A Congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

A Congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. So when questions about regulating artificial intelligence emerged, the 73-year-old Beyer took what for …

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The Apple Vision Pro is ‘expensive, impractical, and clearly nowhere near ready for the mass market’

The Apple Vision Pro is ‘expensive, impractical, and clearly nowhere near ready for the mass market’

Apple CEO Tim Cook The Apple Vision Pro is “amazing, and clearly part of the future, but also expensive, impractical and clearly nowhere near ready for the mass market,” independent analyst Benedict Evans writes. Benedict Evans:‎ The Vision Pro is a very un-Apple product launch: it’s effectively a very polished prototype or a developer kit, …

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies

Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable …

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