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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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Artificial Intelligence

AI Could Make People ‘Uninsurable,’ Financial Regulator Warns

The insurance industry needs to be careful when using AI, or else AI black boxes could render consumers uninsurable without any explanation.

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Patent Drop

Apple Seeks Adaptable Model Patent as It Readies to Join AI Race

An Apple patent to train AI without eating up power highlights the advantages and headwinds the tech giant may face in the market.

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Google AR Patent Highlights Potential Advantage in Smart Glasses Market

Google is giving smart glasses another go. Can it avoid mistakes of the past?

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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

Meta Sets New Limits for Teenage Instagram Users

Meta will roll out a feature to place teenaged users into a new type of account with beefed-up privacy settings and parental controls.

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Meta Neural Network Patent Showcases AI’s Place in Artificial Reality Bet

The company’s access to data gives the power to create AR features that are “pretty sophisticated,” one expert said.

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Patent Drop

Lyft Seeks Micromobility Patents Amid Bike and Scooter Restructuring

The company’s recent changes, aimed at “right-sizing [its] cost structure,” include layoffs and shifting focus from R&D.

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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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