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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

Klarna Shareholders Toss Director Overboard Amid Founder Feuding

Shareholders of Klarna ousted a board member closely affiliated with one of its feuding founders in advance of its IPO.

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Amazon Privacy Patent Highlights ‘Data Repatriation’ Movement

A cloud privacy patent from Amazon highlights the growing movement toward data repatriation, and the tricky situation it presents for cloud…

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Meta Patent Could Make AI Both Personalized and Private

Tech like this could keep Meta’s models from prompt attack data slips — or at least give it some “thought leadership brownie points.”

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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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Adobe Seeks AI Motion Patent As Generative Video Race Heats Up

Major tech firms seemingly see generative video as the next frontier of AI.

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Lyft Patent Puts Self-Driving Cars to the Test

Despite the steep competition and roadblocks, the company has high hopes for expanding its self-driving services.

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Big Tech

The EU Might Regulate the Muskiverse as One Big Company

Bad news for X: EU lawmakers might start looking at the companies in CEO Elon Musk’s stable as one interconnected web.

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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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