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Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work

Read full article: Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work

Judges around the world are seeing error-riddled legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence.

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Universal Music and AI song generator Udio settle lawsuit and partner on new AI music platform

Read full article: Universal Music and AI song generator Udio settle lawsuit and partner on new AI music platform

Universal Music Group and AI platform Udio have settled a copyright lawsuit and will collaborate on a new music creation and streaming platform.

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Nvidia has started the $5 trillion club. A look at its rise, by the numbers

Read full article: Nvidia has started the $5 trillion club. A look at its rise, by the numbers

Nvidia on Wednesday became the first public company to reach a market capitalization of $5 trillion.

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AI chipmaker Nvidia is the first $5 trillion company

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Nvidia has become the first $5 trillion company, just three months after the Silicon Valley chipmaker was first to break through the $4 trillion barrier.

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Republican Lt. Governor candidate John Reid hosts AI “debate” with Democratic employee Ghazala Hashmi

Read full article: Republican Lt. Governor candidate John Reid hosts AI “debate” with Democratic employee Ghazala Hashmi

This past Tuesday, a debate was hosted by Republican candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor John Reid that pitted him against an AI generated persona of Democratic candidate Ghazala Hashmi, sparking debate online about the use of AI in politics

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What Americans think about the environmental impact of AI, according to a new poll

Read full article: What Americans think about the environmental impact of AI, according to a new poll

A new poll finds that as the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact.

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AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how

Read full article: AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how

Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power.

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Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI 'superintelligence'

Read full article: Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI 'superintelligence'

Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threatens humanity.

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GOP turns Schumer print quotes into AI-generated video of him saying shutdown good for Democrats

Read full article: GOP turns Schumer print quotes into AI-generated video of him saying shutdown good for Democrats

Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown.

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Group including Nvidia, BlackRock buying Aligned Data Centers in deal worth about $40 billion

Read full article: Group including Nvidia, BlackRock buying Aligned Data Centers in deal worth about $40 billion

A group including BlackRock, Nvidia and Microsoft is buying Aligned Data Centers in an approximately $40 billion deal in an effort to expand next-generation cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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Deloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors

Read full article: Deloitte to partially refund Australian government for report with apparent AI-generated errors

Deloitte Australia will partially refund the Australian government for a report filled with apparent AI-generated errors.

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'AI actor' Tilly Norwood stirs outrage in Hollywood

Read full article: 'AI actor' Tilly Norwood stirs outrage in Hollywood

Like thousands of actors, Tilly Norwood is looking for a Hollywood agent.

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AI's double-edged sword: UN leaders weigh its promise and peril

Read full article: AI's double-edged sword: UN leaders weigh its promise and peril

Artificial intelligence has taken center stage at the United Nations Security Council meeting.

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OpenAI shows off Stargate AI data center in Texas and plans 5 more elsewhere with Oracle, Softbank

Read full article: OpenAI shows off Stargate AI data center in Texas and plans 5 more elsewhere with Oracle, Softbank

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that the Stargate AI data center in Texas will be joined by five more across the U.S. This expansion is part of a $500 billion infrastructure investment promoted by President Donald Trump.

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Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to help expand the ChatGPT maker's computing power

Read full article: Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI to help expand the ChatGPT maker's computing power

Chipmaker Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a partnership that will add at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia AI data centers to ramp up the computing power for the owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.

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Franklin County Schools considering AI gun detection software

Read full article: Franklin County Schools considering AI gun detection software

School board members are discussing the use of artificial intelligence to detect guns on school grounds.

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The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

Read full article: The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

What’s your take: Should using AI for assignments be allowed, limited, or banned in schools?

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The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

Read full article: The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

High school and college educators say that student use of artificial intelligence has become so widespread that they need to rethink how to assign and assess students.

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Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI-generated images of Superman, Bugs Bunny and other characters

Read full article: Warner Bros. sues Midjourney for AI-generated images of Superman, Bugs Bunny and other characters

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Artificial intelligence helps break barriers for Hispanic homeownership

Read full article: Artificial intelligence helps break barriers for Hispanic homeownership

Some mortgage experts are using artificial intelligence to help Hispanic homebuyers navigate the loan application process.

