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Samsung Electronics posts record quarterly profit on AI boom
Seoul (AFP) - Samsung Electronics said Thursday that operating profit soared 750 percent on-year to a record high in the...
Google-parent Alphabet soars as Meta stumbles over AI costs
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Google-parent Alphabet impressed Wall Street with its latest quarterly earnings on Wednesday, as big...
‘I literally was a fool’: Musk grilled in OpenAI trial
Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Elon Musk faced fiery questioning Wednesday in his court showdown with OpenAI, as he insisted...
OpenAI facing ‘waves’ of US lawsuits over Canada mass shooting
Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Seven lawsuits were filed in US court on Wednesday against OpenAI on behalf of families impacted...
An experimental cafe run by AI opens in Stockholm
Stockholm (AFP) - The avocado toasts and baristas making foamy lattes make it look like any other cafe, except at...
Pentagon makes deal to expand use of Google AI: reports
New York (AFP) - The Pentagon has arranged a deal to increase its use of Google's artificial intelligence in classified...
Australia aims to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets
Sydney (AFP) - Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they...
Opening remarks Tuesday in Elon Musk versus OpenAI
Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Opening remarks are set for Tuesday in a courtroom showdown between billionaire Elon Musk and...
EU tells Google to open Android to AI rivals
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU on Monday laid out measures it wants Google to take to open up its...
‘Joint venture in reverse’: foreign carmakers seek edge with China partners
Hefei (China) (AFP) - In a sprawling office in Hefei, the eastern Chinese electric vehicle hub, hundreds of employees and...
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