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[ad_1] New draft guidelines released by U.S. antitrust enforcers on Wednesday lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of planned mergers by Big Tech companies like Amazon and Alphabet’s Google. The Biden administration has taken a tougher stance on mergers, filing some aggressive challenges. It had two court losses just last week. Several challenges go before … Read more
[ad_1] Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is raising the stakes, powered by the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals. Experimental systems that run on GPT-4 or similar models are attracting billions of dollars … Read more
[ad_1] A US federal court on Thursday rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) request that it order Microsoft to temporarily hold off on closing its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard, a court filing showed. A federal judge had previously ruled for Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the … Read more
[ad_1] Billionaire Elon Musk‘s xAI on Wednesday announced the formation of the artificial intelligence (AI) startup with the launch of its website, unveiling a team made up of engineers who have worked at companies from Alphabet-owned Google to Microsoft and OpenAI. The startup will be led by Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of … Read more
[ad_1] Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,65,750 crore) … Read more
[ad_1] Researchers at AI4Bharat, a start-up backed by Microsoft, are raising $12 million (nearly Rs. 100 crore) from venture capital firms Peak XV and Lightspeed Venture, according to three people familiar with the matter. The larger-than-usual seed funding round underscores the growing interest in generative AI, after OpenAI‘s ChatGPT dazzled users with its ability to … Read more
[ad_1] Researchers at India’s AI4Bharat are raising $12 million (nearly Rs. 100 crore) from venture capital firms Peak XV and Lightspeed Venture for an artificial intelligence startup, according to three people familiar with the matter. The larger-than-usual seed funding round underscores the growing interest in generative AI, after OpenAI‘s ChatGPT dazzled users with its ability to engage … Read more
[ad_1] China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said on Thursday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry with the United States. The announcement of the new system came just before US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was due to land in Beijing … Read more
[ad_1] Elon Musk‘s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network’s efforts to attract advertisers. The limit, imposed to “address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”, is the latest change by … Read more
[ad_1] Alphabet‘s Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft have notified the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers under new EU tech rules, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Tuesday. Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which came into force last November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a … Read more