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Australian supermarket giant reins in AI assistant claiming to be human
Sydney (AFP) - Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has been forced to rein in an AI-powered customer service assistant after users...
Anthropic says won’t give US military unconditional AI use
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - AI company Anthropic said Thursday it would not give the US Defense Department unrestricted...
Where AI lives: Southeast Asia’s data centre boom
Karawang (Indonesia) (AFP) - Nonstop buzzing fills a windowless Microsoft data centre near Jakarta, part of a tech construction boom...
Where are Southeast Asia’s data centres?
Jakarta (AFP) - New data centres are springing up worldwide as demand soars for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with...
Nvidia smashes forecasts with record quarter as AI boom rolls on
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Nvidia on Wednesday reported blockbuster quarterly results that blew past Wall Street expectations, posting...
Netflix, Prime and Disney+ face UK broadcasting regulation
London (AFP) - The UK government on Tuesday announced that US streaming sites Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video will...
Global summit calls for ‘secure, trustworthy and robust AI’
New Delhi (AFP) - Dozens of nations including the United States and China called for "secure, trustworthy and robust" artificial...
Xbox boss Phil Spencer retires as Microsoft shakes up gaming unit
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Microsoft on Friday put out word that Xbox stalwart Phil Spencer is retiring, in...
Nvidia nears deal for scaled-down investment in OpenAI: report
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Nvidia is on the cusp of investing $30 billion in OpenAI, scaling back a...
Summit photo op fails to unite AI startup rivals
New Delhi (AFP) - Tech bro rivalry is real, or at least it is for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei,...
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