AI

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Search Competing With Google Search

OpenAI on Thursday launched a search feature within ChatGPT, its viral chatbot, that positions the high-powered artificial intelligence startup to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft’s Bing and Perplexity, CNBC reported. ChatGPT search offers up-to-the-minute sports scores, stock…

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The AI Bill Driving A Wedge Through Silicon Valley

California’s push to regulate artificial intelligence has riven Silicon Valley, as opponents warn the legal framework could undermine competition and the US’s position as the world leader in technology, Financial Times reported. Having waged a fierce battle to amend or…

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AMD Buys AI Equipment Maker For Nearly $5 Billion

Advanced Micro Devices agreed to pay nearly $5 billion to ZT Systems, a designer of data-center equipment for cloud computing and artificial intelligence, bolstering the chip maker’s attack on Nvidia’s dominance in AI computation, The Wall Street Journal reported. The…

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Mark Zuckerberg Argues That ‘Open Source AI’ Is The Path Forward

Meta posted “Expanding our open source large language models responsibly”. From the Meta blog: Takeaways: Meta is committed to openly accessible AI. Read Mark Zuckerberg’s letter detailing why open source is good for developers, good for Meta, and good for…

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Apple, Nvidia Anthropic Used Thousands Of Swiped YouTube Videos To Train AI

Tech companies are turning to controversial tactics to feed their data-hungry artificial intelligence models, vacuuming up books, websites, photos, and social media posts often unbeknownst to the creators, WIRED reported. AI companies are generally secretive about their sources of training…

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‘Little Tech’ Brings A Big Flex To Sacramento

One of Silicon Valley’s heaviest hitters is wading into the fight over California’s AI regulations, Politico reported. Y Combinator — the venture capitalist firm that brought us Airbnb, Dropbox, and DoorDash — today issued its opening salvo against a bill…

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Meta Pauses AI Models Launch In Europe Due To Irish Request

Meta Platforms will not launch its Meta AI models in Europe for now after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users, the U.S. social media company said on Friday,…

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