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Microsoft marches on in Asia with $2.2B AI and cloud investment in Malaysia
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 ...
Group of US newspapers sues Open AI and Microsoft over copyright infringement
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, ...
Ford probed in US after fatal collisions in self-driving cars
A U.S. road safety agency today said it has launched a probe into Ford Motor Co.’s BlueCruise driver assistance system following two fatal crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, said the driver-assistance software has been linked with a number of crashes, including two in 2024 that resulted in fatalities. The first happened ...
UK launches probe into Microsoft and Amazon’s partnerships with AI firms
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has begun a preliminary investigation into whether Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc.’s relationship with a number of AI startups breach the country’s merger rules. The two tech giants have invested millions of dollars into several AI startups. That includes Microsoft’s new ties with the Paris-based startup Mistral AI. The company, ...
EU opens probe into ‘toxic’ TikTok Lite and addiction concerns
ByteDance Ltd.-owned TikTok is looking at a possible large fine and a forced suspension in Europe after the European Commission today opened formal proceedings against the app under the Digital Services Act. These are tough days for the Chinese app, which is currently fighting a ban in the U.S. over national security concerns. In the ...
ChatGPT-4 impresses on ophthalmology exam, pointing to future triage use
A recent study published by the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine shows that OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 performed almost as well in an ophthalmology exam as eye specialists while beating lesser-qualified doctors. According to Dr. Arun Thirunavukarasu, who led the study while at the University of Cambridge but is now with Oxford University Hospitals NHS ...
Five new members added to the US AI Safety Institute, including an AI ‘doomer’
The Department of Commerce today announced that it has added five people to the AI Safety Institute’s leadership team, including a man who once predicted that there was a 50% chance that artificial intelligence development would end in doom for humanity. As part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, the new ...
Landmark UK law would criminalize making sexualized deepfakes even if they aren’t shared
The British government today announced it’s taking a zero-tolerance stance against sexually explicit deepfakes by introducing a new law that will mean creators of such content are at risk of being convicted of a crime even if they don’t share the video or image. AI-generated deepfake pornography videos have been around for a while, so ...
Report: Apple is planning to bring new AI-focused M4 chips to entire line of Macs
Apple Inc. is in the process of refreshing its line of Mac computers with M4 processors in an effort to improve performance for artificial intelligence capabilities, according to a report published by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman today. Just a year after the company introduced the next-generation M3 chip to improve the performance of its devices, we ...
Meta is facing a backlash over its cautious policy on political content
Hundreds of Instagram creators today issued an open letter expressing their concern with Meta Platforms Inc.’s recent policy of limiting political content on the platform. In February, Meta announced new policies regarding limiting political content, given this year will see a U.S. presidential election and a groundbreaking number of elections around the world. Meta, like other big ...