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Tech - Wired
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior to other races.6 hours ago - Google -
Tech - The New York Times
Bots Linked to China Target Republican House and Senate Candidates, Microsoft Says
Chinese influence operations have focused less on this year’s presidential race and more on down-ballot races.19 hours ago - China -
Tech - The Wall Street Journal
Perplexity CEO Proposes Revenue Deals for Publishers After Lawsuit
Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones sued the AI startup this week, alleging copyright infringement.20 hours ago -
Tech - Wired
Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions
Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.Yesterday - Microsoft -
Business - CNBC
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo doubles down on AI, says in regular talks with Google and Microsoft
As Chinese smartphone company Oppo gears up for a flagship phone launch overseas, it says it has weekly AI talks with Google and Microsoft senior management.3 hours ago - Google -
Top stories - CBS News
Russia, Iran and China are trying to interfere with the U.S. election, Microsoft says
Microsoft issued a seven-page report on how Russia, Iran and China are trying to interfere with the 2024 U.S. elections. The company's threat analysis center is warning deepfake videos and other ...20 hours ago - China -
Politics - The Hill
Microsoft says Russia trying to smear Harris with deepfake video, AI
Russia is attempting to “undermine” Vice President Harris’s campaign using artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos while China has begun targeting a series of GOP congressional candidates ...20 hours ago - Microsoft -
Top stories - CBS News
Character.AI, Google face lawsuit over teen's death
A Florida mother filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company Character.AI and Google. In February, Megan Garcia's 14-year-old son died by suicide. She says her son was in a ...23 hours ago - Google -
Business - CNBC
Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed AI startup founded by former OpenAI research executives, announced AI agents that can use a computer to complete complex tasks.Yesterday - Google -
Business - Inc.
Murdoch Papers Sue AI Developer Perplexity for ‘Freeriding’ Their Content
The publishers of the Wall Street Journal and New York Post attacked the AI developer for stealing articles to train its ‘answer machine’ chatbot.Yesterday -
Tech - Wired
A Lawsuit Against Perplexity Calls Out Fake News AI Hallucinations
In a new copyright lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity, Dow Jones and the New York Post argue that hallucinating fake news and attributing it to real papers is illegal.2 days ago -
Business - Inc.
Microsoft Will Let Clients Build Their Own AI Agents
In November, customers can start using Copilot Studio to make their own AI apps to perform many routine tasks.2 days ago - Microsoft -
Business - Financial Times
Murdoch’s Dow Jones sues AI start-up Perplexity for infringement
Publishers accuse company of ‘freeriding’ on valuable news content2 days ago -
World - Financial Times
Harris raises nearly $1bn to surge past Trump in election money race
Democratic candidate pulled in more cash in three months than Republican challenger has managed since January 20232 days ago - Donald Trump -
Tech - The New York Times
Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.2 days ago - Microsoft -
World - The Guardian
Microsoft introduces ‘AI employees’ that can handle client queries
US company gives customers the ability to build own virtual agents as well as releasing 10 off-the-shelf bots. . Microsoft is introducing autonomous artificial intelligence agents, or virtual ...2 days ago - Microsoft -
Business - CNBC
Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and more head to Las Vegas to tout health-care AI tools
Tech companies are in Las Vegas this week to talk health-care AI at the HLTH conference.3 days ago - Microsoft -
Business - CNBC
Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round
Perplexity started the year with a roughly $500 million valuation and has continued attracting significant investor interest alongside the generative AI boom.3 days ago -
Business - Inc.
Perplexity AI Hopes to Double Its Valuation to $8 Billion
The Jeff Bezos-backed AI company is looking to raise around $500 million in its new funding round.3 days ago -
Tech - Wired
Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin Purge Has Begun
Plus: The alleged SEC X account hacker gets charged, Kroger wriggles out of a face recognition scandal, and Microsoft deals with missing customer security logs.5 days ago - Google -
Business - The New York Times
What’s at Stake in a Strained Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership
The alliance between the technology giant and the company behind OpenAI has been hugely consequential — but a disruption could shake up the A.I. race.6 days ago -
Tech - VentureBeat
Perplexity lets you search your internal enterprise files and the web
Perplexity announced Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces, which lets paying users query their own files as well as the internet.6 days ago -
Tech - The Wall Street Journal
Google Executive Overseeing Search and Advertising Leaves Role
Prabhakar Raghavan, the most senior Google executive overseeing its search engine and ads products, will be succeeded by longtime Google executive Nick Fox.6 days ago - Google -
Business - CNBC
Google CEO names new search and ads boss, slides predecessor to role of chief technologist
Google is replacing Prabhakar Raghavan, the company's search and ads boss since 2018, with longtime executive Nick Fox.6 days ago - Google -
Tech - VentureBeat
Salesforce CEO Marc Beinoff slams Microsoft Copilot as ‘Clippy 2.0’
Fighting words? Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff took to his personal X account last night to criticize Microsoft's AI assistant.October 17 - Microsoft -
Business - The New York Times
Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power
Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.October 16 - Google -
Tech - VentureBeat
Microsoft’s Differential Transformer cancels attention noise in LLMs
A simple change to the attention mechanism can make LLMs much more effective at finding relevant information in their context window.October 16 -
Business - Inc.
Perplexity Gets ‘Cease and Desist’ Notice From the New York Times
The newspaper wants the AI company to stop using its content to train its chatbot applications.October 16 - New York -
Top stories - CBS News
Google turns to nuclear energy for AI electricity demand
Google announced a deal with energy startup Kairos Power to supply its data centers with electricity from seven small modular nuclear reactors, which still need to be built. A recent study found ...October 15 - Google -
Tech - GameSpot
Microsoft Settles Lawsuit With Gamers Over Activision Blizzard Merger
When Microsoft announced its plans to buy Activision Blizzard in 2022 , it set off multiple lawsuits including a battle with the FTC that attempted to block the deal. Microsoft triumphed in that ...October 15 - Microsoft -
Tech - ABC News
Microsoft settles video gamers' lawsuit over Activision takeover
Microsoft Corp. has settled a lawsuit from a group of gamers who sued to try to stop the company from buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $69 billion last yearOctober 15 - Microsoft -
Politics - The Hill
Russia, China collaborating with criminal networks in cyberattacks against adversaries: Microsoft
Russia, China and Iran are increasingly collaborating with cybercrime networks to launch a variety of attacks against their adversaries, including the U.S., Microsoft said in a report Tuesday. The ...October 15 - China -
Tech - ABC News
Cyber criminals increasingly helping Russia and China target the US, Microsoft says
Russia, China and Iran are expanding their partnerships with cyber criminals to conduct cyberespionage and cyberattacks against the U.S. and other nations, according to a new report from MicrosoftOctober 15 - China -
Top stories - BBC News
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
The tech giant says it will use energy from small reactors to power its use of artificial intelligence.October 15 - Google -
Tech - The Wall Street Journal
Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI
Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers.October 14 - Google -
Business - Inc.
Google Seeks a Pause on App Store Ruling
The tech giant tries to stave off a judge’s efforts to force it to open its Play app store to wider competition.October 14 - Google -
Business - MarketWatch
Microsoft and these other stocks are the way to play AI now, says Goldman Sachs
So-called “platform” stocks, such as Microsoft and Snowflake are the most attractive part of the AI sector according to Goldman Sachs.October 14 - Microsoft