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The user base of generative artificial intelligence (AI) products ...

2024-12-01T07:49:56Z

The user base of generative artificial intelligence (AI) products in China had reached 230 million by June 2024, highlighting the country's widespread adoption of generative AI-driven upgrades across various industries.

Source: https://english.news.cn/20241201/4f1070c8a12c44d7b108272126aa8d38/c.html

Black Friday spending in U.S. retail stores was muted this year ...

2024-12-01T07:43:04Z

Black Friday spending in U.S. retail stores was muted this year in contrast to a more robust rise online, as bargain-hungry Americans skipped stores in favor of their phones and laptops, according to data from Mastercard and other data providers.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/black-friday-data-shows-us-shoppers-spent-108-bln-online-2024-11-30/

The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than ...

2024-11-30T22:31:18Z

The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been created by a UCL-led research team. The spaghetti is not intended to be a new food but was created because of the wide-ranging uses that extremely thin strands of material, called nanofibers, have in medicine and industry.

Credit: Beatrice Britton / Adam Clancy

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-chemists-world-thinnest-spaghetti.html

SpaceX launches fifth mission for NRO’s proliferated ...

2024-11-30T22:13:39Z

SpaceX launches fifth mission for NRO’s proliferated architecture . ‘The U.S. government’s largest-ever satellite constellation continues to grow’

https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-fifth-mission-for-nros-proliferated-architecture/

Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a ...

2024-11-30T21:53:45Z

Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders, and its investor and close collaborator, Microsoft, to prevent OpenAI and other named defendants from engaging in what Musk’s counsel claims is anticompetitive behavior

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/30/elon-musk-files-for-injunction-to-halt-openais-transition-to-a-for-profit/

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average notched record ...

2024-11-30T04:41:02Z

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average notched record closing highs in a shortened Black Friday session, lifted by technology stocks such as Nvidia., while retail was in focus as the holiday shopping season kicked off.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/futures-inch-up-ahead-shortened-black-friday-session-2024-11-29/

Sources close to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and ...

2024-11-30T03:19:10Z

Sources close to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, said the company may spend over $10 billion on a nearly 25,000-mile project. Meta would reportedly own 100% of the cable's capacity, per TechCrunch.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/meta-is-reportedly-building-a-dollar10-billion-underwater-cable-that-will-circle-the/5yv3j30

A coalition of Canada's biggest news outlets is suing OpenAI, ...

2024-11-29T22:33:14Z

A coalition of Canada's biggest news outlets is suing OpenAI, the maker of artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, alleging the company is illegally using news articles to train its software.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm27247j6gno

NASA performed a scientific mission earlier this year, surveying ...

2024-11-29T22:02:50Z

NASA performed a scientific mission earlier this year, surveying Greenland's massive ice sheet to test the limits and capabilities of its Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar technology. The agency didn't expect to "see" anything interesting down there, yet they rediscovered a long-abandoned base built by the US during the Cold War.

Source: https://www.techspot.com/news/105763-nasa-got-new-view-secret-cold-war-base.html

Big Tech corporations on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian ...

2024-11-29T21:53:43Z

Big Tech corporations on Friday hit out at a landmark Australian law that bans youths under the age of 16 from accessing social media, saying the law was "rushed" through parliament.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/big-tech-says-australia-rushed-social-media-ban-youths-under-16-2024-11-29/

O2 users will have suspected scam and nuisance calls flagged to ...

2024-11-28T00:39:26Z

O2 users will have suspected scam and nuisance calls flagged to them before they pick up the phone via a new AI-powered tool, the mobile operator has said.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/o2-launches-aipowered-scam-call-detection-tool-b2655021.html

As a ceasefire the U.S. helped broker between Israel and the ...

2024-11-27T19:52:07Z

As a ceasefire the U.S. helped broker between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect Wednesday, President Biden said his administration would quickly launch "another push" with international partners to secure a deal to end the even deadlier war in the Gaza Strip.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-ceasefire-hezbollah-biden-new-push-war-hamas-gaza/

Multiple Chinese tech firms recently launched several chips that ...

