How the U.S. government is regulating AI

How the U.S. government is regulating AI

The U.S. government is considering laws to help society adapt to the introduction of artificial intelligence. Early users of the technology are already seeing labor productivity gains. For example, Klarna, a buy now, pay later financial services provider, estimates that its AI assistant tool will increase its profit outcome by $40 million by the end …

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Dow Jones Futures: Stock Market Awaits CPI Inflation; Tesla Rises As Nvidia Falls On Rival AI Chips

Dow Jones Futures: Stock Market Awaits CPI Inflation; Tesla Rises As Nvidia Falls On Rival AI Chips

Dow Jones futures rose slightly after hours, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures.  The CPI inflation report looms Wednesday, along with key reports from Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Nvidia chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM). X The stock market rally generally edged higher Tuesday, with investors wary of big moves ahead of the CPI …

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Federal internet subsidy program expires

Federal internet subsidy program expires

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The $30 per month Daisy Solis has saved off of her internet bill for the past two years stretched a long way. Those dollars covered new shoes for her three, growing children, dinners …

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Ireland uses internet more than most countries in Europe

Ireland uses internet more than most countries in Europe

A NEW study has found that the Netherlands is the most active online, out of every country in Europe. Iceland and Ireland come second and third, respectively. SEO agency Digital Climax analysed data from Eurostat to compare the percentages of individuals engaged in six selected categories of online activity across each country in Europe. The …

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Bangkok Post – Govt upbeat on wallet handout

Bangkok Post – Govt upbeat on wallet handout

Digital cash bonus to launch at the end of year Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat, centre, meets supporters of the digital wallet project at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters in October last year. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) The government will launch its flagship digital wallet handout scheme in the last quarter of the year, with the …

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Serfing the Internet

Serfing the Internet

For as long as there has been “capitalism,” there have been observers predicting its demise—most famously Karl Marx himself, who helped popularize the term. Nearly a century later, James Burnham foresaw a “managerial revolution,” in which control over production would be taken over by a new class of administrators and technocrats, while Joseph Schumpeter prophesied …

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Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Anthropic lining up a new slate of investors, ruled out Saudi Arabia

Deep-pocketed, sovereign wealth funds are among the investors clamoring to get a stake in Anthropic, the red-hot artificial intelligence startup that’s taking on OpenAI. One country that’s being left out: Saudi Arabia. As bankers line up a group of potential new Anthropic backers, the company has ruled out taking money from the Saudis, according to …

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Xiaomi’s internet business sees rapid growth in overseas markets with its growing suite of services

Xiaomi’s internet business sees rapid growth in overseas markets with its growing suite of services

As the number of internet users continues to grow, one smartphone manufacturer is hoping to optimise its core internet business to improve its suite of experiences for users. Globally, there are an estimated 5.3 billion internet users today – two-thirds of the world’s population. Across Europe and North America, online penetration rates exceed 90 per …

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Fall But Nvidia Reverses Higher Ahead Of Key AI Event

Stock Market Today: Stocks Fall But Nvidia Reverses Higher Ahead Of Key AI Event

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes struggled near the day’s lows in afternoon trades as more earnings rolled in Friday, with stocks feeling the effect of Adobe‘s (ADBE) earnings-induced troubles. Nvidia bucked the tide, however, and rose ahead of a key artificial intelligence event while Tesla (TSLA) fell further on the stock …

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