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Singapore to invest $222 million to boost quantum computing capability
Singapore to invest $222 million in a new national quantum computing strategy, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat at the Asia Tech x Singapore Summit. The investment will focus on building capabilities in quantum processors over five years.
How AI made Mark Zuckerberg popular again in Silicon Valley
Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, introduced an open-source AI system, challenging closed models like OpenAI. Jeffrey Emanuel, a hacker and AI enthusiast, initially skeptical, was impressed by Meta's move to make the code freely accessible.
Google to invest $2 billion in data centre and cloud services in Malaysia
Google announces $2 billion investment in Malaysia for its first data centre and cloud region, supporting the country's digital ambitions and AI capabilities to enhance local industry and global competitiveness.
Meta identifies networks pushing deceptive content likely generated by AI
Meta found 'likely AI-generated' content on Facebook and Instagram, including comments praising Israel's handling of the Gaza war. The content was attributed to a Tel Aviv-based political marketing firm, STOIC.
Ola is shifting its IT ops to Krutrim from AWS cloud
This comes two weeks after Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal snapped ties with Microsoft Azure after LinkedIn deleted his post related to "pronoun illness" of western AI models. Experts, however, say that losing Ola as a customer for AWS and Microsoft is only a needle in the haystack.
OpenAI signs content deals with The Atlantic and Vox Media
The agreements with The Atlantic and Vox Media come on the heels of several media firms signing similar deals, giving OpenAI access to their news content and archives to train its large language models.
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OpenAI says it has begun training a new flagship AI model
The San Francisco startup, which is one of the world's leading AI companies, said in a blog post that it expected the new model to bring "the next level of capabilities" as it strove to build "artificial general intelligence," or AGI, a machine that can do anything the human brain can do.
PWC to become OpenAI's largest enterprise customer, WSJ reports
PWC will roll out a version of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's flagship chatbot catered towards large companies- ChatGPT Enterprise, according to the report.
Explainer: Why cyberattackers are increasingly launching attacks in Rust programming language
Rust is a powerful coding language released by the Rust Foundation backed by five companies – AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. The company was founded in 2015.
US presses TikTok, Meta and X to crack down on antisemitic posts: report
The Biden administration urges tech companies to tackle antisemitic content. Companies like Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok met with U.S. special envoy Deborah Lipstadt to combat rising antisemitism post Hamas attack on southern Israel and Gaza Strip bombardment.
Ex-OpenAI board member provides her first detailed account of CEO Sam Altman's ouster
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner revealed on a podcast the backstory behind the firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman, citing instances of psychological abuse and a toxic atmosphere at the company due to a manipulative executive.
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance
Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products for data privacy compliance.
Amazon in talks with Italy to invest billions in cloud plan
Amazon's AWS in talks with Italy to invest billions in expanding data centre business, boosting cloud offer in Europe.
Eye on AI: Scarlett Johansson sues OpenAI, Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs
The top headlines on AI this week: Scarlett Johansson sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI for using a voice similar to hers, Microsoft's new offering, and what Elon Musk said.
AI search goes awry for Google
The incorrect answers in the feature called AI Overview have undermined trust in a search engine that more than 2 billion people turn to for authoritative information.
Elon Musk plans largest-ever supercomputer for xAI startup: report
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has told investors he plans to build a supercomputer dubbed "gigafactory of compute" to support the development of his artificial intelligence startup xAI, an industry news outlet reported Saturday. The planned supercomputer would be "at least four times the size of the biggest GPU clusters that exist today," such as those used by Meta to train its AI models, Musk was quoted as saying during a presentation to investors this month.
Microsoft's UAE deal could transfer key US chips and AI technology abroad
Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed details of a deal with UAE-backed AI firm G42, potentially transferring AI technology components like model weights, prompting national security concerns.
US intelligence agencies' embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent
A Silicon Valley firm used generative AI in the Sable Spear operation to analyze Chinese fentanyl trafficking data, surpassing human analysis. It predicted Russia's invasion of Ukraine and alerted government customers to North Korean missile launches. U.S. intelligence agencies are exploring AI for geospatial intel and assessing AI missions.
Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI feud rekindles Hollywood fear of artificial intelligence
Johansson's accusation that the ChatGPT-maker copied her performance in the Spike Jonze-directed feature film, after failing to strike an agreement, rekindled the creative class's anxiety about the existential threat posed by AI, even as Hollywood studios test new tools and mull alliances with OpenAI.
Amazon to invest 15.7 billion euros in Spain
Amazon's cloud computing division AWS will invest 15.7 billion euros ($17 billion) to expand its data centres in Spain's Aragon region through to 2033, the US tech giant said Wednesday. Amazon in 2021 had planned to invest 2.5 billion euros in Aragon, where it has three data centres.
MCA slaps fines on LinkedIn India, Satya Nadella, 8 others for companies law violations
According to the order, the company and its officers are liable for action for the failure to take necessary steps to identify the SBO in relation to the company.
Amazon to launch AI-overhauled Alexa with paid plans, CNBC reports
While the e-commerce giant is yet to nail down the price of the new services, a subscription to Alexa will not be included in its popular $139 annual Prime offering, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.
Explainer: What's new in Copilot+ PC?
A new breed of PCs made for the AI era is set for launch on June 18.
Microsoft debuts 'Copilot+' PCs with AI features
At an event on its campus in Redmond, Washington, Chief Executive Satya Nadella introduced what Microsoft calls "Copilot+" PCs, saying that it and a range of manufacturers would sell them, including Acer and Asustek Computer.
Microsoft to unveil AI devices and features ahead of developer conference
The Windows maker is expected to reveal a new version of its Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop that feature Qualcomm chips based on Arm Holdings' architecture.
UK's competition watchdog rejects probe into Microsoft-Mistral AI tie-up
In February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral AI, partnering to make the French start-up's artificial intelligence models available through its Azure platform. It has also invested in ChatGPT owner OpenAI.
EU demands clarity from Microsoft on AI risks in Bing
Generative AI is one of the risks identified by the commission for the integrity of electoral processes, in particular for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June.
Microsoft offers cloud customers AMD alternative to Nvidia AI processors
Microsoft's clusters of Advanced Micro Devices' flagship MI300X AI chips will be sold through its Azure cloud computing service. They will give its customers an alternative to Nvidia's H100 family of powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) which dominate the data center chip market for AI but can be hard to obtain due to high demand.
Microsoft's AI Copilot to add new features next month
Irina Ghose, managing director, Microsoft India & South Asia said the company is set to release new features to its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Copilot next month to improve user prompts which would consequently generate better responses by the chatbot.
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