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The president blamed AI and embraced doing so. Is it becoming the new 'fake news'?

Read full article: The president blamed AI and embraced doing so. Is it becoming the new 'fake news'?

Politicians are increasingly blaming artificial intelligence to dodge accountability for embarrassing situations.

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Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real

Read full article: Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real

President Donald Trump claims a video showing items being tossed from a White House window is fake and created with AI, though his press team earlier seemed to confirm the video's authenticity.

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The success of AI music creators sparks debate on future of music industry

Read full article: The success of AI music creators sparks debate on future of music industry

Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator, uses AI to produce songs across various genres.

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How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI

Read full article: How Silicon Valley is using religious language to talk about AI

As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious.

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AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

Read full article: AI Apocalypse? Why language surrounding tech is sounding increasingly religious

Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence.

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Nvidia's AI chip sales surged again in latest quarter, but worries about a tech bubble persist

Read full article: Nvidia's AI chip sales surged again in latest quarter, but worries about a tech bubble persist

Nvidia’s sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets rose at a slower pace than analysts anticipated during the company’s latest quarter, a letdown likely to stoke worries that technology’s latest craze has been fool’s gold.

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As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost

Read full article: As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost

As AI becomes a part of everyday life, its massive energy and water needs are coming more into focus.

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Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

Read full article: Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments in a murder case.

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One Tech Tip: Can you tell if that song AI-generated? Here are some things to check

Read full article: One Tech Tip: Can you tell if that song AI-generated? Here are some things to check

A fictitious rock group with AI-generated music, lyrics, and album art sparked debate about how the new technology is blurring the line between real and synthetic in the music world.

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Meta stock surges after Q2 results blow past expectations despite heavy AI spending

Read full article: Meta stock surges after Q2 results blow past expectations despite heavy AI spending

In the midst of an artificial intelligence spending spree, Meta posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter, buoyed by growing ad revenue even as its expenses increased.

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Is AI causing tech worker layoffs? That's what CEOs suggest, but the reality is complicated

Read full article: Is AI causing tech worker layoffs? That's what CEOs suggest, but the reality is complicated

A new report from Indeed reveals that tech job postings in July were down 36% from early 2020 levels.

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VT to incorporate AI in its admissions process

Read full article: VT to incorporate AI in its admissions process

Virginia Tech announced plans to incorporate artificial intelligence into its admissions process starting August 1, aiming to enhance efficiency while maintaining human oversight in application reviews.

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How US adults are using AI, according to AP-NORC polling

Read full article: How US adults are using AI, according to AP-NORC polling

A new poll finds most Americans say they've used artificial intelligence to search for information.

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Trump's order to block 'woke' AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots

Read full article: Trump's order to block 'woke' AI in government encourages tech giants to censor their chatbots

Tech companies selling AI to the federal government now face a new challenge: proving their chatbots aren't "woke."

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The Latest: House lawmakers vote to subpoena all Epstein-related files from Justice Department

Read full article: The Latest: House lawmakers vote to subpoena all Epstein-related files from Justice Department

A subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

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From tech podcasts to policy: Trump's new AI plan leans heavily on Silicon Valley industry ideas

Read full article: From tech podcasts to policy: Trump's new AI plan leans heavily on Silicon Valley industry ideas

President Donald Trump has unveiled an “AI Action Plan” shaped by Silicon Valley tech leaders who supported his campaign.

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Funders commit $1B toward developing AI tools for frontline workers

Read full article: Funders commit $1B toward developing AI tools for frontline workers

A coalition of philanthropic funders will spend $1 billion over 15 years to help develop artificial intelligence tools to help spur economic mobility.

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EU unveils AI code of practice to help businesses comply with bloc's rules

Read full article: EU unveils AI code of practice to help businesses comply with bloc's rules

The European Union has released a code of practice on general purpose artificial intelligence to help thousands of businesses in the 27-nation bloc using the technology comply with the bloc’s landmark AI rule book.

