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Exclusive: Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip
Facebook owner Meta is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce...
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If Europe builds the gigafactories, will an AI industry come?
The European Commission is raising $20 billion to construct four "AI gigafactories" as part of Europe's strategy to catch up with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence, but...
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Exclusive: CoreWeave strikes $12 billion contract with OpenAI ahead of IPO, sources say
CoreWeave, an artificial intelligence startup backed by Nvidia , has signed a five-year contract worth $11.9 billion with OpenAI to provide cloud computing services ahead of its ho...
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China's DeepSeek resolves issue briefly affecting its AI reasoning model
China's DeepSeek said on Monday an issue impacting its advanced R1 artificial intelligence reasoning model was resolved after a brief outage.
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Elon Musk's xAI buys new property in Memphis amid supercomputer expansion
Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence firm xAI has bought a 1-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis, Tennessee, the Greater Memphis Chamber said on Friday, as the sta...
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Microsoft developing AI reasoning models to compete with OpenAI, The Information reports
Microsoft is developing in-house artificial intelligence reasoning models to compete with OpenAI and may sell them to developers, The Information reported on Friday, citing a perso...
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US to use AI to revoke visas of students perceived as Hamas supporters, Axios reports
The U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students who are perceived as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thu...
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As US chip darlings struggle, some bet on software as next big AI play
U.S. chip stocks were the biggest beneficiaries of last year's artificial intelligence investment craze, but they have stumbled so far this year, with investors moving their focus ...
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Chinese AI firm iFlyTek eyes Europe expansion as US trade war heats up
Chinese artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek is planning to expand its European business as trade tensions rise between the United States and China, Vice President Vincent Zhan sai...
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Microsoft to invest about $300 mln more in AI infrastructure in South Africa
Microsoft will invest an additional 5.4 billion rand ($296.81 million) in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in South Africa, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith...
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Dutch chipmaker AxeleraAI gets $66 million EU grant
AxeleraAI, one of Europe's few companies making computer chips for artificial intelligence, has been awarded a grant of up to 61.6 million euros ($66 million) to develop a chip for...
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Amazon Prime Video tests AI-based dubbing on licensed movies, series
Amazon.com's Prime Video will begin offering AI-aided dubbing in English and Spanish on licensed movies and series starting Wednesday, the company said, in a bid to boost viewershi...
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Google tests an AI-only version of its search engine
Alphabet's Google launched an experimental version of its search engine on Wednesday that completely eliminates its classic 10 blue links in favor of an AI-generated summary.
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Digg to make comeback as co-founder Rose, Reddit's Ohanian bet on AI-driven revival
Digg founder Kevin Rose has teamed up with former rival Alexis Ohanian to buy the once-popular content aggregator as they bet on an artificial intelligence-powered revival of the p...
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Amazon's AWS forms new group focused on agentic AI
Amazon.com has formed a new group focused on agentic artificial intelligence to help users and customers automate more of their lives, according to an internal email viewed by Reut...
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MIPS shifts strategy toward robots and designing chips
MIPS, a decades-old Silicon Valley company that once competed directly with Arm Holdings in providing a computing architecture, said on Tuesday it was shifting strategies to design...
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DeepSeek's progress shows rise of China's AI companies, says Chinese official
The progress of DeepSeek reflects the rise of Chinese companies in artificial intelligence (AI), a spokesperson for China's parliament told reporters on Tuesday.
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Amazon unveils AI scheme to tackle flood risks in Spain's Aragon
Tech giant Amazon on Monday said it will use artificial intelligence to reduce flood risks in Spain's northeastern region of Aragon where it is building data centres.
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