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Noam Shazeer, a prominent figure in the AI industry, has rejoined Google in a $2.7 billion deal that involves licensing technology from his startup, Character.ai. Shazeer, 48, originally joined Google in 2000 and made significant contributions to the company’s technological advancements during his two-decade tenure. In 2017, Shazeer co-authored a crucial research paper titled “Attention ...
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A widespread power outage in San Francisco affected thousands of residents. It also left Waymo robotaxis stalled on city streets. Read more ›
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IMEC has successfully demonstrated the full wafer-scale fabrication of nanopores using ASML’s state-of-the-art extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines. Read more ›
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A power outage struck San Francisco on Saturday that blacked out about 130,000 customers at its peak, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, but also caused another problem: stranded Waymo vehicles. Posts all over social media showed the company's autonomous SUVs sitting still in the streets and causing traffic jams. Some people posted videos […] Read more ›
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