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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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Big Tech

Meta Jostles With EU and US Regulators in Same Week

European authorities fined Meta for allegedly engaging in antitrust behavior by favoring its classified service Facebook Marketplace.

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Patent Drop

Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Patent Drop

Disney Doesn’t Want to be Left Behind in AI

The company’s recent patent signals that AI is coming both for the world of advertising and entertainment at large.

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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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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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Patent Drop

Meta’s Costly Reality Labs Bet May be a ‘Test Bed’ for AR Glasses

Peripheral devices add another layer of friction onto the experience that stands to turn off users.

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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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