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The AI startup provides artificial intelligence search tools that deliver information summaries to users
The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Chun in the case accusing Amazon of deceptive practices to generate Prime subscriptions puts the company at a disadvantage at trial
Oracle said this month it expected booked revenue at its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business to exceed half a trillion dollars
Both JEV and dengue virus belong to the same genus. Previous research had hinted at interactions between JEV immunity and dengue outcomes. To understand more, a new study examined three large dengue outbreaks in Dharan in Nepal between 2019 and 2023
Reinforcement learning alone, with the right design, could produce reasoning behaviour that was previously thought to require human examples
The initiative is already supported by more than 60 partners including fintech companies like Revolut, Coinbase and Paypal to merchants and SaaS companies like Etsy, Salesforce and Inuit to financial providers like American Express and Mastercard
OpenAI is working on an age-prediction system that can estimate the age of ChatGPT users
Using this, creators will be able to generate output with lower latency at 480p to create video clips easily with sound, for the first time
The RTX6000D, designed mainly for AI inference tasks, is seen as expensive for what it does, the two people said
The Series C round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, and also saw participation from industry majors such as Nvidia , Intel Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Salesforce , T-Mobile Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures
Just last month, private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Workday rival Dayforce for $12.3 billion
The 10 senators led by Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, made the demand a week after a Senate hearing where former Meta safety researchers said the company shut down internal research showing Meta knew children were using its VR products and being exposed to sexually explicit material
Microsoft obtained an order from the U.S. District Court in Manhattan earlier this month to seize domains associated with Raccoon0365, the subscription service that allowed users to carry out massive phishing campaigns, which sometimes involved thousands of emails at a time, according to Steven Masada, assistant general counsel for Microsofts Digital Crimes Unit
AIs efficiency and accuracy are built on the invisible labour of low-paid workers in developing countries. From data labelling to content moderation, ghost workers face exploitation, insecurity, and mental health risks.
Aquamonitrix works as a simple, low-pressure ion chromatograph that can separate anions along a relatively short column. The solution used to carry the sample into the chromatograph and facilitate the exchange of anions with the column contains only sodium chloride, so the process is also environmentally friendly
The AI model has 1-billion parameters and is based on the Gemma 2 from Googles family of small language models
Called GPT-5 Codex, the agent can choose how much time it spends on a task with more complex problems taking up to 7 hours at a time
A new report has revealed that these raters were working with the company to help improve AI products including Gemini and AI Overviews
Thunderstorm electrification is one of the oldest unsolved problems in atmospheric science
A new study by scientists from across Asia has reported that many of communities in Southeast Asia gently heated and smoked their dead to preserve them
The cuts, which will affect 250 employees, are a part of a restructuring plan announced by Fiverr's CEO Micha Kaufman geared towards investing heavily in AI and incorporating the technology into the company's platform
Companies stay largely passive during such unrest; their reluctance to deploy technological workarounds or challenge government orders shows the tension between profit motives and digital rights
By combining millions of recordings from hundreds of species, scientists have found that artificial light is nudging birds to stay awake longer by nearly an hour. The timings for birds with large, watchful eyes shifted the most while small-eyed species barely stirred from their routine. The changes were sharpest in the breeding season
Fruit fly species from Asia have begun to make their appearance in southeastern Europe as climate change increases local temperatures
Starlink, operated by Musks SpaceX, provides internet services via a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites and is used in remote areas and conflict zones globally
Charlie Kirk, who rallied his millions of followers to help U.S. President Donald Trump win a second White House term, was both revered and reviled for his pro-gun, anti-abortion and anti-immigrant rhetoric
It would be the fourth reprieve granted by U.S. President Donald Trump from federal enforcement of a law that originally gave ByteDance until January 2025 to sell or shut down TikTok
Googles DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the most valuable human skill for the future will be learning how to learn
In a world increasingly in the clutches of mosquito-borne diseases, does it make sense for scientists to try and wipe out some mosquitoes altogether?
Why did the Supreme Court intervene in DNA samples in criminal cases? What lapses did the court uncover? What has the court said about DNA reliability in past rulings? What do the new guidelines mandate? Is DNA alone enough to convict?
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology also recommends mandatory labelling of AI-generated content and stronger measures against deepfakes
The single-dose vaccine was developed by the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland state after more than a decade of research
Automation doesnt replace judgment but supports it when used thoughtfully
George Kerr Anderson was an American inventor and tinkerer who spent a lifetime making improvements to devices from lengthening the words that could be typed with a typewriter before its ribbon had to be changed, to creating standalone shorthand machines. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about a man and his machines, both of which are now mostly forgotten
The investigations are being conducted by the FTC's consumer protection unit, and focus on whether Amazon and Alphabet properly disclosed terms and pricing for ads
The difference between those figures adds up to more than $50 billion in additional revenue OpenAI would keep for itself, the report added
The company sent out emails Friday night notifying employees that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, the report said
GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology were placed on the list, formally known as the Entity List, for acquiring equipment for SMIC Northern Integrated Circuit Manufacturing (Beijing) Corp and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Beijing) Corporation, the Federal Register posting said
YouTube is expanding its multi-language audio to millions of creators so that they can make use of multi-lingual dubbing
The enterprise software maker's remarkable rise, fueled by a wave of multi-billion-dollar cloud deals, puts the spotlight on the scramble for computing power from companies that are pouring billions to become leaders in the AI race
The consumer protection agency issued orders to seven companies, including tech giants Alphabet, Meta, OpenAI and Snap
Recently, two research teams studied nonlinear interactions between intense light pulses passing through glass fibres and uncovered something unusual. They reported that its possible to use the physics of light in optical fibres to perform complex AI tasks potentially much faster and with less energy than traditional computers
Negotiations mark key step in six-submarine programme under Atmanirbhar Bharat
Spotifys new Lossless feature will let Premium listeners stream tracks in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC, meaning that their music will feel more detailed
A new study has revealed that bridges can quietly redirect forces after damage, paving the way for engineers to reinforce existing designs
Meta and ByteDance's TikTok sued the European Commission after they were hit with a supervisory fee of 0.05% of their annual worldwide net income to cover the EU executive's cost of monitoring their compliance with the Digital Services Act