From fishing family to Big Tech: French CEO takes on Silicon Valley
New York (AFP) - At just 39 years old, Fidji Simo is poised to become OpenAI's second-in-command after leaving her ...
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Waymo leads autonomous taxi race in the US
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Waymo's autonomous vehicles have become part of the everyday landscape in a growing number ...
Paris tech fair opens with AI and trade war in the spotlight
Paris (AFP) - Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, the Vivatech trade fair opened in Paris on Wednesday ...
‘Applied AI’ set to dominate France’s Vivatech trade fair
Paris (AFP) - Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, Paris's Vivatech trade fair opening on Wednesday will spotlight ...
Huawei founder says chips still lag ‘one generation’ behind US
Beijing (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Huawei's chips still "lag behind the United States by one generation", state media quoted ...
Silicon Valley VCs navigate uncertain AI future
Vancouver (AFP) - For Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the world has split into two camps: those with deep enough pockets ...
Generative AI’s most prominent skeptic doubles down
Vancouver (AFP) - Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains ...
AI personal shoppers hunt down bargain buys
New York (AFP) - Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers' likes, let them ...
Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Mark Zuckerberg
San Francisco (AFP) - Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) assistant on Wednesday, ...
US stocks rise, focus on Nvidia
London (AFP) - US stock markets rose on Wednesday as investors focused on prospects for Big Tech profitability, while European ...
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