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Tencent Announces Plans for AI-Powered Services
August 16, 2023

Tencent, one of China’s leading internet companies, has announced its intention to release a proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) model later this year. The company believes that this model, named Hunyuan, will position Tencent as a strong competitor in the AI field alongside industry leaders such...

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Google Aims to Create an Advice-Dispensing AI
August 16, 2023

People trust artificial intelligence (AI) for driving directions or customer service issues. But would you take life advice from an AI? It’s apparently a question Google hopes to answer. The company’s Deep Mind has been working with generative AI to carry out a range of personal and professional tasks,...

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OpenAI Suggests Companies Use GPT-4 for Content Moderation
August 15, 2023

OpenAI said companies can use its latest large language model (LLM), GPT-4, to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted content moderation systems. Using GPT-4, companies can perform content moderation with more accurate and consistent labels, a faster feedback loop for policy refinement and a reduced need for...

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Can China’s First-Mover Advantage in Regulating AI Keep Innovation Alive?
August 15, 2023

As of this week, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a globally unregulated entity. This, as China’s new rules governing the disruptive technology — composed of two dozen guidelines — go into effect Tuesday (Aug. 15). They represent the first set of regulations from a...

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Marqeta Unveils Its First External-Facing Generative AI Tool
August 15, 2023

Marqeta has unveiled its first external-facing generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The new Marqeta Docs AI is powered by OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) and allows Marqeta customers to ask questions, find answers to individual use cases and more quickly gain an understanding of the products, the...

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Telecom Sector Bets on AI to Bridge Legacy and Future Operations
August 14, 2023

The telecommunications industry can’t afford to put integrating generative artificial intelligence (AI) on hold. A backbone of the connected economy, global telecoms are under enormous pressure to transform their capabilities to meet the future-fit needs of tomorrow’s industries — and AI has emerged as a...

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Anthropic Gets $100 Million Investment from Korea’s SK Telecom
August 14, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic has teamed with Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) to build a large language model for the telecom sector. The partnership, announced Monday (Aug. 14), will also see SKT invest $100 million into Anthropic, which is backed by Google.  According to a...

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Fears of ‘Humanlike’ AI Are Overblown, Futurist Says
August 13, 2023

Some people worry about the rise of AI. Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku is not among them. In an interview with CNN Sunday (Aug. 13), Kaku said artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such OpenAI’s ChatGPT will be a societal benefit and increase productivity.  But he added that fear has led people...

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AI Helps Multinationals Ease Supply Chain Pressures
August 13, 2023

Artificial intelligence isn’t new to shipping, but the way some companies are using it is. That’s according to a report Saturday (Aug. 12) by the Financial Times, which finds that companies like Maersk, Siemens and Unilever are using generative artificial intelligence (AI) to source new supplies, finalize contacts...