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Can AI deliver legal expertise? What Linklaters' tests reveal
AI can be found everywhere, from drafting emails to coding apps to diagnosing diseases. But when it comes to providing legal advice, how close are we to AI being a reliable legal expert?
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“Just in time for me not to care” – OpenAI launches Sora in Europe
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has released its text-to-video generator Sora in Europe, almost three months after its launch in the US and many other countries.
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Cracking down on AI-generated child abuse: 25 arrests in major operation
Two dozen people were arrested this week for their role in a criminal group that distributed images generated by artificial intelligence of children being sexually abused, Europol said on Friday.
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Meta plans paid subscription service for chatbot Meta AI, source says
Meta Platforms plans to test a paid subscription service for its AI-enabled chatbot Meta AI, similar to those offered by OpenAI and Microsoft to access advanced versions of their chatbots, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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OpenAI releases a "more thoughtful" and "less hallucinogenic" GPT-4.5
OpenAI on Thursday announced the release of its latest large language model GPT-4.5, said to be the company’s most natural and brightest chatbot yet – and the most expensive.
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DeepSeek cuts off-peak pricing for developers by up to 75%
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on Wednesday introduced discounted off-peak pricing for developers.
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Scandi firm unveils robot servant dressed in Kim Kardashian-style shapewear
A Dyson-wielding robot squeezed into beige shapewear, reminiscent of Kim Kardashian’s Skims, may be the future of Scandinavian living.
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Don’t use Grok’s new voice feature at work, definitely not in “sexy” mode
Grok 3 now has a voice, and its not safe for work (NSFW) chats have the internet in a chokehold
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DeepSeek rushes to launch new AI model as China goes all in
DeepSeek is looking to press home its advantage.
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Anthropic releases new Sonnet model with advanced coding capabilities
Anthropic has released Claude 3.7 Sonnet, its best large language model (LLM) for solving real-world coding problems, along with the first agentic coding tool.
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New Trump and Musk video is a win for AI models everywhere
A compromising AI-generated video of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk is going viral on social media, but AI models have finally mastered the art of generating the correct number of fingers and toes.
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OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities
OpenAI has removed accounts of users from China and North Korea.
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AI search startup raises $100M to compete with Google
Search startup Genspark has raised $100 million in a series A funding round, valuing the startup at $530 million, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the race to use artificial intelligence to disrupt Google’s stranglehold on the search engine market heats up.
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DeepSeek to share some AI model code, doubling down on open source
Chinese startup DeepSeek will make its models' code publicly available, it said on Friday, doubling down on its commitment to open-source artificial intelligence.
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Universities capitalize on China’s “Sputnik moment”
Universities across China have launched artificial intelligence (AI) courses this month based on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, whose AI breakthrough has been described as a "Sputnik moment" for China and garnered widespread attention
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Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum chip is “a breakthrough in quantum computing”
Microsoft on Wednesday introduces Majorana 1 – a “world’s first" quantum chip expected to push the capabilities of quantum computers to new limits “solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.”
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Can you guess which AI bot shares the most data with third parties?
Your favorite AI chatbot might be tracking you. A new study has shown that all top AI chatbots collect user data, and some even share it with third parties.
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DeepSeek's outside funding draws interest from Alibaba, Chinese state funds – media
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is considering outside funding for the first time and has drawn interest from Alibaba and state funds, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of internal discussions.
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China boasts underwater hub can handle 7,000 DeepSeek chats per second
A new underwater data center off the tropical island of Hainan can handle 7,000 DeepSeek conversations per second, Chinese state media has reported.
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China’s answer to OpenAI’s Sora: new video generator boasts 30B parameters
A Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company has revealed its homegrown text-to-video model like OpenAI’s Sora – just newer and potentially with more parameters.
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