Big Tech

Apple Will Let Rivals Access Tap-to-Pay System
Apple Will Let Rivals Access Tap-to-Pay System
December 12, 2023  |  Apple

Apple reportedly offered to let competitors access its tap-to-pay mobile wallet system. The agreement could mean the end of a European Union antitrust case and...

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Google Delivers Formal Response to EU’s Threat to Ad Tech Unit 
Google Delivers Formal Response to EU’s Threat to Ad Tech Unit 
December 08, 2023  |  Google

Google has made a formal response to the European Union’s (EU) threat to break up its profitable advertising technology (ad tech) arm, calling the allegations “flawed.”...

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UK Could Regulate Tech Giants Under Financial Umbrella
UK Could Regulate Tech Giants Under Financial Umbrella
December 07, 2023  |  Regulation

Could tech giants like Google and Amazon fall under the purview of British financial regulators? A trio of those regulators — The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation...

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IBM, Meta Launch 50+ Member Alliance Promoting Open-Source AI Development 
IBM, Meta Launch 50+ Member Alliance Promoting Open-Source AI Development 
December 05, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

How do you safely develop and responsibly profit from an innovation like artificial intelligence (AI)? This ongoing question has prompted the sudden proliferation of committees and forums...

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CFPB Handles 20,000 Consumer Complaints Per Week
CFPB Handles 20,000 Consumer Complaints Per Week
November 30, 2023  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sends 20,000 complaints to companies for responses every week. “I am proud of the CFPB’s work in getting consumers...

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Humanity-First Corporate Structures Highlight AI’s Growing Mind-Body Problem
Humanity-First Corporate Structures Highlight AI’s Growing Mind-Body Problem
November 29, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

The companies developing the newest generational artificial intelligence (AI) tools are hoping to change the world.  Some of them are even trying to change the...

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US Signs International AI Safety Agreement
US Signs International AI Safety Agreement
November 27, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Can artificial intelligence (AI) companies create systems that are “secure by design?” That’s the hope of more than a dozen countries — the United States...

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Who Will Power the GenAI Operating System?
Who Will Power the GenAI Operating System?
November 27, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Silicon Valley’s 72-hour OpenAI drama was quelled last week with the return of Sam Altman as CEO to the firm he co-founded in 2015.  The...

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Tech Giants Seek to Hire OpenAI Employees
Tech Giants Seek to Hire OpenAI Employees
November 21, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amid the turmoil at OpenAI, several other tech giants have made attempts to hire away the artificial intelligence (AI) firm’s employees. Microsoft, Salesforce, NVIDIA and...

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