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Google announces yet more layoffs, this time affecting its advertising business units
Google LLC is laying off yet more staff, just days after announcing it would ax about 1,000 of its employees. That’s according to a new report by Business Insider, later confirmed by The Verge, which was told by a spokesperson for the company that “a few hundred roles globally are being eliminated.” According to Business Insider, ...
Hardware-as-a-service startup Xyte raises $30M in early-stage funding round
The self-proclaimed hardware-as-a-service startup Xyte Technologies Ltd. today revealed that it has closed on a $30 million early-stage funding round. The Series A round includes $20 million from Intel Capital and other key participants such as Samsung Next and existing investors S Capital and Mindset Ventures. In addition, $10 million came in the form of ...
OpenAI announces steps to prevent its generative AI tools from being used to manipulate elections
ChatGPT creator OpenAI is taking concrete steps to ensure that its generative artificial intelligence tools won’t be used to manipulate the outcomes of key elections coming up this year. In a blog post today, the company announced its commitment to preventing abuse and enhancing transparency around AI-generated content, as well as the steps it will ...
Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot assistant launches for small businesses and consumers
Microsoft Corp. is expanding access to its Copilot virtual assistant, making it available to users of its Office suite of productivity applications. In addition, consumers who pay for Microsoft 365 can now access a new, paid version of Copilot too. Today’s updates will allow Microsoft to bring generative artificial intelligence capabilities to more of its users. ...
Anthropic researchers show AI systems can be taught to engage in deceptive behavior
A new research paper by the generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC shows that some AI systems can be taught to engage in deceptive behavior — and even worse, the models will attempt to resist efforts to remove such behaviors using the most common AI safety techniques. Anthropic’s researchers demonstrated in a scientific paper how ...
Industrial tech giant ABB buys AI-powered robot navigation startup Sevensense
European technology services giant ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., better known as ABB, said today it has acquired a startup called Sevensense Robotics AG that specializes in improving the mobility and awareness of industrial robots. Sevensense combines artificial intelligence smarts with 3D vision capabilities to enable robots to move around factories and warehouses, so they ...
Global PC shipments grow again after two years of declines, but recovery may be short-lived
The personal computer market has finally halted its two-year-long decline in sales, with total shipments growing by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to data released by Gartner Inc. today. However, the market research firm warned that the recovery could be short-lived, saying that the rising cost of components this year will likely ...
Microsoft briefly stole Apple’s crown as the world’s most valuable company
Microsoft Corp. briefly overtook Apple Inc. as the most valuable company in the world in intraday trading Thursday, only to lose the crown about two hours later. It was the first time in more than two years that the Redmond-based firm surpassed the iPhone maker. Shares of Microsoft rose by 1.6% at one point in ...
Google Cloud expands its generative AI for retail offerings
Google Cloud today announced the availability of a number of new artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI systems, designed to help retailers modernize their business operations, better personalize online shopping experiences, and transform in-store technology rollouts. The new tools were unveiled at NRF 2024, the National Retail Foundation’s annual conference. They’re led by three new ...
US lawmakers push for regulation of AI companies supplying government agencies
A bipartisan group of lawmakers today took the wraps off of a new piece of legislation that would require federal agencies and the artificial intelligence service providers they use to adopt guidelines to manage the risks associated with the technology. The proposed legislation, which is sponsored by Democrats Ted Lieu and Don Beyer alongside Republicans ...