Samsung reports record Q4 operating profit amid booming chip demand
Samsung Electronics reported historic Q4 operating profits, with projections near 20 trillion won driven by surging memory and AI chip demand. Multiple outlets note unprecedented profit gains fueled by a chip market supercycle, underscoring Samsung’s dominant position in global semiconductor production.
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X’s deepfake machine is infuriating policymakers around the globe
Lauren Feiner / theverge - X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images includes more extreme content that potentially violates …
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Censorship and defaults: Debating AI safety and limits
Deepfake surge: Undressing outputs spark explicit content alarm
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Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars
Jonathan M. Gitlin / arstechnica - The Blue Oval is also working on new hands-free driver assists.
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Samsung squashes hopes that it will release its Ballie home robot
Scharon Harding / arstechnica - Six years after its CES debut, Samsung has demoted Ballie to internal use.
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Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death
Natallie Rocha / nytimes - The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health With Apple Health Integration
Eric Slivka / macrumors - OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Health, a dedicated section of ChatGPT where users can ask health-related questions completely separated from their main ChatGPT experience.For more personalized responses, users can connect various health data…
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Anthropic Raising $10 Billion at $350 Billion Value
Kate Clark / wsj - The planned deal represents nearly a doubling of the AI startup’s valuation from four months ago.
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Direct reports on Anthropic’s $10B, $350B funding move
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Beijing mulls intervention in Meta’s deal to buy Manus amid AI ‘brain drain’ fears
scmp - Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups…
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