2024-11-27T19:47:51Z

Multiple Chinese tech firms recently launched several chips that will power ‘Global Scheduling Ethernet’ or GSE, a networking protocol designed to accommodate the large volumes of data and high transfer speeds that AI and other high-performance workloads require.

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/china-debuts-global-scheduling-ethernet-chip-to-deliver-networking-solutions-for-ai-aims-to-compete-with-the-ultra-ethernet-consortium-for-next-generation-interconnection-technologies

Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe ...

2024-11-27T19:41:34Z

Orange has struck a multi-year partnership with OpenAI in Europe that will give the French telecoms operator access to pre-release AI models, group chief artificial intelligence officer Steve Jarrett said on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/orange-signs-deal-with-openai-get-access-pre-release-ai-models-2024-11-27/

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday opened ...

2024-11-27T19:27:23Z

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday opened London's first Google-funded AI Campus which aims to help young people develop skills in the rapidly developing technology.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/british-pm-opens-google-backed-ai-campus-inspire-students-2024-11-27/

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S ...

2024-11-27T02:36:36Z

Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launch beyond the March-end target and delay the national space programme.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/japans-space-agency-checks-fire-during-epsilon-s-rocket-engine-test-nhk-reports-2024-11-26/

Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, ...

2024-11-27T02:30:23Z

Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, which will allow users to search for and play music using the generative AI assistant with natural language requests.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/24306815/google-gemini-spotify-extension-rollout-android

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 70 ...

2024-11-26T19:45:25Z

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies unveiled its Mate 70 smartphone series on Tuesday, bolstering its premium smartphone comeback while showcasing its own operating system that looks to cleanly break away from U.S. technology.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-launches-mate-70-smartphone-2024-11-26/

The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday it was finalizing a ...

2024-11-26T19:43:12Z

The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday it was finalizing a $7.86 billion government subsidy for Intel, down from $8.5 billion announced in March after the California-based chips maker won a separate $3 billion award from the Pentagon.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-finalizes-786-billion-chips-manufacturing-award-intel-2024-11-26/

Orangr will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI large language ...

2024-11-26T19:37:25Z

Orangr will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI large language models (LLMs) to translate regional African languages for the French telecoms operator, it said on Tuesday.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/orange-enlists-meta-openai-develop-ai-language-models-africa-2024-11-26/

The United States (US) government is looking to introduce a new ...

2024-11-26T01:15:05Z

The United States (US) government is looking to introduce a new series of sanctions affecting at least 200 domestic chip makers in China,

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/us-to-reportedly-sanction-200-more-chinese-chip-firms-high-bandwidth-memory-might-also-see-export-bans

Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, announced on ...

2024-11-26T01:10:23Z

Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, announced on Tuesday that it is launching a study to test its implant for a new use: allowing a person to control a robotic arm using just their thoughts.

https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-robotic-arm-controlled-by-mind/

Anthropic has released a new open-source tool to connect AI ...

2024-11-25T21:07:59Z

Anthropic has released a new open-source tool to connect AI assistants directly to the information they need to inform their responses or carry out tasks.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305774/anthropic-model-context-protocol-data-sources

South Korea has become the first country in the world to replace ...

2024-11-25T21:03:13Z

South Korea has become the first country in the world to replace more than 10 per cent of its industrial workforce with robots, according to a new report. The country now has 1,102 robots per 10,000 employees, according to the annual survey by World Robotics 2024.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robots-workers-korea-jobs-employment-ai-b2653355.html

Oil prices hovered near two-week highs on Monday following 6% ...

2024-11-25T04:07:20Z

Oil prices hovered near two-week highs on Monday following 6% gains last week, as geopolitical tensions heightened between western powers and major oil producers Russia and Iran, raising risks of supply disruption.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-holds-2-week-high-russia-iran-tensions-support-prices-2024-11-25/

U.K. closely monitoring Russian spy ship as it passes near ...

2024-11-25T04:02:10Z

U.K. closely monitoring Russian spy ship as it passes near British Isles — 'undersea cables are a shared concern' says Ministry of Defense

Image credit: Andrey Luzik)

Reported: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/u-k-closely-monitoring-russian-spy-ship-as-it-passes-near-british-isles-undersea-cables-are-a-shared-concern-says-ministry-of-defense

Alibaba Cloud has started to expand its SaaS portfolio by ...

2024-11-25T03:56:14Z

Alibaba Cloud has started to expand its SaaS portfolio by bringing products it once offered only in China to other territories. Chinese web giant recently rebranded its "Elastic Cloud Phone" as just "Cloud Phone" and made it available in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Source: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/alibaba_cloud_phone_dingtalk_extension/

Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor ...

2024-11-24T23:47:23Z

Ubitium announces development of 'universal' processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA functionalities – RISC-V powered chip slated to arrive in two years

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/ubitium-announces-development-of-universal-processor-that-combines-cpu-gpu-dsp-and-fpga-functionalities-risc-v-powered-chip-slated-to-arrive-in-two-years

Chinese chip designer longsome last Friday announced it's ...

2024-11-24T23:41:15Z

Chinese chip designer longsome last Friday announced it's processors are powering a cloud computing platform that has been launched into space.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/24/asia_tech_news_in_brief/

China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it ...

2024-11-23T23:46:31Z

China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system in coming months as it seeks widespread help to achieve self-reliance.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-huawei-aims-100000-apps-harmony-os-6-12-months-2024-11-23/

Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax ...

2024-11-22T02:17:46Z

Automakers plead with Trump: don’t kill the EV tax credit.’The auto industry is sending an urgent message to President-elect Donald Trump: spare the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302592/trump-ev-tax-credit-auto-alliance-av-framework

ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has recently considered developing a web ...

2024-11-22T02:09:48Z

ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has recently considered developing a web browser that would combine with its chatbot and separately discussed or struck deals to power search features, the Information reported on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-considers-taking-google-with-browser-information-reports-2024-11-21/

A Japanese research team has developed a type of plastic that can ...

2024-11-22T02:03:28Z

A Japanese research team has developed a type of plastic that can break down in seawater in a bid to decrease environmental pollution and the accumulation of plastics in oceans, it said in Friday's edition of the U.S. academic journal Science.

https://japantoday.com/category/tech/japan-research-team-develops-plastic-that-breaks-down-in-seawater

A federal judge has rejected a bid by the parents of a ...

2024-11-21T20:38:46Z

A federal judge has rejected a bid by the parents of a Massachusetts high school senior to force his school to expunge his disciplinary record and raise his history class grade after officials accused him of using an artificial intelligence program to cheat on a class assignment.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/massachusetts-students-punishment-ai-use-can-stand-us-judge-rules-2024-11-21/

Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more ...

2024-11-21T20:33:21Z

Silicon Valley tech giants and others who together process more than 13 billion financial transactions annually through digital wallets and payment apps will be subject to government supervision, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-watchdog-issues-final-rule-supervise-big-tech-payments-digital-wallets-2024-11-21/

U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against ...

2024-11-21T02:01:32Z

U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Wednesday against five alleged members of Scattered Spider, a loose-knit community of hackers suspected of breaking into dozens of U.S. companies to steal confidential information and cryptocurrency.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/us-charges-five-scattered-spider-hacking-scheme-2024-11-20/

Numenta, a company with backing from the Gates Foundation, on ...

2024-11-21T01:37:29Z

Numenta, a company with backing from the Gates Foundation, on Wednesday released an open-source AI model it hopes will require less energy and data to create intelligent machines than existing technologies.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/numenta-backed-by-gates-foundation-releases-open-source-ai-model-2024-11-20/

Meta is doing its part to make 2025 the year of smart glasses by ...

2024-11-21T01:32:03Z

Meta is doing its part to make 2025 the year of smart glasses by releasing the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses in several European countries. Soon, people in France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain will be able to buy the AI-powered wearables, and the Meta AI assistant will be able to communicate with users in Spanish, French, Italian, and English.

Source: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/meta-ai-smart-glasses-say-bonjour-hola-and-ciao-to-europe-and-new-languages

OpenAI and non-profit partner Common Sense Media have launched a ...

2024-11-20T21:43:54Z

OpenAI and non-profit partner Common Sense Media have launched a free training course for teachers aimed at demystifying artificial intelligence and prompt engineering, the organizations said on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-free-ai-training-course-teachers-2024-11-20/

KPMG said on Wednesday it would spend $100 million over the next ...

