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Nvidia hands Marvell $2bn as AI chip wars demand new alliances
Nvidia has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology, and Marvell will join the Nvidia AI ecosystem, the companies said on Tuesday.
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AI agent starts a tell-all blog after being banned from Wikipedia
Tom, an AI agent, was banned from Wikipedia but wasn’t happy with how its editors approached it, so it started a blog about it.
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No teachers, just AI: Alpha School is enrolling in Chicago for $55,000 per year
At Alpha Schools, which charge $55,000 in tuition, students learn entirely from artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
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The “three-finger” method won’t help detect a deepfake: here’s what will
A viral method for detecting deepfakes may no longer be effective as technology advances rapidly. Experts share their tips on what can actually help you to avoid getting tricked by scammers.
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California now requires AI safeguards for any company seeking state contracts
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday that requires firms seeking contracts with the state to provide safeguards against AI misuse, including the generation of illegal content, harmful bias and violations of civil rights.
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Google unveils TurboQuant to slash AI memory usage: boosts performance eightfold
Google has recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language models (LLMs) without sacrificing performance.
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Can AI predict when you quit before you even know it?
Replacing employees is an expensive business. Replacing a senior employee typically costs around 200% of their annual salary, with a combination of recruitment costs and the productivity lag between the incumbent dialling it in as they eye the exit and the newcomer getting up to speed, the main culprits. Could AI help to ward off these costs and give you insight into whether someone might be on the verge of quitting, so you can actually do something about it?
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Microsoft lets Copilot use multiple AI models at once – they'll fact-check each other
Microsoft on Monday unveiled new features in its Copilot research assistant that would allow users to utilize multiple AI models simultaneously within the same workflow, the latest move by the tech giant to improve its AI offering and boost adoption.
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Bluesky presents Attie, an AI app that will let users design their own algorithms
The team behind Bluesky is launching Attie, an AI-powered app that will let users design their own algorithm and eventually “vibe-code” their own app.
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China's DeepSeek suffers 7-hour outage, longest since launch
China's popular DeepSeek artificial intelligence chatbot suffered on Monday its longest outage since the viral rise of its flagship R1 and V3 models early last year.
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Belgian Royal Family demands Meta take down deepfakes of Crown Princess Elisabeth
Dozens of deepfakes of 24-year-old Crown Princess Elisabeth are circulating on social media. The Belgian Royal Family has asked Meta to take these fake videos offline.
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xAI’s last remaining co-founder departs
Elon Musk’s last original co-founder left the company this week, according to Business Insider.
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Palantir’s Sankar says the Iran war is the first major AI-powered conflict
Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer at Palantir Technologies, says the ongoing war in Iran will be remembered as the first major combat operation powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
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ByteDance and Alibaba ditch Nvidia for Huawei's new AI Chip
Customer testing of Huawei’s new AI chip, designed to rival Nvidia in the China market, has reportedly gone well. Major tech companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, are planning to place orders, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Claude Chrome extension’s “zero-click” flaw confirms it: the better the browser, the easier the hack
A newly discovered “zero-click” vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Chrome Extension reveals the more powerful an AI browser assistant becomes, the more attractive it is to attackers.
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Apple plans to let rival AI services work with Siri
Apple plans to open Siri, its voice assistant, to rival artificial intelligence services beyond its current partnership with ChatGPT.
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Executives restrained from leaving China as government reviews $2B acquisition by Meta
Authorities in Beijing have prohibited two highly ranked executives from leaving China amid a review of the acquisition of a Singapore-based AI company.
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David Sacks steps down as White House AI czar, joins Trump tech council alongside Zuckerberg, Huang
David Sacks steps down as White House AI czar and will join Trump’s tech council alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
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Figure AI humanoid is the first robot to set foot in the White House, well, besides Melania Trump
A humanoid robot from a rising robotics start-up awkwardly accompanied Melania Trump to greet other world leaders’ spouses in an education and technology summit held at the White House.
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Scientists develop AI tool to weed out gaslighters and narcissists
A team at the University of Huddersfield has created a hybrid AI system that identifies sarcasm, manipulation and abuse patterns – offering new potential for policing and mental health support.
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