia isn’t going to come from the semiconductor side.”

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CIO Upside

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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Big Tech

Why Big Tech Thinks Augmented Reality is the Next Big Thing

Though consumers aren’t necessarily begging for head-worn computers yet, tech firms big and small see the technology as the next frontier of…

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Big Tech

Will Amazon Be a Victim of the Trade War?

Morgan Stanley estimates that about 25% of the cost of Amazon’s first-party products comes from China, making it vulnerable to tariffs.

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Blockchain

Blockchain Could Offer an ‘Audit Trail’ For Cybersecurity

Intel’s recent patent lays out blockchain systems for IoT security.

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Artificial Intelligence

Google AI-ngst: Apple Deal May Disintegrate Even Without Court Intervention

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The future of traditional search engines got a rude awakening last week as an Apple executive predicted their eventual demise.

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CIO Upside

DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

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Small and energy-efficient models have garnered growing attention in recent months.

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