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Why are we hearing so much about AI all of a sudden?

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 13, 2023
Experts say that big companies often observe or invest in innovations years before they become widely known. 
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Chinese video game designers experiment with AI

by Jennifer Pak
Sep 13, 2023
China's video gaming sector is the first to feel the impact of generative artificial intelligence.
An AI-generated animation character by a Chinese video gaming firm in Chengdu city.
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Patents are about to get more enforceable

by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette
Sep 12, 2023
You've probably infringed several patents today.
Patented items are everywhere, and the current system "depends on most people in most situations ignoring patents and ignoring patent infringement," says Janet Freilich, law professor at Fordham University.
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Thanks to AI, more U.S. workers worry that technology threatens their jobs

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 11, 2023
In the past, technology has displaced jobs but the economy has continually created new ones. Some experts see greater losses this time.
Many college-educated workers are anxious about the potential for their jobs to be automated, a new Gallup poll finds.
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When one company dominates a market, there can be downsides

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 24, 2023
Chipmaker Nvidia is the breakout sensation of the AI boom. But supply chain snarls have taught us the risks of having few sources.
Nvidia designs about 80% of the specialized chips needed to train complex artificial intelligence models. It makes a single-source product that's fabricated by only one company.
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What keeps economists up at night?

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 23, 2023
We asked some professors to riff on the theme of the Fed's annual Jackson Hole retreat: “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy.”
"I think the regular 8-to-5 schedules we used to have are really super hard for families," says Ayse Imrohoroglu of the University of Southern California.
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Chipmaker Nvidia steps into the spotlight as a barometer of the AI economy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 21, 2023
It makes the chips at the heart of ChatGPT and other tools.
The valuation of Nvidia, whose products are crucial to artificial intelligence technology, has surpassed $1 trillion.
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Chinese animation house puts AI capabilities to the test

by Jennifer Pak
Aug 21, 2023
Base Media and iQiyi see potential for a creative edge in a competitive market. But U.S. clients worry about copyright infringement.
A screenshot of an animation after AI tools were applied. The brick wall and background are generated by AI.
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Can AI product review summaries help us make better purchase decisions?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Aug 17, 2023
Amazon is using the technology on its mobile app to synthesize stacks of user comments into one tidy paragraph. Do you buy the idea?
Amazon's new artificial intelligence-generated review system "is immediately going to be a target for sellers to manipulate," says marketing professor Brett Hollenbeck.
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AI lessons from the telephone operators of the 1920s

by Kai Ryssdal and Livi Burdette
Aug 17, 2023
In the early 20th century, thousands of young women worked as telephone switchboard operators. Automation changed that.
If you were a working woman in the early 20th century, there's a good chance you were a telephone operator — until mechanical switching took over the job.
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