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The Czech Republic bans DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concerns

Read full article: The Czech Republic bans DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concerns

The Czech Republic has banned the use of any products by the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek in state administration over cybersecurity concerns.

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How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump's tax bill

Read full article: How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump's tax bill

A stark disagreement over regulating AI in Republicans’ tax cut and spending bill is the latest tension among conservatives about whether to let states continue to put guardrails on emerging technologies or minimize such interference.

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Senate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the states

Read full article: Senate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the states

A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

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China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts

Read full article: China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts

Humanoid robots have captivated fans in Beijing with a fully autonomous soccer match powered by artificial intelligence.

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Judge dismisses authors' copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training

Read full article: Judge dismisses authors' copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training

A federal judge on Wednesday sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology.

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Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

Read full article: Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books.

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Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud

Read full article: Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud

Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters.

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Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for 'superintelligence' team

Read full article: Meta invests $14.3B in AI firm Scale and recruits its CEO for 'superintelligence' team

Meta is making a $14.3 billion investment in artificial intelligence company Scale and recruiting its CEO Alexandr Wang to join a team developing “superintelligence” at the tech giant.

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AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks

Read full article: AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks

Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity.

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Nvidia chief calls AI ‘the greatest equalizer’ — but warns Europe risks falling behind

Read full article: Nvidia chief calls AI ‘the greatest equalizer’ — but warns Europe risks falling behind

Will artificial intelligence save humanity — or destroy it.

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Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

Read full article: Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

Disney and Universal sued popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have taken legal action against a maker of generative AI technology that could upend the entertainment industry.

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Judge wrestles with far-reaching remedy proposals in US antitrust case against Google

Read full article: Judge wrestles with far-reaching remedy proposals in US antitrust case against Google

The fate and fortunes of one of the world’s most powerful tech companies is now in the hands of a U.S. judge wrestling with whether to impose far-reaching changes upon Google in the wake of its dominant search engine being declared an illegal monopoly.

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Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

Read full article: Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

There's another artificial intelligence blunder impacting news organizations.

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Google's unleashes ‘AI Mode’ in the next phase of its journey to change search

Read full article: Google's unleashes ‘AI Mode’ in the next phase of its journey to change search

Google on Tuesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence technology to accelerate a year-old makeover of its search engine that is changing the way people get information and curtailing the flow of internet traffic to websites.

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Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

Read full article: Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

U.S. chip maker Nvidia will partner with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain and will ship 18,000 chips to the Middle Eastern nation to help power a new data center project.

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How Candy Crush uses AI to keep players coming back to its puzzles

Read full article: How Candy Crush uses AI to keep players coming back to its puzzles

Players swiping their way through more than 18,700 levels of Candy Crush Saga might be surprised to learn they’re solving puzzles enhanced by unsuspected ally: artificial intelligence.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

Read full article: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol Hill about the biggest opportunities, risks and needs facing an industry which lawmakers and technologists agree could fundamentally transform global business, culture and geopolitics.

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AI-generated video gave victim a voice at his killer's sentencing in Arizona

Read full article: AI-generated video gave victim a voice at his killer's sentencing in Arizona

Family and friends of Christopher Pelkey submitted dozens of statements to the court before a man convicted of shooting him during a road rage incident was sentenced.

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Meta's first quarter earnings, revenue beat Wall Street's expectations

Read full article: Meta's first quarter earnings, revenue beat Wall Street's expectations

Instagram and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. posted better-than-expected results Wednesday for the first quarter thanks to strong advertising revenue on its social media platforms.

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Visa wants to give artificial intelligence 'agents' your credit card

Read full article: Visa wants to give artificial intelligence 'agents' your credit card

Visa is hoping to hand your credit card to an artificial intelligence “agent” that can find and buy clothes, groceries, airplane tickets and other items on your behalf.

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Meta launches AI app, Zuckerberg chats with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at developer conference

Read full article: Meta launches AI app, Zuckerberg chats with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at developer conference

Meta Platforms Inc. is hosting its first generative artificial intelligence conference for developers, LlamaCon, on Tuesday.

