AGI
Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed ‘Olympus’ -sources
Amazon to invest millions in Olympus LLM model to rival OpenAI and Alphabet.
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Meta to require disclosures for AI-created, altered political ads
Meta said in a blog post it would require advertisers to disclose if their altered or created ads.
Alphabet
US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets
US watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments and digital wallets, aiming for consumer safeguards.
AI
Amazon rallies on cloud optimism as it chases Microsoft for AI business
Amazon.com rose 7% on Friday as it aims for a larger share of the booming artificial intelligence market in a race with Microsoft.
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Microsoft extends cloud lead over Alphabet with focus on OpenAI, big clients
Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make money from generative AI through early bets on OpenAI and focus on big clients.
Alphabet
Elon Musk’s X to launch premium subscriptions soon
Elon Musk said the social media platform X will soon launch two new tiers of premium subscriptions.
Alphabet
Internet companies report biggest-ever denial of service operation
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare say they have weathered the internet’s largest-known denial of service attack.
Alphabet
Should new tech rules apply to Microsoft’s Bing, Apple’s iMessage, EU asks
EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft’s users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules.