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03 Nov

White House limits AI and chip investments to China over national security concerns – SiliconANGLE

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The Treasury Department today issued a final rule which serves to restrict and monitor U.S. tech investments in China in an effort to bolster national security. The main areas of investment are artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The finalized rules build upon an executive order issued by President Biden in 2023, which blocked Americans and American firms from investing in Chinese sectors to thwart China’s military and intelligence capabilities. Officials at the White House said such investments “pose a particularly acute national security risk” to the U.S. Paul Rosen, the assistant secretary of Treasury for investment security, explained…

27 Sep

Sam Altman says superintelligence is on the way, and the future is bright – SiliconANGLE

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OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman published a blog post today stating that the world will have superintelligence in “a few thousand days” and what he sees ahead is not the techno-dystopia some critics see but “massive prosperity.” Altman’s post was only a few hundred words long, but he managed to pack it with enough assertions about the future to fill a few hundred counter-argument books. He admitted that the arrival of superintelligence might take a tad longer than he expects, but it’s coming, he says, and we’ll soon “be able to do things that would have seemed like magic to…

03 Jun

Elon Musk and Meta’s AI maestro Yann LeCun almost come to blows online – SiliconANGLE

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Meta Platforms Inc. AI Chief Scientist Yann LeCun spent some time on the X platform over Memorial Day weekend dueling with its owner, the billionaire and devoted contrarian Elon Musk. The spat was centered around Musk’s (pictured) $24 billion venture, xAI, his generative artificial intelligence startup that he hopes will get ahead of the likes of OpenAI, Microsoft Corp., Google LLC and Meta, which are all now engaged in what could be termed the great scramble for the AI market a bit like colonizing countries once scrambled for physical space. The fight, it seems, isn’t going to be pretty. Musk wrote…

03 Jun

OpenAI tightens its grip on news media with Vox Media and Atlantic partnerships – SiliconANGLE

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If you can’t beat them, join them: That might be the right sentiment in light of today’s news that OpenAI has just signed licensing deals with two of the U.S.’s biggest media companies, Vox Media Inc. and The Atlantic. Vox is the parent company of a number of popular media outlets, including the tech website The Verge, the news website Vox, the pop cultural website Vulture and the biweekly New York Magazine. The Atlantic, founded in 1857, is one of the oldest media companies in the U.S. Both companies have chosen the route of partnerships rather than going in the…

29 May

Report: Automakers might be secretly selling your driving data to insurance companies – SiliconANGLE

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Car companies have been selling their customers’ detailed driving behavior data to third-party brokers, possibly affecting the owners’ insurance premiums, according to a New York Times exposé published today that asks serious questions about privacy within the internet of things. Companies such as the General Motors Co., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., the Kia Corp. and more, have been using the data from connected cars to compile a behavioral profile of the driver that might detail how that driver often brakes too fast, often speeds or is prone to aggressive accelerating when the stoplight changes to green. The expose featured a 65-year-old…

27 May

Group of US newspapers sues Open AI and Microsoft over copyright infringement – SiliconANGLE

stp2y0 CommentsChat-GPTGroup of US newspapers sues Open AI and Microsoft over copyright infringement, James Farrell, SiliconANGLE

A coalition of eight U.S. newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft Corp, alleging that they have engaged in “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their generative AI models. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, comes from the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sun Sentinel in Florida, The Mercury News in San Jose, California, The Orange County Register in California and the Pioneer Press of Minnesota. All the publishers are owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. The…

22 May

Microsoft marches on in Asia with $2.2B AI and cloud investment in Malaysia – SiliconANGLE

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Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will invest $2.2 billion in Malaysia over a four-year period, building a new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in the country and partnering with the government to open a National AI Center. “We are committed to supporting Malaysia’s AI transformation and ensure it benefits all Malaysians,” said Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella. “Our investments in digital infrastructure and skilling will help Malaysian businesses, communities and developers apply the latest technology to drive inclusive economic growth and innovation across the country.” The company has recently announced a slew of major investments around the world, mostly…