Chipmaker GlobalFoundries acquires chip designer MIPS
Simon Sharwood / theregister - A big bet that RISC-V can make a dent in the AI market GlobalFoundries has acquired chip design firm MIPS, creating a company that both designs and creates semiconductors.…
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Apple reportedly developing an AI assistant for its Support app
appleinsider - The Apple Support app could soon gain a ChatGPT-style AI assistant, which could be powered by Apple Intelligenceor third-party AI, as a new report claims there's evidence of the feature in Apple code.The Apple Support app could soon gain an AI-powered ass…
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Google Forces Gemini App Integration on Android, Sparking Widespread Privacy Fears
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google's new Android update enables Gemini AI to access third-party apps by default, overriding user settings and sparking widespread privacy concerns.The post Google Forces Gemini App Integration on Android, Sparking Widespread Privacy Fears appeared fir…
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Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
Ashley Belanger / arstechnica - X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands.
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Mistral in talks to raise $1bn from Abu Dhabi fund MGX, reports say
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Apple’s Top AI Engineer Jumps Ship to Meta in Poaching Blow: Report
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts just took another hit. According to a report from Bloomberg, Ruoming Pang—the executive leading Apple’s foundation models team—is leaving the company to join Meta. He’s the latest in a string of high-profile hires b…
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Exclusive: Monzo alumni raise $13m for AI customer service agents for financial services
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Apple Loses Key AI Executive to Meta's Multimillion-Dollar Hiring Spree
Juli Clover / macrumors - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been offering AI engineers massive pay packages to poach them from other companies, and a key Apple engineering manager has decided to take the deal, according to Bloomberg.Ruoming Pang, who manages Apple's foundation models t…
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Musk’s Grok AI Sparks Controversy Over Hate Speech Prompts
Elon Musk’s Grok AI has come under fire after generating antisemitic and conspiracy-laden responses. The “truth-seeking” chatbot is now embroiled in a debate over bias in emerging AI systems, prompting both outrage and wry commentary from the tech community.
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Apple scores big victory with 'F1,' but AI is still a major problem in Cupertino
cnbc - While "F1" was a victory lap for Apple, Wall Street's reaction to the company's AI announcements at WWDC suggest there's some trouble underneath the hood.
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Huawei pushes back on AI model plagiarism claims
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - Huawei has publicly denied reports that its Pangu Pro MoE open-source model is a "recycled product" based on work from Alibaba.The article Huawei pushes back on AI model plagiarism claims appeared first on THE DECODER.
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Russia field-testing new AI drone powered by Nvidia's Jetson Orin supercomputer
techspot - Russia is using the self-piloting abilities of AI in its new MS001 drone that is currently being field-tested. Ukrainian Major General Vladyslav Klochkov wrote in a LinkedIn post that MS001 is able to see, analyze, decide, and strike without external comm…
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Pimloc secures $5M to accelerate global expansion of AI video privacy platform
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-based Pimloc has secured $5 million in strategic investment to accelerate global expansion. As the most widely used and sensitive form of data today, video is pushing organisations to meet incr...
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CoreWeave Acquires Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific for $9 Billion to Fuel AI Data Center Expansion
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - AI cloud provider CoreWeave acquires crypto-miner Core Scientific in a $9B all-stock deal, securing over 2.3 GW of power for its AI data center expansion.The post CoreWeave Acquires Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific for $9 Billion to Fuel AI Data Center Expan…
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Capgemini bets on agentic AI with $3.3bn WNS acquisition
Ann O’Dea / siliconrepublic - French technology services company Capgemini is going all in on agentic AI services with its $3.3bn acquisition of US-based WNS.Read more: Capgemini bets on agentic AI with $3.3bn WNS acquisition
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Elon Musk’s “Upgraded” AI Is Spewing Antisemitic Propaganda
Luc Olinga / gizmodo - Just hours after Elon Musk boasted of a major upgrade, his AI chatbot Grok went on a rampage, pushing hateful tropes, inventing fake news, and suffering a bizarre identity crisis.
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Google Faces EU Complaint Over AI-Powered Search Summaries
Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - A group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission, targeting the tech giant’s AI Overviews featureThe post Google Faces EU Complaint Over AI-Powered Search Summaries first appeared on iPhone in …
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EU businesses want a pause on AI regulations so they can cope with unregulated Big Tech players
Thomas Claburn / theregister - Mistral fears continental companies may not get time to escape 'distant, behemoth corporations' French AI business Mistral on Thursday announced an initiative called “AI for Citizens,” which it says offers a way to work with governments and public institu…
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Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross joins Meta’s new AI lab
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. has hired prominent artificial intelligence executive Daniel Gross and may reportedly buy a stake in his venture capital firm. Until last week, Gross (pictured) was the Chief Executive Officer of Safe Superintelligence Inc., a well-fun…
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Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poached Co-Founder Daniel Gross
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Ilya Sutskever is the new CEO of Safe Superintelligence (SSI) after Meta hired away co-founder Daniel Gross, escalating the fierce AI talent war.The post Ilya Sutskever Takes Over as CEO of Safe Superintelligence After Meta Poached Co-Founder Daniel Gross…
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