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Alphabet debuts beefed-up AI search and chatbot as competition heats up
The flurry of announcements underscores Google’s efforts to refresh its products since Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s 2022 launch of ChatGPT dazzled the public.
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New AI benchmark tests speed of responses to user queries
MLCommons released a fresh set of tests and results that rate the speed at which top-of-the-line hardware can run AI applications and respond to users.
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Microsoft set for AI-powered revenue surge as stock pulls ahead
January 29, 2024 – 6:18 AM PST (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O) is expected to report a 15.8% jump in quarterly revenue, its best growth…
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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs gains unicorn status after latest fundraising -source
AI startup ElevenLabs gained unicorn status as surging investor interest for generative AI technology sends startup valuations soaring.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 billion deal to buy Juniper Networks – source
HP is in talks to buy Juniper Networks in a deal valuing the network gear maker at about $13 billion.
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Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by authors over AI training
OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued in Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their work to train the AI models behind AI-based services.
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Generative AI’s wild 2023
ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming a household name even before 2023 kicked off.
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Pulitzer-winning authors join OpenAI, Microsoft copyright lawsuit
A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written to train their models.
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Alphabet soars as Wall Street cheers arrival of AI model Gemini
Alphabet shares ended 5.3% higher on Thursday as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini.
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Meta to introduce watermarking feature for some AI products
Meta Platforms will add invisible watermarking to its text-to-image generation product imagine with Meta AI chatbot in the coming weeks to enhance transparency.