2024-11-20T21:42:25Z

KPMG said on Wednesday it would spend $100 million over the next four years to bolster its enterprise artificial intelligence services through a partnership with Alphabet's Google Cloud.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-launches-free-ai-training-course-teachers-2024-11-20/

The Pentagon office investigating UFOs, or what the government ...

2024-11-20T02:13:09Z

The Pentagon office investigating UFOs, or what the government calls unidentified anomalous phenomena, resolved one of its most prominent cases — nicknamed "GOFAST" — its director told Congress in a hearing on Tuesday..

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-solves-1-ufo-mystery-still-probing-other-cases/

Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large ...

2024-11-20T02:06:39Z

Niantic has announced that it’s building a new “Large Geospatial Model” (LGM) that combines millions of scans taken from the smartphones of players of Pokémon Go and other Niantic products. This AI model could allow computers and robots to understand and interact with the world in new ways.
Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24300975/niantic-pokemon-go-data-large-geospatial-model

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to ...

2024-11-20T00:49:32Z

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket to space from Texas on Tuesday, advancing the ship's spaceflight abilities but botching an attempt to bring its booster back to land as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump watched from the company's rocket facilities.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-launch-sixth-starship-test-texas-with-trump-attending-2024-11-19/

Promise, backed by former News Corp President Peter Chernin and ...

2024-11-20T00:45:49Z

Promise, backed by former News Corp President Peter Chernin and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, will produce films and series using generative AI tools, the company said on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/andreessen-horowitz-backed-studio-promise-start-producing-movies-series-using-ai-2024-11-19/

A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan ...

2024-11-19T21:49:57Z

A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart or smarter than humans, amid intensifying competition with China over advanced technologies.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/us-government-commission-pushes-manhattan-project-style-ai-initiative-2024-11-19/

Microsoft has released the first release candidate of PowerShell ...

2024-11-19T03:47:07Z

Microsoft has released the first release candidate of PowerShell 7.5 for download. Interestingly, despite not being a general availability release, Microsoft considers it a "go-live" release which means that it's a supported release in production.

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-releases-powershell-75-rc1-ga-due-in-january/

The U.S. will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet ...

2024-11-19T03:42:41Z

The U.S. will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday.

https://japantoday.com/category/tech/us-to-call-for-google-to-sell-chrome-browser-report

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while U.S. bond yields and the ...

2024-11-19T02:59:49Z

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while U.S. bond yields and the dollar hung back from multi-month highs as traders awaited President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet selection and sought to gauge the outlook for Federal Reserve easing

https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2024-11-19/

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned at the Group of 20 Summit in ...

2024-11-19T02:56:40Z

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned at the Group of 20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro that artificial intelligence should not be a "game of rich countries and the wealthy," state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-tells-g20-summit-ai-should-not-be-game-rich-countries-xinhua-reports-2024-11-18/

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined a growing list of former tech ...

2024-11-19T02:53:37Z

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has joined a growing list of former tech leaders taking roles in San Francisco's government following this month's election.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/san-francisco-mayor-elect-taps-openai-ceo-sam-altman-transition-team-2024-11-18/

SpaceX launched what has been a top secret mission just before ...

2024-11-18T01:22:56Z

SpaceX launched what has been a top secret mission just before dusk on Sunday. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:28 EST. SpaceX called the mission "TD7," even though regulatory filings and U.S. government agency and regulatory findings, including the Space Force and the Federal Aviation Administration, call the payload "Optus-X."

Source: https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/11/17/4141731890696/f2dc6bdde0de2600ab9ca3bed169da55f09e7630

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range ...

2024-11-18T01:15:15Z

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range ATACMS missiles inside Russia, something Biden had specifically prohibited until now, two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News on Sunday.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-ukraine-longer-range-us-missiles-russia-sources/story?id=115947663502175059b29042e589fb93c

AMD dominates chip sales on Amazon — top ten best selling CPUs ...

