Microsoft expands its AI empire abroad
San Francisco (AFP) - Microsoft, the tech titan most closely associated with AI, has announced nearly $10 billion in investments ...
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‘Harvesting data’: Latin American AI startups transform farming
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns. Now, a new crop ...
‘Early-stage’ AI begins to make waves at China sex toy expo
Shanghai (AFP) - Among the rows of vibrators, rubber torsos and leather harnesses at a Chinese sex toys exhibition in ...
Microsoft teases lifelike avatar AI tech but gives no release date
San Francisco (AFP) - Researchers at Microsoft have revealed a new artificial tool that can create deeply realistic human avatars ...
Meet Llama 3: Meta’s AI Revolution!
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta on Thursday introduced an improved AI assistant built on new versions of its open-source Llama ...
OpenAI comes to Asia with new office in Tokyo
Tokyo (AFP) - ChatGPT creator OpenAI opened a new office in Tokyo on Monday, the first Asian outpost for the ...
Race for AI isn’t zero-sum, says Amazon cloud boss
San Francisco (AFP) - As Google races with Microsoft and OpenAI to create world-changing generative artificial intelligence, some critics see ...
Meta turns to AI to protect minors from ‘sextortion’ on Instagram
Paris (AFP) - Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from "sextortion" scams on ...
Microsoft to invest $2.9 bn in Japan AI push
Tokyo (AFP) - Microsoft on Tuesday announced a $2. 9 billion investment over the next two years in Japan to ...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman declared billionaire by Forbes
San Francisco (AFP) - Sam Altman, the CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has become a billionaire, Forbes said Monday. Altman, ...
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