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Reuters
TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday, The Information reports
TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect, The Information reported on Tuesday, unless the Supreme Court moves to ...
SiliconANGLE
Microsoft sues cybercriminal operation that developed tools to bypass AI safety guardrails
Microsoft Corp.’s Digital Crime Unit has taken legal action to disrupt a cybercriminal operation that developed tools specifically designed to bypass the safety guardrails of generative artificial ...
CNBC
Nvidia-backed AI video platform Synthesia doubles valuation to $2.1 billion
Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli told CNBC his company isn’t “dependent” on venture capital, unlike companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
SCMP
ByteDance to invest US$614 million in computing centre in China amid high AI demand
The TikTok owner is building a site covering more than 200,000 square metres in Shanxi province as it expands aggressively in the AI sector.
SCMP
The AI video arms race and why Google and others are paying YouTube creators for footage
OpenAI and other firms’ need for footage to train AI video generators has content creators selling them unused footage, but there are issues.
TechCrunch
Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal
Executives and researchers leading Meta's AI efforts obsessed over beating OpenAI's GPT-4 model while developing Llama 3, according to internal messages ...
Reuters
Microsoft halts hiring in US consulting unit as cost-cutting measure, CNBC reports
Microsoft is planning to halt hiring in part of its consulting business in the U.S. in a bid to cut costs, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo.
Bloomberg
Tesla to Suspend Part of New Model Y Lines in China for Upgrades
Tesla Inc. plans to suspend part of the lines manufacturing its recently refreshed Model Y sport utility vehicle in Shanghai for around three weeks over Chinese New Year so it can better optimize ...
CRN
Microsoft Red Teaming Leader Says AI Threats Novel, But Solvable
Microsoft AI Red Team has lessons and case studies for MSSPs and cybersecurity professionals to heed around artificial intelligence, machine learning, LLMs.
Bloomberg
ByteDance’s AI Makes Chinese Tycoon One of Asia’s Richest Women
Entrepreneur Zhou Chaonan has become one of just three Chinese women billionaires in the ranks of world’s 500 richest people, propelled into the rarefied club by the rise of TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd.
Reuters
Taiwan says exclusion from new US curbs on AI tech should 'give confidence'
Taiwan's exclusion from the new U.S. curbs on artificial intelligence (AI) chip and technology exports should "give confidence" about Taipei's own controls and respect for the law, the island's ...
Reuters
Space startup funding set for boost from US-China rivalry in 2025, report says
Funding in the space industry is set to receive a boost this year from growing U.S.-China tensions, after startups in the sector clocked $8.6 billion in investments in 2024, according to a report by ...
Financial Times
Intel to spin off venture capital arm as chipmaker tries to cut costs
Intel’s interim co-chief executive, David Zinsner, said spinning off its venture arm was a “win-win scenario as it provides the fund with access to new sources of capital to expand its franchise while ...
TechCrunch
Nvidia backs MetAI, a Taiwanese startup that creates AI-powered digital twins
Nvidia has been doubling down on the opportunity to build robotics and other industrial AI applications, with the launch of its Omniverse platform, and ...
TechCrunch
Synthesia snaps up $180M at a $2.1B valuation for its B2B AI video platform
As the world continues to work through how to handle the explosion of deepfake content online, it seems that not all AI-created videos are stirring ...