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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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Patent Drop

Meta Neural Network Patent Showcases AI’s Place in Artificial Reality Bet

The company’s access to data gives the power to create AR features that are “pretty sophisticated,” one expert said.

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Patent Drop

Lyft Seeks Micromobility Patents Amid Bike and Scooter Restructuring

The company’s recent changes, aimed at “right-sizing [its] cost structure,” include layoffs and shifting focus from R&D.

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Patent Drop

Oracle Patent Strengthens Software as It Plays AI Catch-up

While Big Tech got it’s moment in the sun, Oracle and others are now following suit with their own growth spurts.

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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

Wall Street Spreads More Love Outside of Big Tech

Investors are pivoting away from the Magnificent Seven, favoring the rest of the S&P 500.

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Big Tech

How Amazon Web Services Became King of the Cloud

Amazon is crushing in the cloud services industry. Usurping it would necessitate a monumental shift in the tech industry writ large.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Patent Protects AI Models from Data Security “Jailbreak”

Though there are a lot of ways to protect AI models, monitoring user behavior is a vital piece of the puzzle.

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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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