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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI releases latest free model GPT-4o
OpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and more efficient version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users.
US to raise concerns at first AI talks with China
The United States and China will hold their first talks on artificial intelligence on Tuesday, with Washington set to raise concerns about Beijing's use of the fast-emerging technology, US officials said. Both China and the United States are rapidly developing their AI sectors, with Washington and its allies increasingly alarmed about the capacities available to Beijing's communist authorities.
Booking.com to face tough new EU tech rules
The European Union on Monday added Dutch online travel giant Booking.com to its list of digital companies that are big enough to fall under tougher competition rules. In the same statement on Monday, the commission also said it opted not to include advertising services provided by X and TikTok on its list. raz/ec/lth
France announces 'record' foreign investments worth 15 bn euros
France has received combined investment commitments from foreign companies of more than 15 billion euros ($16.2 billion), President Emmanual Macron's office said Monday. Macron's office said that the 15-billion-euro investment total -- spread over a "record" 56 projects -- would potentially lead to 10,000 job creations.
Sweden's small game studios punching above their weight
"Minecraft", "Valheim", and "Raft", just to name a few: Small or even one-man teams from Sweden have produced more video game hits than one would expect from a small country. As "a really big Minecraft fan", he himself was psyched when he learned the game had been developed in his home country.
Attacking birth control pills, US influencers push misinformation
US wellness influencers are increasingly targeting birth control pills, pushing their followers to abandon the contraceptives with false claims about infertility and low libido that researchers say leave them vulnerable to unintended pregnancies.
Brazil's catastrophic weather spawns spate of conspiracy theories
The climate catastrophe that has struck southern Brazil, killing more than a hundred people and displacing nearly two million, has also spawned a spate of bizarre conspiracy theories, some involving jets' vapor trails and weather antennas in faraway Alaska.
AI systems are already deceiving us -- and that's a problem, experts warn
Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue -- but a new research paper suggests it's already happening. Cicero excelled, with scores that would have placed it in the top 10 percent of experienced human players, according to a 2022 paper in Science.
Chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumps 60% on-year
Taiwanese chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumped nearly 60 percent on-year, the firm said Friday, riding a huge wave of demand for the advanced semiconductors used in AI hardware. This compares with a 34.3 percent on-year jump in March 2024.
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