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Increasingly, small businesses are adopting AI

by Elizabeth Trovall
Dec 4, 2024
Large businesses tend to lead the pack in AI adoption, but very small businesses have also been using AI at relatively high rates.
Artificial intelligence can do simple tasks that would otherwise require expensive manpower. That's one reason small business AI use is growing.
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Companies are spending more on intellectual property. Why?

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 27, 2024
Some businesses are trying out software with AI capabilities.
More companies are investing in intellectual properties like AI.
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Are people using AI as much as we thought (or feared) they would?

by Matt Levin
Nov 22, 2024
Next week it'll be two years since the debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Generative AI has developed a lot since then, though some people are still wary of it.
Tech has been quicker to use AI than other sectors. Above, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at his company's first conference for software developers.
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Google has an unfair advantage when it comes to AI, Department of Justice alleges

by Caleigh Wells
Nov 21, 2024
The complaint has a lot to do with Google's Chrome web browser and dominant position in the search market.
The DOJ's plan to break up google includes forcing the company to sell Chrome.
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Shelf Life

To understand Nvidia, take a look at its CEO and culture

by Tae Kim
Nov 20, 2024
Fear and anxiety became Jensen Huang's favorite motivational tools, writes author Tae Kim in his upcoming book "The Nvidia Way."
In his book about Nvidia, Tae Kim says CEO Jensen Huang, above, once told his executive staff: “There may be people smarter than me, but no one is ever going to work harder than me.”
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A Warmer World

Funding for climate tech startups is waning. Much of it's moving to AI.

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson
Nov 11, 2024
Investing in AI has been an easy pitch this year, while the capital-intensive nature of green energy startups has put off some funders.
Funding for startups focused on climate change has suffered a chill, partly because of the costs of building out solutions.
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Exclusive: Authors Guild to offer "Human Authored" label on books to compete with AI

by Matt Levin
Oct 7, 2024
The Authors Guild will offer its 15,000 members a new certificate to place book covers: one that shows a book is written by humans and not artificial intelligence.
Coming soon to a bookstore near you? Labels that distinguish books written by humans.
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Taller, slicker data centers could be the future

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Oct 1, 2024
Data centers are getting taller and slicker as they move closer to urban and suburban areas.
A construction crew works on a CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Skills Gap

Dame Judi Dench could be your next AI voice assistant

by Matt Levin
Sep 25, 2024
Dame Judi Dench and comedians Awkwafina and Keegan-Michael Key have signed deals with Meta to humanize chatbots.
Judi Dench is among the celebrities who have signed multimillion-dollar contracts with Meta to create AI assistants based on their voices.
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Schools warm to AI

by Matt Levin
Sep 19, 2024
"They've kind of come around," says a school superintendent in Fargo, North Dakota.
More companies are seeing an opportunity to expand AI into schools.
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