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US senators call out Big Tech's new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups 07/12/2024 03:09pm • In the race to stay ahead in artificial intelligence, the biggest technology companies are swallowing up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them. Now three members of the U.S. Senate are calling for an investigation. San Francisco-based Adept announced a de These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them 07/12/2024 05:25am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum’s decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to women visitors provoked a gender discrimination lawsuit. The paintings again prompted international headline Some smaller news outlets in swing states can't afford election coverage. AP is helping them 07/11/2024 02:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the swing states in this fall's election contain small, independent news organizations that can't afford comprehensive election coverage. The Associated Press said Thursday that it will help them in coming weeks and months. Newsrooms that are members of the Institute for N European Union adds porn site XNXX to list of online platforms facing strictest digital scrutiny 07/11/2024 02:32am • LONDON (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday it's adding the porn site XNXX to its list of online services facing the strictest level of scrutiny under the bloc's digital regulations including measures requiring users to verify their ages. It's the fourth porn site to be classed as a “very l 7 Best Green Mutual Funds to Buy Now 07/10/2024 08:00pm • When investors are interested in sustainable investing, many gravitate toward boutique exchange-traded funds. After all, ETFs are more agile and cost-effective than mutual funds, and can offer up some interesting ways to invest -- including clean energy ETFs populated with leading companies fighting Samsung brings tech's latest fashion to wearable technology with AI twists in new watch and ring 07/10/2024 01:57pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Samsung is dressing up its wearable devices in technology's latest fashion — artificial intelligence. The South Korean electronics giant on Wednesday revealed that both its first-ever premium smartwatch and a smart ring heralding its entry into a niche market will include AI 9 Growth Stocks That Also Pay Dividends 07/09/2024 08:00pm • Investors commonly tend to seek one of two paths: growth stocks that are expanding sales and profits, or value stocks that offer stability and income potential. And most of the time, those two strategies are mutually exclusive. That's not always the case, however, as there are a few growth stocks th Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 07/07/2024 08:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In the past year, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, GitHub's Copilot AI code generation software and Google's Gemini AI model. Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it 07/07/2024 01:53pm • The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. Internet and China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says 07/03/2024 03:35pm • GENEVA (AP) — China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Wednesday, with the United States a distant second. The technology, which offers the potential to boost efficiency and speed up scientific discoverie Ringleader of fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family, ripping hole in the community, gets 60 years 07/02/2024 08:47pm • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire, a crime which the victims’ friends and relatives say has forever changed their lives and their community, both in the U.S. and in the west African n 7 Best Recent and Upcoming IPOs in 2024 07/02/2024 08:00pm • The long climb back to relevance continues for initial public offerings in the U.S. in 2024, as investors warm up to new publicly traded companies and IPOs are able to back that sentiment up with sturdier returns. In the U.S., 80 new IPOs rolled out from January through June, hauling in $17.8 billio Seattle plastic surgery provider accused of posting fake positive reviews must pay $5M 07/02/2024 06:31pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay $5 million to the state attorney general’s office and thousands of Washington patients, according to a federal consent decree. The consent decree California advances unique safety regulations for AI companies despite tech firm opposition 07/02/2024 05:38pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers voted to advance legislation Tuesday that would require artificial intelligence companies to test their systems and add safety measures to prevent them from being potentially manipulated to wipe out the state's electric grid or help build chemical wea AI is learning from what you said on Reddit, Stack Overflow or Facebook. Are you OK with that? 07/02/2024 02:46pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Post a comment on Reddit, answer coding questions on Stack Overflow, edit a Wikipedia entry or share a baby photo on your public Facebook or Instagram feed and you are also helping to train the next generation of artificial intelligence. Not everyone is OK with that — es