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San Francisco rolls out Microsoft's AI tools to 30,000 govt workers
With Microsoft 365 Copilot, the US city aims to cut down on administrative burden, improve public services, and become a benchmark for responsible AI use in government
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Trump admin to allow resumption of H20 AI chip sales to China: Nvidia
The development comes amid a preliminary trade deal between the US and China last month, which sought China to resume the exports of rare earth and the US to relax its export curbs
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Pentagon awards AI contracts to Google, OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic
The contracts represent a significant revenue stream for AI companies, which have been looking to expand their reach into the public sector
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Meta's days of giving free AI may be ending as monetisation plans loom
Unlike AI models from Google and OpenAI, Meta's Llama is described as "open source," meaning its underlying code is freely available online for anyone - including rivals - to use and adapt
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Musk suggests Tesla shareholders should vote on possible xAI investment
Musk asked X users publicly last year if Tesla should invest $5 billion in xAI, writing at the time that he was just testing the waters
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SpaceX commits $2 billion to xAI as Musk steps up AI ambitions: Report
The investment follows xAI's merger with X and values the combined company at $113 billion, with the Grok chatbot now powering Starlink support
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to hold media briefing in Beijing on July 16
Nvidia's market value topped $4 trillion for the first time last week, solidifying the chipmaker's position as Wall Street's central player in a race to dominate AI technology
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AI firm iOPEX Technologies innaugrates second facility in Chennai
The US-based company recently strengthened its footprint with the inauguration of the second facility in Chennai, marking a new chapter of growth in the region
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Musk's xAI issues lengthy apology for Grok's violent, antisemitic comments
The company blamed a system update for the remarks where the chatbot was seen praising Adolf Hitler
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India first country to launch a traditional knowledge digital library: WHO
The WHO release follows India's proposal on the subject, leading to the development of WHO's first-ever roadmap for applying AI in traditional medicine
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Meta acquires voice AI startup PlayAI as it continues to add talent
Meta has made AI the company's top priority this year, investing heavily in infrastructure such as chips and data centers, as well as recruiting top talent to build AI models and features
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Musk's xAI seeeks up to $200 billion valuation in fresh funding talks
If the new financing materializes, it would bring xAI's total new backing to $20 billion - a goal that has been discussed by the company
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Can China effectively compete in the artificial intelligence talent war?
The competition for AI talent prompted Meta Platforms Inc to reportedly offer sign-on bonuses of $100 million to lure senior staff from rivals
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Raymond adopts AI, automation in HRMS to create future-ready workforce
In a bid to create an engaged and skilled talent workforce that is 'ready-for-the-future', the 100-year old group is leveraging AI and automation in people practices
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Shiprocket launches multimodal AI model for MSMEs and D2C businesses
E-commerce enablement platform Shiprocket on Friday launched a multimodal AI engine, Shunya.ai, for MSMEs and D2C businesses
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Every dollar or energy saved is what you don't need to produce: Sharma
We have built almost 580 vocational training centres, where we have trained almost 300,000 plus youths so far, says Deepak Sharma, zone president, Greater India, MD & CEO of Schneider Electric India
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$100 million job offers: How Mark Zuckerberg is luring the best AI minds
In just the last month, Zuckerberg has poached leading OpenAI scientist Lucas Beyer, who co-created the vision transformer; Ruoming Pang, who led Apple Inc.'s efforts at building AI models
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Can China compete against US in AI talent war with homegrown minds?
China looks at international experience less as a brain drain and more as a way for researchers to acquire knowledge before returning home, a Stanford paper said
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Grok AI goes full Nazi-mode, sparks social media outrage with Hitler praise
The controversy over the now-deleted inflammatory posts erupted just days after X CEO Elon Musk claimed major upgrades to Grok, mentioning that the chatbot had improved significantly
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US govt warns staff, diplomats of attempted Rubio impersonation using AI
A message sent from Rubio's office to State Department staff stated the purpose was likely "with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts".
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