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MATT O'BRIEN

MATT O'BRIEN

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OpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profit

OpenAI has named labor leader Dolores Huerta and three others to a temporary advisory board that will help guide the artificial intelligence company’s philanthropy as it attempts to shift itself into a for-profit business

OpenAI picks labor icon Dolores Huerta and other philanthropy advisers as it moves toward for-profit
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Trump's commerce secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, The Trump administration had said late Friday it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S....

Trump's commerce secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming
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OpenAI countersues Elon Musk in legal dispute over ChatGPT maker's business ambitions

OpenAI is suing Elon Musk for unfair competition and interfering with its business relationships with investors and customers, escalating a legal battle between the ChatGPT maker and the billionaire who helped bankroll the artificial intelligence startup a decade ago

OpenAI countersues Elon Musk in legal dispute over ChatGPT maker's business ambitions
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Microsoft says it's 'slowing or pausing' some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio

Microsoft says it's “slowing or pausing” some data center construction, including a $1 billion project in Ohio

Microsoft says it's 'slowing or pausing' some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio
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Microsoft workers say they've been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract

Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers

Microsoft workers say they've been fired after 50th anniversary protest over Israel contract
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Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract

A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military

Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract
Business|Technology

Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users

Fifty years after the founding of Microsoft, the CEO of its artificial intelligence division has a big task: develop a new product line as integral to daily life as the software giant’s past innovations

Microsoft's AI division head wants to create a lasting relationship between chatbots and their users
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US energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands

The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sites, including storied nuclear research laboratories such as Los Alamos, where it could invite tech companies to build data centers in a push to accelerate commercial development of artificial intelligence technology

US energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands
Asia|Science|Technology|World

AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage

Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city

AI and satellites help aid workers respond to Myanmar earthquake damage
Arts|Business|Entertainment|Europe|Technology

ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns

Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki

ChatGPT's viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns
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US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China

American robotics companies are pushing for a national robotics strategy, including a central government robotics office, to promote the industry at a time that Beijing is making intelligent robots a top national priority

US robotics companies push for national strategy, including a central office, to compete with China
Education|Science|Technology

AI pioneers who channeled 'hedonistic' machines win computer science's top prize

Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with the top computer science award

AI pioneers who channeled 'hedonistic' machines win computer science's top prize
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Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial

A federal judge has denied Elon Musk’s request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company

Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but welcomes trial
Business|Europe|Technology|US

Microsoft shutting down Skype in May

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online

Microsoft shutting down Skype in May
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How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit company

How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI
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Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'

A group of investors led by Elon Musk says it is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI, escalating a dispute with the artificial intelligence company that Musk helped found

Elon Musk-led group proposes buying OpenAI for $97.4 billion. OpenAI CEO says 'no thank you'
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How the slash-and-burn tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022, he laid off thousands of employees, stopped paying rent and auctioned off coffee makers and office chairs in hopes of a big turnaround

How the slash-and-burn tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter
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OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump

OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers
Business|Technology|US

Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trial

Elon Musk’s lawyers faced off with OpenAI in court Tuesday as a federal judge weighed the billionaire’s request for a court order that would block the ChatGPT maker from converting itself to a for-profit company

Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trial
Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology|US

Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth as it works to show AI investments paying off

Microsoft said Wednesday that its profit for the October-December quarter grew 10% from the same time last year as it works to capitalize on the huge amounts of money it has spent to advance its artificial intelligence technology

Microsoft reports 10% quarterly profit growth as it works to show AI investments paying off
Arts|Business|Entertainment|Technology|US

AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could help clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields

AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office
Asia|Business|Economy|Political|Stock Markets|Technology

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so

Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so
Asia|Business|Environment|Technology

DeepSeek says it built its chatbot cheap. What does that mean for AI's energy needs and the climate?

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek stunned markets and AI experts with its claim that it built its immensely popular chatbot at a fraction of the cost of those made by American tech titans

DeepSeek says it built its chatbot cheap. What does that mean for AI's energy needs and the climate?
Asia|Business|Economy|Political|Stock Markets|Technology|US

What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology

What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market?
Political|Technology|US

Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence 'free from ideological bias'

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says “act as barriers to American AI innovation.”

Trump signs executive order on developing artificial intelligence 'free from ideological bias'

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