• AI Briefing: How Perplexity plans to win over enterprise and regular users with AI search

    Flush with new funding, the AI search startup hopes to build more momentum with a new offering called Enterprise Pro.

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    The UK cannot afford to drag its feet and become an international outlier, warn unions.

  • Regulators Convene on How to Moderate AI-Powered Militaries

    Regulators are now asking how to control artificial intelligence-powered militarized robots. Regulators, civilians, and military officials from all over the world have reportedly convened during the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons.

  • Regulating AI won't protect Americans; it's about Big Tech having a monopoly

    The more I read and write about AI, the firmer I get in my conviction that Big Tech incumbents absolutely must strangle the decentralized AI in its cradle before it wrecks everything.Take a look at this interview Ben Thompson did with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. I call your attention to this part in particular:From Microsoft’s perspective, is this going to be a funnel into new products or do you see it as an end goal in and of itself, winning search?KS: So I think you hit...

  • Pilot to give AI regulation advice to UK entrepreneurs

    The government has launched a pilot scheme that will provide entrepreneurs with informal advice on AI regulations. The AI and Digital Hub will see regulators including the Competition and Markets Authority, Ofcom, the Financial Conduct Authority, and the Information Commissioner’s Office share information with businesses to help them navigate the UK’s regulatory environment. The pilot, […]

  • Mega Networks plans to make AI servers in Maharashtra

    Computer hardware company Mega Networks is planning to set up a factory by the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal 2024-2025 to locally manufacture artificial intelligence servers, its chief executive said.The factory will be in Maharashtra and the company plans to invest Rs 350-400 crore in FY25, Amrish Pipada told ET.“The initial investment for setting up the factory will be funded through internal accruals and debt of Rs 100-120 crore, with the remainder raised from long-term debt and private...

  • 'Stop buzzing about China': Beijing slams defence plans

    China has slammed plans by the federal government to pump billions of extra dollars into defence over the next decade, urging Australia to abandon its “Cold War mentality”. Defence Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday unveiled the new national defence strategy and investment program that includes naval upgrades, which will increase funding to 2.4 per cent […]

  • China's SenseTime Soars 36% After Unveiling Latest AI Model

    SenseTime Group Inc.'s stock soared its most in more than two years after

  • In race to build AI, tech plans a big plumbing upgrade

    If 2023 was the tech industry's year of the artificial intelligence chatbot, 2024 is turning out to be the year of AI plumbing. It may not sound as exciting, but tens of billions of dollars are quickly being spent on behind-the-scenes technology for the industry's AI boom. Companies from Amazon to Meta are revamping their data centers to support AI. They are investing in huge new facilities, while even places like Saudi Arabia are racing to build supercomputers to handle AI. Nearly everyone with...

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    This guide shows the many ways that AI can make your life as a coder easier. Even if you're brand new to using AI, this eBook will show you new tools that can produce, examine, and fix code for you.

  • UK Competition Regulators to Investigate Microsoft and Amazon AI Deals

    UK regulators will scrutinize partnerships between Microsoft and Amazon to review potential AI competition issues.

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    Microsoft, Amazon AI partnerships face scrutiny from British regulators

    British antitrust regulators are seeking views on partnerships between Microsoft and Amazon with smaller generative AI model makers.