Google on Tuesday released a new artificial intelligence model that aims to automate more complex tasks by spending a longer time processing a personâs instructions, known as reasoning. The launch comes several months after OpenAI pioneered a reasoning model of its own, o1, for which it charges ... Read more âș
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I spent Tuesday afternoon at the White Houseâs holiday party for influencers. It was packed: more than 500 attendees mingled over spiked eggnog and cocktail shrimp, including hip-hop artist Flava Flav, comedian Keegan-Michael Key, reality TV star turned podcaster Harry Jowseyâand of course, the Bidens. Tuesday's party, the second year the Biden administrationâs Office of Digital Strategy hosted a holiday fest for creators and others working in the industry, was... Read more âș
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President-elect Donald Trump had dinner with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, the New York Times reported. Musk wasnât expected to be part of the dinner but joined after it had already begun, according to the report. The Times did not report what the trio discussed. Earlier ... Read more âș
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Alec Radford, an OpenAI researcher who helped develop some of its most important artificial intelligence, on Thursday told colleagues he was leaving to pursue research independently. Radford said he planned to collaborate with OpenAI as well as other AI developers, according to a person who ... Read more âș
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Google is making one of its biggest moves yet to bring conversational answers into its search engine, a response to artificial intelligence rivals that have attracted users by providing such answers rather than a list of website links. The company is planning to give its billions of search users the option to switch to an AI Mode that looks nearly identical to its Gemini AI chatbot, according to a person... Read more âș
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Apple has criticized Meta Platforms for making a large number of requests to access Appleâs âsensitive technologiesâ within its mobile operating system iOS, warning that such requests could allow Meta to read iPhone ownersâ emails and messages. Meta made the requests under a rule ... Read more âș
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Fintech banking startup Chime Financial has filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported. Chime declined to comment. The company, which has long been planning to go public next year, offers fee-free digital banking sources. The company was valued at $25 billion ... Read more âș
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Accel, a blue-blood of Sand Hill Road, is thinking smaller.The firm publicly filed Thursday that it has raised $1.35 billion for its latest growth fund to invest in mature startups. Thatâs nearly a quarter less than the $1.75 billion it raised for its last growth fund in 2021.The smaller fund is a tacit admission by one of the industryâs leaders of the challenges facing scores of venture capital firmsâthat there... Read more âș
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Apple is in early talks with Tencent and ByteDance about using its artificial intelligence models in iPhones sold in China, Reuters reported. China has tight rules over AI, making it challenging for foreign companies to operate their AI models in the country without regulatory approval. So ... Read more âș
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Workers at seven U.S. Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said. The striking workers include some warehouse staff employed by Amazon, as well as delivery drivers that Amazon says are not its employees. The strikes affect Amazon facilities in New ... Read more âș
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Apple is nearing a deal with the Indonesian government to lift a ban on sales of the iPhone 16 that went into effect in late October, Bloomberg reported. While Appleâs sales in Indonesia are modest when compared with the U.S., Europe, and China, the Southeast Asian countryâs status as the fourth ... Read more âș
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Lately, AI developer Anthropic has been riding high, with its modelsâ impressive performance on tasks like code generation helping it to poach customers from its larger rival, OpenAI. What many people havenât realized, though, is how Anthropic might be disadvantaged in the upcoming Trump era.Anthropic has connections to the effective altruism movement, which emphasizes the dangers of AI over short-term profit or productivity benefits. These positions could rub President-elect Donald... Read more âș
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To figure out how its advanced artificial intelligence chips are ending up in China in violation of U.S. export laws, chip giant Nvidia has turned to companies like Super Micro Computer for answers. Nvidia generally doesnât sell its chips directly to customers, relying instead on specialized dealers and server companies like Supermicro, as the company is also known, to do so. Thatâs why Nvidia recently asked Supermicro to conduct spot... Read more âș
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Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings relinquished its two board seats at âFortniteâ maker Epic Games, after the U.S. Department of Justice raised concerns about antitrust violations. The two Epic board of directors also serve on Tencentâs board, which according to the DOJ is a violation of the ... Read more âș
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Weâve got a new cliff-hanger episode in the seemingly endless drama over TikTokâs future. This time, the stars will be John Roberts and his band of Supreme Court justices. The highest court in the land on Wednesday said it would hear oral arguments on Jan. 10 in TikTokâs appeal against the ban-or-sell law that threatens the appâs existence. (If only those arguments could be broadcast as TikToks!)That timeline is cutting... Read more âș
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OpenAI announced on Wednesday that users will now be able to talk to its AI chatbot by calling 1-800-CHATGPT or messaging it via WhatsApp. Users can call the number without an account and will receive 15 minutes free per month, the company said. The phone number is built using OpenAIâs Realtime ... Read more âș
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AI search company Perplexity has acquired Carbon, a small startup founded last year whose software lets large language models ingest data from a range of different third-party applications. The move underscores Perplexityâs growing ambitions in enterprise search, an increasingly crowded ... Read more âș
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With the dramatic innovations from generative AI, companies want to move beyond the experimentation phase to tangible business results. But moving from pilot to production requires business leaders to make important decisions about which tools to use, how to mitigate risks and when to scale. During a recent live video summit, Jon Victor from The Information explored the future of AI with three leaders in the field: Dr. Walter Sun,... Read more âș
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The Information asked readers how they envision the progress of artificial intelligence in 2025 and beyond. How much do we already know about AIâs potential and what remains unknown? What are the implementation lessons coming from 2024, and are companies using them to make changes going forward? Is AI going to pay off investors, corporations and employees? The 249 readers of The Information who participated in the survey (see the... Read more âș
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Well that was fast! The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up TikTokâs appeal challenging a U.S. law that could ban the video app next month.Just two days earlier, TikTok had asked the Supreme Court to temporarily halt the law. But the court on Wednesday deferred a decision on granting such a freeze until after oral arguments, which are scheduled for Jan. 10. The ban is due to... Read more âș
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