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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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Roku Personalization Patent Highlights AI’s Growing Role in Entertainment

Roku wants to personalize movie night with generative AI.

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Nvidia AI Watermarking Patent Could Help Separate Real from Fake

The benefits of watermarking AI are clear: “It’s preventing fraud, preventing misinformation and disinformation.

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Meta’s Blood-Pressure Monitor Could Add to Health Tech Patent Strategy

Meta may add health tracking to its smart watch ambitions.

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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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Big Tech

Apple and the EU Actually Agree on Something

The European Commission has reached an agreement that Apple will no longer box out third-party touch-and-go payment apps.

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Ford Self-Driving Maintenance Patent Could Automate Oil Changes

Filings like these indicate that this pivot will likely have a domino effect on all other parts of the automotive industry.

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Oracle Employee-Tracking Patent Points to Increased AI-Powered Workplace Surveillance

While this could improve safety on increasingly automated factory floors, these precautions may come at the expense of employee privacy.

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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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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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