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Trump seemed blindsided by the sudden rise of Chinese AI service DeepSeek. Here’s how he’ll help U.S. tech punch back, experts say

The Trump administration's conflicting goals could undermine its response to DeepSeek.

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DeepSeek is the hottest new AI chatbot—but it comes with Chinese censorship built in

As with the popular TikTok alternative RedNote, Western users are finding some topics off-limits in DeepSeek R1.

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Elon Musk fumes as Trump’s Stargate AI announcement elevates arch-rival Sam Altman

The Stargate project has big implications for U.S. AI leadership, but also for who's winning the new president's ear.

22.01.2025 4

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Biden’s AI chip export restrictions give Trump a powerful weapon as Europe prepares for U.S. assault on its tech rules

Some EU countries will have to negotiate with Trump if they want large amounts of cutting-edge AI chips.

14.01.2025 7

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Hollywood stars and top technologists want to billionaire-proof social media using Bluesky’s protocol

The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.

13.01.2025 5

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Bots can make Twitter a better place to be. Now Elon Musk wants to decide which ones are ‘good’

The drama over Elon Musk’s recent effort to quash bots was characteristically chaotic.

09.01.2025 8

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Texas legislature to consider tough AI bill, but critics warn it threatens to ‘stall’ U.S. AI progress

The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA), also known as HB 1709, will be the next battleground for U.S. AI policy.

08.01.2025 8

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Anthropic settles with Universal and other music publishers over Claude’s lyrical training

The deal only ends part of the suit, but it's a start for the embattled AI industry.

06.01.2025 10

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Google DeepMind’s new Veo 2 AI video generator trounces OpenAI’s Sora with 4K resolution

Google claims Veo 2 has a "better understanding of real-world physics"—an issue that often trips up such tools.

16.12.2024 4

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Apple hit with another lawsuit over iCloud-scanning u-turn

It's the second suit over Apple's decision not to scan everyone's iCloud photos for CSAM.

10.12.2024 10

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Exclusive: Reasoner, a startup from Crashlytics’ co-founder, claims a breakthrough in making AI reliable enough for the enterprise

Serial entrepreneur Wayne Chang says Reasoner's neurosymbolic approach avoids the risks of using generative AI.

04.12.2024 4

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Australia sparks outrage with particularly harsh social-media restrictions

One of the world's toughest social-media crackdowns took a week to become law, after a lawmaker's wife read Jonathan Haidt.

02.12.2024 4

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Lina Khan’s November surprise for Microsoft

The FTC chaiar launches an eleventh-hour antitrust probe into Microsoft.

29.11.2024 5

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Big Tech is the nuclear industry’s new best friend: Amazon, Microsoft and Google rush to sign deals

The companies are depending on nuclear energy to power their massive AI operations.

21.11.2024 6

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Meta is slapped with a $839 million antitrust fine for favoring one of its own services

Plus: The rise of Bluesky and Threads, another fine for Cruise, and Elon Musk's own AI says he's the chief of misinformation on X.

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AMD cuts 1,000 jobs to focus more on AI chips—and narrow Nvidia’s lead

The chipmaker is trying to grow by cutting jobs.

14.11.2024 4

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Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia follows The Guardian in quitting Elon Musk’s X due to disinformation and ‘disturbing content’

La Vanguardia said X had become "an echo chamber" full of "conspiracy theories and disinformation" that would not have had such an impact with "...

14.11.2024 10

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Europe’s AI industry watches Trump’s return with a mix of fear and hope

If Trump shuns AI regulation, rules-laden European AI startups may be less competitive.

14.11.2024 4

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Donald Trump goes from being TikTok’s worst enemy to its biggest hope

The president-elect is expected to ensure that TikTok can continue operating in the U.S. despite a law requiring its China-based owner sell or...

13.11.2024 4

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Trump 2.0 will have a massive impact on Big Tech, AI, chips and more—in Silicon Valley and beyond

Predicting Trump remains difficult as ever, but there are clues to what the President-elect might do.

06.11.2024 6

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OpenAI suffers departure of yet another AI safety expert, and fresh claims around copyright infringement

AGI safety lead Miles Brundage warns of "misalignment between private and societal interests" as former staffer Suchir Balaji adds fuel to...

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OpenAI’s revolving door risk factor

OpenAI after Mira Murati, Apple's cheaper Vision, SpaceX landing, Adobe does AI video. Plus: A tech IPO!

15.10.2024 10

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Google DeepMind leaders Hassabis and Jumper win Nobel Prize for Chemistry

It's clear that 2024 is the year of AI breaking into the world's most prestigious scientific awards.

09.10.2024 3

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AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield win Nobel Prize for Physics

It's the first time that a Nobel prize has been awarded to the field of AI.

08.10.2024 10

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Meta faces new limits on ad-targeting in Europe as nemesis Max Schrems wins again at EU’s highest court

Facebook nemesis Max Schrems strikes again.

04.10.2024 3

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