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EU Antitrust Chief Meets With Big Tech CEOs Over Regulation and Competition Compliance
EU Antitrust Chief Meets With Big Tech CEOs Over Regulation and Competition Compliance
January 12, 2024  |  Big Tech

Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s (EU) antitrust chief, recently met with the chief executives of tech giants Apple, Alphabet and Qualcomm.  The purpose of these meetings was to discuss regulation...

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Big Tech Group Opposes Proposed CFPB Digital Wallet Rules
Big Tech Group Opposes Proposed CFPB Digital Wallet Rules
January 09, 2024  |  Regulation

A tech lobbying group is pushing back against proposed regulations for digital wallet providers. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) — whose members include Amazon and...

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Battle Lines Being Drawn Between Open- and Closed-Source Goals for AI Regulation
Battle Lines Being Drawn Between Open- and Closed-Source Goals for AI Regulation
January 08, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have added a new layer to the ongoing and increasingly philosophical debate about whether open-source or proprietary systems are better for...

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Report: Big Techs’ AI Legal Protections Do Not Apply to Use of Third-Party Models
Report: Big Techs’ AI Legal Protections Do Not Apply to Use of Third-Party Models
January 08, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

The protections against artificial intelligence-related copyright lawsuits offered by cloud computing giants are somewhat limited. That’s according to an analysis published Monday (Jan. 8) by...

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EU Antitrust Head Plans Summit With Big Tech CEOs
EU Antitrust Head Plans Summit With Big Tech CEOs
January 07, 2024  |  Big Tech

Europe’s top antitrust official is reportedly meeting with several American Big Tech CEOs this week. Margrethe Vestager will meet with executives from Apple, Google, Nvidia, Broadcom and OpenAI to discuss competition policy and digital regulation...

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Year in Review: The Milestones That Transformed AI in 2023
Year in Review: The Milestones That Transformed AI in 2023
December 29, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

2023 was the year of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom. What was perhaps the innovation’s greatest trick to date was fitting a decade’s worth...

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Japan Looks to Curb Apple and Google App Dominance
Japan Looks to Curb Apple and Google App Dominance
December 28, 2023  |  ANTITRUST

Add Japan to the list of countries trying to regulate Apple and Google’s app-store dominance. The country’s government is preparing regulations that would make tech giants such as these permit outside...

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How Gen AI Helped Healthcare Get Smarter
How Gen AI Helped Healthcare Get Smarter
December 27, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

The intersection of healthcare and artificial intelligence (AI) was one of 2023’s most exciting storylines. Across sector-critical areas including medical imaging and pathology, telemedicine, personalized patient engagement, new...

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Report: Anthropic 2024 Revenue Could Approach $1 Billion
Report: Anthropic 2024 Revenue Could Approach $1 Billion
December 27, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has reportedly forecast revenues of more than $850 million next year. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Dec. 26) by The Information, citing...

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