Humanoid robots embodiment of China’s AI ambitions
Shanghai (AFP) - Serving craft beer, playing mahjong, stacking shelves and boxing, the dozens of humanoid robots at Shanghai's World ...
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India’s Infosys narrows revenue forecast as profits beat expectations
Bengaluru (India) (AFP) - Indian IT giant Infosys on Wednesday increased the lower end of its annual growth forecast for ...
UK court awards £700 mn to HP in late tycoon’s fraud case
London (AFP) - A UK court Tuesday awarded £700 million ($946 million) compensation to IT firm Hewlett Packard in a ...
Ivory Coast farmers hope tech tempts jaded youth back to fields
Abidjan (AFP) - Stopwatch in hand, dozens of Ivory Coast students raced against the clock to design robots for the ...
Waymo looks to test its self-driving cars in New York
New York (AFP) - Google-owned Waymo on Wednesday said it has applied for a permit to start testing its self-driving ...
Big tech on a quest for ideal AI device
New York (AFP) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has enlisted the legendary designer behind the iPhone to create an irresistible gadget for ...
Google turns internet queries into conversations
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Google on Friday began letting people turn online searches into conversations, with generative artificial ...
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 ...
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 ...
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