2024-11-17T21:58:53Z

AMD dominates chip sales on Amazon — top ten best selling CPUs all come from Team Red, Intel’s highest entry sits at 11th place.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-dominates-chip-sales-on-amazon-top-ten-best-selling-cpus-all-come-from-team-red-intels-highest-entry-sits-at-11th-place

Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI ...

2024-11-17T21:52:41Z

Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI Dictatorship' revealed in emails from 2016 — According to the Transformer, an email from Musk in 2016 said, “Deepmind [sic] is causing me extreme mental stress. If they win, it will be really bad news with their one mind to rule the world philosophy.” He further aired concerns that “Demis [Hassabis] could create an AGI dictatorship.”

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/musks-concerns-over-google-deepmind-ai-dictatorship-revealed-in-emails-from-2016-communications-released-during-the-recent-openai-court-case

As efficient as electronic data storage systems can be, ...

2024-11-17T21:44:45Z

As efficient as electronic data storage systems can be, they've got nothing on nature's own version – DNA. A new technique for writing data to DNA works like a printing press and makes it easy enough that anyone could do it.

(alanphillips/Getty Images)

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-dna-printing-technique-could-revolutionize-how-we-store-data

NASA is partnering with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered ...

2024-11-16T02:05:48Z

NASA is partnering with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered chatbot geared toward making it much easier to sift through the enormous amounts of data collected by the space agency's Earth-observing satellites.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/nasa-leverages-ai-to-make-climate-data-searchable-for-everyone/nostr:#ftag=CAD590a51e502175059b29042e589fb93c

ESPN is testing an AI-generated avatar with the Saturday college ...

2024-11-16T02:01:02Z

ESPN is testing an AI-generated avatar with the Saturday college football show SEC Nation. Dubbed FACTS, it’s going to be “...promoting education and fun around sports analytics” with information drawn from ESPN Analytics.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297606/espn-generative-ai-avatar-facts

Musicians could soon be able to remix the songs that they upload ...

2024-11-16T01:55:10Z

Musicians could soon be able to remix the songs that they upload to YouTube thanks to an experimental AI tool currently rolling out to select content creators.

The new tool is built atop YouTube’s Dream Track, which was released last year and enables users to compose songs based on text prompts and by using prerecorded vocals.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/youtube-testing-ai-music-remixer-shorts/

Apple has deleted one of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio ...

2024-11-15T23:00:21Z

Apple has deleted one of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Russian-language news apps from the Russian App Store at the request of state communications regulator Roskomnadzor, the news outlet said on Friday.

Reported: https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-deletes-us-funded-rferl-news-app-russian-app-store-news-outlet-says-2024-11-15/

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in ...

2024-11-15T22:23:30Z

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in December to sell existing shares at a price of $135 per share, two sources familiar with the matter said.
The tender offer would value SpaceX at more than $250 billion, according to the sources.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-preparing-launch-tender-offer-dec-135share-ft-reports-2024-11-15/

On Thursday, the European Union published its first draft of a ...

2024-11-15T01:44:45Z

On Thursday, the European Union published its first draft of a Code of Practice for general purpose AI (GPAI) models. The document, which won’t be finalized until May, lays out guidelines for managing risks — and giving companies a blueprint to comply and avoid hefty penalties.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-eu-publishes-the-first-draft-of-regulatory-guidance-for-general-purpose-ai-models-223447394.html?src=rss

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would ...

2024-11-15T01:39:29Z

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-anti-vaccine-activist-rfk-public-health-hhs/

African governments should give fibre optic cables greater ...

2024-11-14T19:21:58Z

African governments should give fibre optic cables greater protection from attacks and harmonize policies around layouts to encourage the development of tech infrastructure, a Google executive said on Thursday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/fibre-optic-cables-should-be-considered-critical-infrastructure-africa-google-2024-11-14/

Alphabet's Google on Thursday released a smartphone app for ...

2024-11-14T19:18:38Z

Alphabet's Google on Thursday released a smartphone app for its artificial intelligence chatbot on Apple's App Store that introduced the latest generation of its voice assistant to the popular mobile operating system.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-brings-ai-voice-assistant-gemini-live-iphone-2024-11-14/

ByteDance-owned TikTok on Thursday announced the global ...

