Technology

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

ByteDance is Winning the China AI Race. That’s Bad News for TikTok.

ByteDance, the China-based TikTok owner and political punching bag, is emerging as the nation’s answer to OpenAI.

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Autos

Nvidia Wants to Be Indispensable to the Self-Driving Industry Also

After making itself an integral part of the supply chain for generative AI, Nvidia is eyeing other futuristic tech bets.

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Autos

Amazon Sells Cars Now

Amazon touts itself as the everything store, and now there’s one more market it’s absorbing into its everythingness.

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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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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Agencies Consolidate in the Face of Big Tech

The transaction would create the world’s largest advertising agency — that is, if you don’t count Big Tech players like Google and Amazon.

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Patent Drop

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel

What the years of writing about Big Tech’s IP has taught us.

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Technology

The Costs and Benefits of Quantum Computing

Big Tech and startups alike are making strides in the race to supplant classical computers, but a few roadblocks remain.

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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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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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