The award of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of AI pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company’s research dominance.
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US plan to break up Google’s search dominance threatens profit engine, AI growth
The U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed remedies to break up Google’s search dominance could weaken its main profit engine and stall its advances in AI.
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TikTok sued by 13 states and DC, accused of harming younger users
TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people.
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Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin’s birthday
VGTRK, which owns and operates the country’s main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack on Monday.
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Meta, challenging OpenAI, announces new AI model that can generate video with sound
Meta announced it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts.
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Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns
A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber rammed into an SUV, sparking new concerns that a growing stable of self-styled “robotaxis” is exploiting a regulatory gray area in U.S. cities.
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