2024-11-14T19:13:35Z

ByteDance-owned TikTok on Thursday announced the global availability of its generative AI video creation platform, Symphony Creative Studios, to all advertisers, as the short-video app looks to boost its ad business.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/tiktok-launches-ai-powered-video-platform-advertisers-globally-2024-11-14/

China-linked hackers have intercepted surveillance data intended ...

2024-11-14T02:07:32Z

China-linked hackers have intercepted surveillance data intended for American law enforcement agencies after breaking in to an unspecified number of telecom companies, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/china-affiliated-actors-compromised-networks-multiple-telecom-companies-us-says-2024-11-13/

Google is gearing up to implement changes to its ...

2024-11-13T19:18:38Z

Google is gearing up to implement changes to its location-tracking Maps feature that will see users’ previous location history erased unless quick action is taken.

(Image credit: Shutterstock)

https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-maps-will-soon-delete-your-location-history-unless-you-tell-it-not-to

Tesla voluntarily issued a recall for approximately 2,431 ...

2024-11-13T19:09:44Z

Tesla voluntarily issued a recall for approximately 2,431 Cybertrucks manufactured between November 6, 2023 and July 30, 2024. The issue is related to something called the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, or MOSFET, in which the inverter has the potential to stop creating torque, resulting in a loss of propulsion for the truck.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295539/tesla-cybertruck-recall-inverter-loss-propulsion

SoftBank's Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first ...

2024-11-13T16:40:55Z

SoftBank's Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first chips using Nvidia's latest Blackwell design for its supercomputer, the California-based chip designer said, as Masayoshi Son looks to ride the artificial intelligence boom.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nvidia-softbank-pilot-worlds-first-ai-5g-telecom-network-2024-11-13/

Amazon.com launched a low-cost ecommerce service called Amazon ...

2024-11-13T16:34:48Z

Amazon.com launched a low-cost ecommerce service called Amazon Haul for some customers in the United States giving them a selection of products at $20 or less, the online retailer said on Wednesday, as it looks to take on Chinese firms Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-launches-low-cost-ecommerce-service-challenge-temu-2024-11-13/

Huawei develops massive 72TB SSD-tape hybrid storage device — ...

2024-11-12T19:56:46Z

Huawei develops massive 72TB SSD-tape hybrid storage device — first-gen MED drive targets warm and cold storage

(Image credit: Shutterstock)

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/huawei-develops-ssd-tape-hybrid-storage-device-for-warm-and-cold-storage-first-gen-med-drive-holds-up-to-72tb

Visa said on Tuesday it was rolling out a flexible payments ...

2024-11-12T18:38:57Z

Visa said on Tuesday it was rolling out a flexible payments feature in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, as it looks to capitalize on the growing demand for a variety of transaction options.

The "flexible credential", lets customers use a single card to pay from different funding sources, the payments processor said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/visa-teams-up-with-affirm-launch-card-flexible-payments-us-2024-11-12/

Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the ...

2024-11-12T14:51:48Z

Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-calls-apple-stop-geo-blocking-practices-apple-media-services-2024-11-12/

Adobe on Tuesday added software tools that let its customers use ...

2024-11-12T14:48:05Z

Adobe on Tuesday added software tools that let its customers use artificial intelligence to create images based on its library of stock images, while still paying the original creators of those images.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/adobe-adds-ai-tools-its-stock-photography-business-2024-11-12/

Amazon.com's cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will ...

2024-11-12T14:44:31Z

Amazon.com's cloud computing unit on Tuesday said it will offer free computing power to researchers who want to use its custom artificial intelligence chips, aiming to challenge Nvidia's popularity among those researchers
.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazon-offers-free-computing-power-ai-researchers-aiming-challenge-nvidia-2024-11-12/

Huawei Technologies asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a ...

2024-11-11T19:31:41Z

Huawei Technologies asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals and misleading banks about its business in Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/default/chinas-huawei-technologies-seeks-dismissal-us-criminal-charges-2024-11-11/

The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial ...

