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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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Politics

The Ever-Trickier Geopolitics of Being Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s fight with Brazil has highlighted how his interlocking array of companies can put him in a difficult geopolitical spot.

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Google Patent Eyes Hydrogen for Data Centers as Energy Use Soars

The tech could signal that Big Tech is looking for creative solutions to AI’s power demand.

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Intel’s IP ‘Land Grab’ Highlights Lagging in Robotics, AI Market

Intel is “playing catch-up” in robotics – and AI as a whole, one expert said.

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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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Artificial Intelligence

The US Government is Ready to Regulate AI

The US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute announced OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to allow it to test and evaluate new models for safety.

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Nvidia Patent Reels In Data Centers’ Energy Usage as AI Chips Skyrocket

The tech could signal that the company is reading the tea leaves on data center architecture.

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Patent Drop

Google Image Patent Highlights Potential of Consumer AI Tools

As the company builds AI image editing tools, it may be seeking to normalize the tech for the average consumer.

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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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