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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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Patent Drop

Salesforce’s Model Tester Adds to Firm’s DIY AI Toolkit

Salesforce wants chatbots to expect the unexpected with the latest patent for it’s DIY AI toolkit.

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Patent Drop

Neuralink Pairing Patent Protects Against Brain Cyber Attacks

Neuralink wants to protect implants from interference.

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Technology

CrowdStrike Explains Just What the Heck Happened

CrowdStrike offered a candid assessment of what led to the largest outage of the computer age, affecting 8.5 million computers.

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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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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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Patent Drop

Boeing Seeks Fault-Tracking Patent Amid Safety Backlash

Though AI has the potential to make troubleshooting issues a much more streamlined process, models still often face accuracy issues.

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Technology

Y24K: Three Days After the Biggest IT Outage in History

A single file in a defective software update caused a global IT outage that disrupted airports, banks, hotels, trains, hospitals, and more.

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Big Tech

Who has Liability in the Shifting World of e-commerce?

Amazon has largely dodged liability for the products sold on their virtual shelves. But could the legal tides be shifting?

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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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