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Taiwan to keep production of ‘most advanced’ chips at home: deputy FM
Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan plans to keep making the "most advanced" chips on home soil and remain "indispensable" to the...
AI’s $400 bn problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
New York (AFP) - In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about $400...
Oracle shares dive as revenue misses forecasts
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Shares in business computing giant Oracle fell more than 10 percent on Wednesday on...
Instagram users given new algorithm controls
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Instagram on Wednesday unveiled a new AI-powered feature that lets users view and adjust...
EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s data use for AI
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU announced Tuesday it had opened a probe to assess whether Google breached antitrust rules...
Trump says US will allow sale of Nvidia AI chips to China
Washington (United States) (AFP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to...
Meta to allow European users to share less data: EU
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Meta will allow European users of Facebook and Instagram to share less data and see fewer...
Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content
Washington (United States) (AFP) - Meta announced Friday it will integrate content from major news organizations into its artificial intelligence...
Softbank’s Son says super AI could make humans like fish, win Nobel Prize
Seoul (AFP) - SoftBank CEO and AI investor Masayoshi Son said Friday that advanced artificial intelligence could surpass humans to...
OpenAI strikes deal on US$4.6 bn AI centre in Australia
Sydney (AFP) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI and an Australian data centre operator have agreed to develop a multibillion-dollar AI centre...
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