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Race for AI isn't zero-sum, says Amazon cloud boss
Race for AI isn't zero-sum, says Amazon cloud boss

As Google races with Microsoft and OpenAI to create world-changing generative artificial intelligence, some critics see Amazon as lagging behind. Microsoft and Google compete with their in-house, AI-infused digital assistants to help with creating content -- emails, presentations, ads -- and applications (especially chatbots).

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Microsoft cloud unit miss dulls bright earnings
Microsoft cloud unit miss dulls bright earnings
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Microsoft shares slipped Tuesday after the tech giant reported quarterly profit climbed but its crucial cloud computing unit missed expectations. Cloud unit revenue of $36.8 billion, however, disappointed investors and shares slid more than five percent to $401.06 in after-market trades.

Texas says Meta to pay $1.4 bn to settle photo-tagging lawsuit
Texas says Meta to pay $1.4 bn to settle photo-tagging lawsuit
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Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating a Texas state privacy law with a feature for "tagging" friends in Facebook photos, according to a deal finalized Tuesday. Meta agreed to pay the money over five years to settle the claims accusing the social networking giant of unlawfully capturing biometric data of Facebook users in Texas.

French DJ star of Olympics show reports cyberbullying
French DJ star of Olympics show reports cyberbullying
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A French DJ and lesbian activist has filed a complaint with prosecutors over cyberbullying and death threats linked to her performance during the Olympics opening ceremony, her lawyer and a source close to the case said Tuesday. The source close to the case confirmed this.

Musk's superhuman vision promise is dangerous: researchers
Musk's superhuman vision promise is dangerous: researchers
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Researchers have criticised billionaire Elon Musk for promising that his brain implant technology could eventually provide patients with vision superior to normal human sight. "So, when Elon Musk says things like 'this is going to better than human vision', that is a dangerous thing to say." jxb/lth

'Bending of reality': US liberals stoke political conspiracies
'Bending of reality': US liberals stoke political conspiracies
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From false claims of a "staged" assassination attempt on Donald Trump to a viral joke about his running mate having sex with a couch, American liberals have taken a page from the far-right's playbook in pushing wild conspiracy theories ahead of US elections.

UN cybercrime text faces new scrutiny from tech firms, rights groups
UN cybercrime text faces new scrutiny from tech firms, rights groups
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UN member states meet Monday seeking to finalize an international treaty on the fight against cybercrime, a text strongly opposed by an unlikely alliance of human rights groups and big technology companies. Now, the draft text will finally come up for a vote by member states at the end of a two-week session.

AI startups swap independence for Big Tech's deep pockets
AI startups swap independence for Big Tech's deep pockets
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It's the case of the vanishing startup: some of Silicon Valley's most promising names in the fast-developing generative AI space are being gobbled up by or tied to the hip of US tech giants. Breaking from typical Silicon Valley legend, generative AI won't be developed out of some founder's garage.