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Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts

Read full article: Tech industry tried reducing AI's pervasive bias. Now Trump wants to end its 'woke AI' efforts

Artificial intelligence technology that works well for the world’s billions of people of color was a business imperative for Google when the company asked sociologist Ellis Monk to help make its AI products more inclusive.

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Why everyone is turning themselves into Barbie dolls and how you can do it, too

Read full article: Why everyone is turning themselves into Barbie dolls and how you can do it, too

You may have noticed all of your friends on social media are turning themselves into Barbie dolls and action figures. WSLS tried it. We show you how you can do it, too.

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Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users

Read full article: Meta says it will resume AI training with public content from European users

Social media company Meta says that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after privacy activists raised concerns about data privacy.

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

Read full article: 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.

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

Read full article: 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.

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AI vs. pro gambler's $1 million March Madness bet coming down to Duke and Houston

Read full article: AI vs. pro gambler's $1 million March Madness bet coming down to Duke and Houston

The $1 million March Madness wager between a pro gambler and an artificial-intelligence site will be decided by the winner of the Duke-Houston game in the Final Four.

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Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

Read full article: Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers

What was once Pennsylvania’s biggest coal-fired power plant is being turned into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on Big Tech's fast-growing energy demands.

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Meta's head of AI research stepping down

Read full article: Meta's head of AI research stepping down

The head of Meta’s artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology.

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Local nonprofit using AI to protect kids online

Read full article: Local nonprofit using AI to protect kids online

Unfortunately, cyber bullying and online predators are getting more common. But there are ways to keep kids safe.

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An AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is presented in Germany

Read full article: An AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is presented in Germany

A company that specializes in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone that it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires.

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Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on 'yes' (and Houston)

Read full article: Can AI help you win your March Madness bracket? One disruptor bets $1 million on 'yes' (and Houston)

Perhaps the surest sign that artificial intelligence really is taking over the world will come the day it wins your favorite March Madness bracket pool.

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AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wine

Read full article: AI made its way to vineyards. Here's how the technology is helping make your wine

As AI continues to grow, experts say that the wine industry is proof that businesses can integrate the technology efficiently to supplement labor without displacing a workforce.

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Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine

Read full article: Google leans further into AI-generated overviews for its search engine

Google is updating its ubiquitous search engine with the next generation of its artificial intelligence technology as part of an effort to provide instant expertise amid intensifying competition from smaller competitors.

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Amazon's new AI-powered Alexa promises to be your 'best friend in a digital world' for a monthly fee

Read full article: Amazon's new AI-powered Alexa promises to be your 'best friend in a digital world' for a monthly fee

Amazon on Wednesday unveiled a generative-AI infused Alexa that it says will allow the popular voice assistant to have more personality, check a user’s tone and even plan romantic dates.

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British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work

Read full article: British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work

A new album called “Is This What We Want?”.

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Allen Iverson: NBA Hall of Famer and sports icon from Hampton

Read full article: Allen Iverson: NBA Hall of Famer and sports icon from Hampton

Hall of Famer Allen Iverson came to define 2000s basketball, his ferocious and flashy play on the court combined with a fiery personality made him a fan favorite in the City of Brotherly Love.

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Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone

Read full article: Apple unveils a souped-up and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone

Apple has released a sleeker and more expensive version of its lowest priced iPhone in an attempt to widen the audience for a bundle of artificial intelligence technology that the company has been hoping will revive demand for its most profitable product lineup.

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Thomson Reuters scores early win in AI copyright battles in the US

Read full article: Thomson Reuters scores early win in AI copyright battles in the US

Thomson Reuters has won an early battle in court over the question of fair use in artificial intelligence-related copyright cases.

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Vance offers an 'America First' argument on AI deregulation in his first foreign policy speech

Read full article: Vance offers an 'America First' argument on AI deregulation in his first foreign policy speech

Vice President JD Vance has delivered an unmistakable message in his first foreign policy speech.

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Gov. Youngkin bans the use of DeepSeek AI on state devices

Read full article: Gov. Youngkin bans the use of DeepSeek AI on state devices

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that the use of DeepSeek AI, a Chinese-owned competitor to ChatGPT, will be banned on state devices and state-run networks.

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How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

Read full article: 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.

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JD Vance rails against 'excessive' AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit

Read full article: JD Vance rails against 'excessive' AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit

U_S_ Vice President JD Vance has told a Paris summit on artificial intelligence that the Trump administration will “ensure that AI systems developed in America are free from ideological bias,” and that the U_S_ would “never restrict our citizens’ right to free speech.”.

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Vance makes his debut as VP on the international stage at a high-stakes AI summit in Paris

Read full article: Vance makes his debut as VP on the international stage at a high-stakes AI summit in Paris

JD Vance is stepping onto the world stage for the first time as U.S. vice president this week, using a high-profile artificial intelligence summit in France and a gathering of national security leaders in Germany to showcase Donald Trump’s more assertive approach to diplomacy.

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WATCH: Lord Botetourt girls avenge loss against Staunton River

Read full article: WATCH: Lord Botetourt girls avenge loss against Staunton River

WATCH: Lord Botetourt girls avenge loss against Staunton River

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SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services

Read full article: SoftBank and OpenAI set up joint company to push artificial intelligence services

Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group and OpenAI are stepping up their partnership in artificial intelligence, setting up a 50-50 held company called SB OpenAI Japan.

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Friday night weather update and future outlook

Read full article: Friday night weather update and future outlook

10 News Meteorologist Jeff Haniewich gives you a Friday night forecast and also gives you a future weather outlook.

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President Trump to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House

Read full article: President Trump to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House

President Donald Trump is meeting Friday with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose company designs and supplies the advanced computer chips that play an integral role in developing artificial intelligence.

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Never used AI but want to give it a try? Start here

Read full article: Never used AI but want to give it a try? Start here

Dive into the most beginner-friendly AI tool and start creating articles, images, videos, and more with an unbeatable deal on a lifetime subscription.

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Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data

Read full article: Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data

Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.

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General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit

Read full article: General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit

A new report says advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok.

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New Vatican document offers AI guidelines from warfare to healthcare

Read full article: New Vatican document offers AI guidelines from warfare to healthcare

A Vatican document released Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of Artificial Intelligence in sectors from warfare to healthcare, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human intelligence.

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Chevron, Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova team up on powering US data centers, with AI in focus

Read full article: Chevron, Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova team up on powering US data centers, with AI in focus

Oil company Chevron is partnering with Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova to create natural gas power plants in the United States that will be linked to data centers in order to support increased demand for electricity at these centers, particularly for the development of artificial intelligence.

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

Read full article: 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.

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Tech stocks tank as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI frenzy; Nvidia sinks nearly 17%

Read full article: Tech stocks tank as a Chinese competitor threatens to upend the AI frenzy; Nvidia sinks nearly 17%

Wall Street’s superstars tumbled as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they’ve been feasting on.

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

Read full article: 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.”.

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Samsung aims to turn its next generation of Galaxy smartphones into AI companions

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Samsung is injecting another dose of artificial intelligence into the next version of its Galaxy smartphones, escalating an effort to simplify people’s lives while deepening their dependence on a device that accompanies them almost everywhere.

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Trump rescinds Biden's executive order on AI safety in attempt to diverge from his predecessor

Read full article: Trump rescinds Biden's executive order on AI safety in attempt to diverge from his predecessor

Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-developing technology.

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Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot

Read full article: Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot

Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will now deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher.

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Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers

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President Joe Biden has signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations like data centers can be built quickly and at scale in the United States.

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Britain's leader unveils AI strategy, including vow to rip up red tape hindering AI projects

Read full article: Britain's leader unveils AI strategy, including vow to rip up red tape hindering AI projects

The British government has pledged to rip up the red tape hindering construction of data centers that underpin artificial intelligence while promoting its “pro-innovation” approach to regulating the technology.

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Biggest Nvidia takeaways from Jensen Huang's CES 2025 keynote

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Nvidia’s stock is on the upswing after its CEO, Jensen Huang, unveiled a suite of new products, services and partnerships at CES 2025.

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