2024-11-11T19:27:04Z

The Vatican launched on Monday new Artificial Intelligence-enabled services for St Peter's Basilica, allowing virtual access to its Renaissance-era architectural treasures for all and enhanced tours for visitors.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vatican-unveils-ai-services-st-peters-basilica-ahead-jubilee-2024-11-11/

Amazon is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to ...

2024-11-11T17:00:04Z

Amazon is developing smart eyeglasses for its delivery drivers to guide them to, around and within buildings, as it tries to smooth the final stretch of an order's journey to a customer's home, five people familiar with the matter said.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-developing-driver-eyeglasses-shave-seconds-off-deliveries-sources-say-2024-11-11/

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech ...

2024-11-11T16:56:21Z

Lisbon will this week play host to Europe’s biggest annual tech conference, Web Summit, where industry leaders and lawmakers will weigh the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/web-summit-kicks-off-lisbon-tech-leaders-weigh-trumps-return-2024-11-11/

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to ...

2024-11-11T16:38:18Z

Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges in the pursuit of ever-bigger large language models by developing training techniques that use more human-like ways for algorithms to "think".

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-rivals-seek-new-path-smarter-ai-current-methods-hit-limitations-2024-11-11/

Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot that is ...

2024-11-10T21:30:58Z

Ai-Da, the world's first ultra-realistic artist robot that is capable of drawing and painting using cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and her robotic arm, sells her Portrait of English Mathematician for $1 million.

Ai-Da robot sells her Portrait of English Mathematician for $1M (AFP)

https://www.albawaba.com/business/ai-da-robot-sells-her-portrait-english-1592532

In a medical breakthrough, engineers at the University of ...

2024-11-10T20:46:59Z

In a medical breakthrough, engineers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have developed microscopic soft robots that can work as a team inside the human body, opening new possibilities for minimally invasive procedures.

Image credit: Chunxiang Wang

[ Source: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/11/10/microscopic-soft-robots-medical/

In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles ...

2024-11-10T20:38:11Z

In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius (9 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than droplets without microplastics.

This suggests that microplastics in the air may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they would not form otherwise.

[ Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/microplastics-may-affect-weather-and-climate-by-producing-clouds-researchers-find ]

Near Protocol has announced plans to build the largest ...

2024-11-10T20:30:03Z

Near Protocol has announced plans to build the largest open-source artificial intelligence model worldwide. The platform announced the initiative on the opening day of its Redacted conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand.

https://www.cryptopolitan.com/near-protocol-announces-plans-to-build-the-largest-open-source-ai-model/

The US ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to halt ...

2024-11-10T16:13:12Z

The US ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used in artificial intelligence applications starting Monday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/telecoms-and-technology/2024-11-10-us-orders-taiwan-ai-chipmaker-to-halt-shipments-to-china/

Boffins have been researching new ways to communicate and it ...

2024-11-10T01:59:55Z

Boffins have been researching new ways to communicate and it could help us talk to aliens.

A new branch of Artificial Intelligence has been widely studied and is thought to be bridging the gaps between languages. To humans, the evolution of language is unknown, but AI could provide the answers. Emergent communication has been studied by Olaf Lipinski from the University of Southampton for three years.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/new-ai-tech-help-communicate-34075639

U.S based tech company Vantiq has donated AI software worth ...

2024-11-09T19:43:56Z

U.S based tech company Vantiq has donated AI software worth $500,000 to develop smart cities in Ukraine, the company’s Vice President of Partnerships David Sprinzen said at the Summit of Mayors in Kyiv on Nov. 8.

https://kyivindependent.com/american-ai-company-vantiq-launches-project-to-develop-smart-cities-in-ukraine/

Tesla’s in hot water with the U.S. Highway Safety Agency for ...

2024-11-09T17:50:54Z

Tesla’s in hot water with the U.S. Highway Safety Agency for telling the public its cars can drive themselves, even though manuals and private discussions with the agency clearly state they need human supervision.

https://www.neowin.net/news/teslas-full-self-driving-is-not-as-self-driving-as-it-claims-says-nhtsa/

China unveiled a 10 trillion yuan ($1.40 trillion) debt package ...

