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Google Mulling ‘Hyperscale’ Vietnam Data Centre –...

Alphabet's Google is reportedly considering building a 'hyperscale' data centre in Southern Vietnam, and opening an office

Shares In Nvidia Fall, Despite Record Profits, Sales

Nvidia announces $50 billion stock buyback after impressive Q2 financials, but shares slip despite strong demand for AI chips

Google Restarts Gemini AI’s Image Generation Of People

After earlier inaccuracies, Google updates Gemini's AI image-creation model and soon allow users to create images of people

IDC Raises Smartphone Shipment Forecast Amid GenAI Optimism

Global smartphone shipments in 2024 are expected to grow nearly 6 percent according to IDC, as premium handsets embrace AI

Apple Axes Jobs In Digital Services Group – Report

Tech giant Apple reportedly cuts 100 jobs in its digital services group, with sources citing a shift in internal priorities

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Klarna Says AI Chatbots Helped Remove 1,200 Positions

Should it be boasting? Klarna says it has hundreds of jobs have been trimmed from workforce thanks to AI chatbots

Apple Targets 10 September iPhone 16 Launch Event – Report

Latest Apple iPhone, Watches and AirPods are slated to be unveiled to the world on 10 September, according to Bloomberg sources

Firm That Sent Fake AI Robocalls Of Joe Biden Is To Pay $1m Fine

Settlement sees Lingo Telecom agree to pay $1 million fine for transmitting fake AI robocalls of Joe Biden in January

California Reaches Deal With Google Over Journalism Legislation

Showdown with California avoided. Google reaches $250m agreement to avoid California Journalism Preservation Act

Anthropic Sued For Copyright Infringement By Authors

Authors sue AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement, who allege AI firm used their and other books to train Claude chatbot

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South Korean AI Chip Makers Sapeon, Rebellions To Merge

South Korean AI chip start-ups Sapeon, Rebellions to merge in effort to challenge market leader Nvidia in ultra-competitive market

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AMD To Buy Server Maker ZT Systems Amidst AI Battle

AMD plans to retain 1,000 engineers from acquisition of ZT Systems to help it more rapidly roll out AI GPU-based cloud systems

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OpenAI Deactivates Accounts Used By Iran Election Influence Group

Microsoft-backed OpenAI takes down ChatGPT accounts used by Iranian group to attempt to influence US election and other topics of debate

Google Shows Off Pixel 9 Lineup, Plus AI Upgrades

xAI's Grok AI chatbot. Image credit: xAI. Elon Musk

Privacy Group Files GDPR Complaints Over X AI Data Plans

Vienna privacy group Noyb files GDPR complaints in nine countries over X plans to use user data to train AI tools

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Volocopter Tests eVTOL ‘Air Taxi’ At Versailles

German start-up Volocopter conducts test-flights of eVTOL 'air taxi' in Paris region after dream of Olympic passenger routes stymied

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Reddit CEO Hints At Subreddit Paywalls

Reddit co-founder and CEO has hinted that paywalls for certain subreddits could be on the way, in latest monetisation move

Dell Begins Fresh Round Of Job Losses, Amid AI Move – Report

More job losses for tech sector as reports suggest Dell is cutting as much as 10 percent of global workforce, or 12,500 staff

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UK To Investigate Amazon’s $4 Billion Investment In Anthropic

British competition regulator, the CMA, confirms it will investigate Amazon's huge investment into AI firm Anthropic

Peter van der Putten, Director AI Lab, Pegasystems

UK Needs to Chart its Own Course Towards AI legislation

There has been much speculation in the AI community recently: Will the new government announce plans for AI regulation in the King’s speech? The pressure is on, given that after more than six years of deliberation and negotiation, the EU AI Act will come into action on August 1st. Just days before the speech, it was reported that the AI bill was going to be one of the 35 bills included in the speech.