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AI Draws Entrepreneurs Back to San Francisco
February 19, 2024

San Francisco is reportedly once again at the center of a tech revival, with entrepreneurs and investors returning to the city after a period of exodus during the pandemic. Tech leaders who had previously relocated to cities like Miami are now returning to San Francisco,...

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This Week in AI: Enterprise Intelligence, Healthcare Efficiencies, Deepfake Threats
February 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming the standard-bearer for innovations that progress in leaps and bounds. Putting an exclamation point on the technology’s value to nearly all sectors and industries, on Tuesday (Feb. 13), chipmaker Nvidia exceeded Amazon in market value for the first time since 2002 as more companies...

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Altman’s AI Chip Plan Faces National Security, Antitrust Concerns
February 16, 2024

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly seeking approval from the U.S. government for an initiative aimed at enhancing the global manufacturing of artificial intelligence chips. The venture has the potential to raise national security and antitrust concerns in Washington, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 16). Altman...

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OpenAI Unveils Text-to-Video Model Called Sora
February 15, 2024

OpenAI, the creator behind artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT, is launching Sora, a text-to-video model. Sora can create videos that are up to one minute long based on text prompts from users, OpenAI said in a Thursday (Feb. 15) blog post. “We’re teaching AI to understand...

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Google Debuts Improved Version of Gemini AI Tool
February 15, 2024

One week after its rebrand as “Gemini,” Google’s artificial intelligence tool received a new update dubbed “Gemini 1.5.” “Gemini 1.5 delivers dramatically enhanced performance,” Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, wrote in a company blog post Thursday (Feb. 15). “It represents a step change in...

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Shares of Smaller AI Firms Rise After Nvidia Discloses Investments
February 15, 2024

Shares of smaller artificial intelligence (AI) firms reportedly experienced a rally Thursday (Feb. 15) after Nvidia, the world’s leading AI chipmaker, disclosed its stake in them as of Dec. 31. This move by Nvidia offers insights into its growth strategy and highlights its growing influence in...

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Microsoft Plans $3.4 Billion AI Investment in Germany
February 15, 2024

Microsoft reportedly aims to invest $3.4 billion in Germany’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. President Brad Smith announced the plans Thursday (Feb.15) during a news conference in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Bloomberg reported. “German companies are rapidly adapting AI-related technologies,” Smith said, per the report....

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Slack Launches Slack AI to Boost Worker Efficiency
February 14, 2024

Enterprise messaging platform Slack is debuting Slack AI, its artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help users find information more easily. Slack AI is starting with a set of initial generative AI capabilities, including a search function that delivers personalized, intelligent responses to your questions, channel recaps...

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How AI and Wearable Data Could Drive Better, Cheaper Health Outcomes
February 14, 2024

Innovations within the healthcare sector can save lives, as well as time and money.  That’s because the sector is primed for the transformative applications of the latest technologies, from connected wearable devices to generative artificial intelligence (AI).  From lowering the cost of care delivery to eliminating provider...