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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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Patent Drop

Salesforce Wants an AI That Can do it All

Salesforce’s patent for a multi-talented AI assistant signals that language models need to be more than just chatbots to be useful.

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Big Tech

Amazon Doubles Down on AI Processor Bet

Amazon wants to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and offer an alternative to Nvidia for Amazon Web Services clients in the process.

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Semiconductors

TSMC To Halt Shipments to China

Imposing export controls on high-powered computer chips is easy, but enforcing them is much harder. Just ask TSMC.

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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

AI Startup Anthropic to Partner With Palantir, AWS to Sell to Intelligence and Defense Agencies

AI startup Anthropic is teaming up with Palantir and Amazon Web Services to get its wares into the intelligence and military market.

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Patent Drop

Oracle’s Cloud Business is Along for the AI Ride

Oracle probably won’t beat out major cloud companies. But it doesn’t have to in order to benefit from the AI wave.

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Patent Drop

IBM May Pay Closer Attention to AI Risk Amid Model Boom

The context in which an AI model is used can change how much risk it presents, and who it affects.

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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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