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Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence
Technology

Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media interview while attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, U.S. September 25, 2024. Leon Neal | Via Reuters LONDON — The U.K is looking to build a homegrown challenger to OpenAI and drastically increase national computing infrastructure, as Prime […]

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This ETF provider launches a new way to play Tesla
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This ETF provider launches a new way to play Tesla

ETF Edge This ETF provider launches a new way to play Tesla Published Sat, Jan 11 202511:00 AM EST Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source

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Apple’s market share slides in China as iPhone shipments decline, analyst Kuo says
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Apple’s market share slides in China as iPhone shipments decline, analyst Kuo says

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Apple is losing market share in China due to declining iPhone shipments, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a report on Friday. The stock slid 2.4%. “Apple has adopted a cautious stance when discussing 2025 iPhone production plans with key suppliers,” Kuo, an analyst at TF Securities, […]

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Cohere co-founder sees big AI opportunity in enterprise, happy to stay out of ChatGPT’s way
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Cohere co-founder sees big AI opportunity in enterprise, happy to stay out of ChatGPT’s way

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst is surrounded by chatter of artificial general intelligence, or AGI. He’s perfectly happy to stay out of the conversation. Founded in 2019, by ex-Google AI researchers, Cohere is valued in the billions of dollars and is one of the more high-profile names in the […]

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Apple’s inaccurate AI news alerts shows the tech has a growing misinformation problem
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Apple’s inaccurate AI news alerts shows the tech has a growing misinformation problem

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images An artificial intelligence feature on iPhones is generating fake news alerts, stoking concerns about the technology’s ability to spread misinformation. Last week, a feature recently launched by Apple that summarizes users’ notifications using AI, pushed out inaccurately summarized BBC News app notifications on the broadcaster’s story about the […]

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits “Making Money With Charles Payne” at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024. Mike Coppola | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused her regularly between the years of 1997 and 2006. The […]

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Anthropic in talks to raise funding at  billion valuation
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Anthropic in talks to raise funding at $60 billion valuation

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Chesnot | Getty Images Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, is in late-stage talks to raise as much as $2 billion at a $60 billion valuation, CNBC has confirmed. The funding round is being led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according […]

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Online holiday spending rises nearly 9%, as deep discounts and AI-powered chatbots fuel purchases, Adobe data says
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Online holiday spending rises nearly 9%, as deep discounts and AI-powered chatbots fuel purchases, Adobe data says

Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images Online spending rose 8.7% during the holiday season from last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics, as deals and the use of AI-powered chatbots helped inspire purchases. Sales on retailers’ websites and apps totaled $241.4 billion from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, according to Adobe. The company’s […]

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Silicon Valley’s turn of fortune: Intel has worst year ever, while Broadcom enjoys record gain
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Silicon Valley’s turn of fortune: Intel has worst year ever, while Broadcom enjoys record gain

Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom (L) and former CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger. Reuters | CNBC It was a big year for silicon in Silicon Valley — but a brutal one for the company most responsible for the area’s moniker. Intel, the 56-year-old chipmaker co-founded by industry pioneers Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce and legendary […]

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OpenAI says it needs ‘more capital than we’d imagined’ as it lays out for-profit plan
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OpenAI says it needs ‘more capital than we’d imagined’ as it lays out for-profit plan

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023.  SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI said Friday that in moving toward a new for-profit structure in 2025, the company will create a public benefit corporation to oversee […]

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