2024-11-09T17:45:19Z

China unveiled a 10 trillion yuan ($1.40 trillion) debt package on Friday to ease local government financing strains and stabilise flagging economic growth, as it faces fresh pressure from the re-election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-unveils-steps-tackle-hidden-debt-local-goverments-2024-11-08/

ChatGPT blocked over 250,000 requests to generate fake images of ...

2024-11-09T17:39:53Z

ChatGPT blocked over 250,000 requests to generate fake images of presidential candidates. In an official blog post, ChatGPT announced that it blocked over 250,000 AI image requests in the month leading to the US election day. ChatGPT noted that it rejected several thousand requests to generate DALL·E images of President-elect Trump, Vice President Harris, Vice President-elect Vance, President Biden, and Governor Walz.

https://www.neowin.net/news/chatgpt-blocked-over-250000-requests-to-generate-fake-images-of-presidential-candidates/

A federal judge in downstate Illinois has ruled the state's ...

2024-11-09T01:31:59Z

A federal judge in downstate Illinois has ruled the state's ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional, but will hold off on prohibiting the state from enforcing it for one month to allow for a likely appeal.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-ruled-unconstitutional/

Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become ...

2024-11-09T01:27:49Z

Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become a bigger national priority under the administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sources said, signaling big changes for NASA's moon program and a boost for Musk's SpaceX.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-victory-expected-boost-musks-mars-dream-2024-11-08/

The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++. The ...

2024-11-09T01:23:28Z

The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI announced they were doubling down on their efforts to persuade software manufacturers to abandon "memory-unsafe" programming languages such as C and C++.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/

Google is testing a feature for real-time conversations within ...

2024-11-09T01:10:58Z

Google is testing a feature for real-time conversations within Search. As OpenAI enters the search engine market with ChatGPT Search, Google is ramping up its AI efforts to maintain its search engine dominance. The latest move? A real-time, conversational, voice-to-search feature right within Google Search

https://mashable.com/article/google-voice-to-search-testing

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an ...

2024-11-09T01:02:12Z

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said on Friday night it is facing an issue that has resulted in its popular chatbot ChatGPT being unavailable.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openais-chatgpt-faces-massive-outage-with-thousands-users-impacted-2024-11-09/

On Wednesday, Sam Altman cryptically posted "chat.com" on ...

2024-11-08T00:33:39Z

On Wednesday, Sam Altman cryptically posted "chat.com" on X. Of course, the URL redirects to ChatGPT's homepage. Speculation is that OpenAI wanted a short domain name, but those guesses are dubious since it already owns ai.com, which it bought last year for around $11 million. The company most likely wants to just drop the "GPT" from its current domain.

https://www.techspot.com/news/105482-openai-bought-chatcom-domain-name-chatgpt-over-35.html

Chinese scientists claim to have created a powerful 'Death ...

2024-11-07T19:48:03Z

Chinese scientists claim to have created a powerful 'Death Star' capable of electromagnetic powerful beams. The weapon, similar to the one in Star Wars, may be able to destroy enemy satellites in orbit.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/china-built-real-life-death-34062764

Shares on Wall Street scaled record highs on Thursday, lifting ...

2024-11-07T19:25:15Z

Shares on Wall Street scaled record highs on Thursday, lifting stock markets around the world, while U.S. Treasuries yields retreated as investors processed a second Donald Trump presidency and awaited a Federal Reserve policy decision.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2024-11-07/

Audi on Thursday unveiled a new electric vehicle brand in China ...

2024-11-07T19:16:53Z

Audi on Thursday unveiled a new electric vehicle brand in China whose cars will sport just the name AUDI and not its signature four-ring logo, a move aimed at attracting younger customers in the world's largest auto market.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/audi-unveils-new-ev-brand-china-without-four-ring-logo-2024-11-07/

Meta announced it is opening up Meta Lab, a pop-up experiential ...

2024-11-07T19:05:36Z

Meta announced it is opening up Meta Lab, a pop-up experiential retail space for its Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses starting November 8th in Los Angeles. The temporary store will be around through the end of the year and allow customers to try out the glasses and customize their glasses cases as they shop.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/7/24290479/meta-is-opening-a-pop-up-retail-store-for-the-ray-ban-meta-glasses