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Google’s Latest Patent May Boost Enterprise AI Offerings

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Google’s latest AI patent may make your spreadsheets less daunting.

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Energy

Bill Gates’ TerraPower to Build First Small Reactor in US

The company plans to have one of the newfangled small modular reactors up and running in Wyoming by 2030.

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Markets

The Rest of the Stock Market is Catching Up to Big Tech

Persistent optimism about an economic soft landing has buoyed investors’ hopes about companies of all sizes.

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Special Report: How AI and Election Misinformation go Hand in Hand

“(AI) vastly increases the capacity to create any type of new media … both in speed and volume.”

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Microsoft’s Cloud Defense Could Help it Catch Up to AWS

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Microsoft may want to gatekeep the cloud using log-in analysis. The tech could keep AI models and training data safer.

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Artificial Intelligence

Big Tech’s AI Push Requires a Big Bath

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The hot new technology needs a lot of cooling off — and increasing use of water supplies is getting it done.

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Microsoft May Give its AI Chatbots a Personal Touch

Its patent to speed up interactions between you and your chatbot signals a growing interest in personalized AI.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Will Pay Semafor to Use AI for News Reports

The deal could widen the technology’s use in news-gathering, while also heading off future copyright lawsuits.

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Microsoft Peels Back the Layers of its Deep Learning Models

Models that can explain how they draw their conclusions can help fight hallucination and build user trust.

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Microsoft Makes Chatbots Mindful with Emotion Detection Patent

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The company’s patent for a wellness chatbot could require users to have a lot of trust in the company to protect their data.

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