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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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Artificial Intelligence

The US Government is Ready to Regulate AI

The US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute announced OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to allow it to test and evaluate new models for safety.

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Patent Drop

Nvidia Patent Reels In Data Centers’ Energy Usage as AI Chips Skyrocket

The tech could signal that the company is reading the tea leaves on data center architecture.

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Patent Drop

Google Image Patent Highlights Potential of Consumer AI Tools

As the company builds AI image editing tools, it may be seeking to normalize the tech for the average consumer.

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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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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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Patent Drop

Apple Ring Patent Highlights Potential Plan to Expand Product Lineup

Though the company has competitors in the space from Samsung and Oura, its walled garden ecosystem could give it an advantage.

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Patent Drop

Stripe Fraud Detection Patent Could Restore Trust in Crypto

Stripe wants to fortify blockchain transactions with it’s latest patent.

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Big Tech

A Small Union Win Casts a Big Shadow Over Amazon

Prosecutors for the NLRB concluded that a group of 84 unionized Amazon drivers in Palmdale, California are employed by Amazon.

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CIO Upside

DeepMind Patent Shrinks Model Size Without Compromise

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Small and energy-efficient models have garnered growing attention in recent months.

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