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AI that mimics human problem solving is a big advance – but comes with new risks and problem

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OpenAI recently unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) models, o1-preview and o1-mini (also referred to as “Strawberry”), claiming a significant leap in the reasoning capabilities of large language models […]

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Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI

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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, launched his long-teased artificial intelligence startup xAI on Wednesday, unveiling a team comprised of engineers from the same big U.S. […]

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China’s Alibaba unveils AI image generator to take on Midjourney, DALL-E

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HONG KONG – Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd (9988.HK) announced on Friday an artificial intelligence (AI) image generator, initially available to enterprise customers in beta form, as it […]

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Thomson Reuters to acquire legal AI firm Casetext for $650 mln

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Thomson Reuters (TRI.TO) said on Monday it had agreed to acquire Casetext, a legal startup with an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for law professionals, in a $650 million […]

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SoftBank’s Son says he is ‘heavy user’ of ChatGPT

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TOKYO – SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he is a “heavy user” of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot from Microsoft backed startup OpenAI. […]