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Former Meta Executives Raise $15 Million for AI Startup
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Former Meta Executives Raise $15 Million for AI Startup

Two former Meta artificial intelligence executives raised $15 million for Yutori, a startup that will develop AI personal assistants.

Apple Moves Forward Through Criticism Because of Its Approach to AI
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Apple Moves Forward Through Criticism Because of Its Approach to AI

Apple has repeatedly been subjected to various kinds of negative criticism for its slowness and even, in a sense, randomness in the context of its approach to interacting with artificial intelligence, the main digital functional system at the current stage of the technological evolution of the world in the virtual dimension of the corresponding existential […]

Amazon Tests Shopping and Health Assistants
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Amazon Tests Shopping and Health Assistants

Amazon, as part of its drive to scale the use of generative artificial intelligence in its e-commerce ecosystem, has begun testing a shopping assistant and a health-focused chatbot with a subset of users.

US Adds More Chinese Companies to Export Blacklist
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US Adds More Chinese Companies to Export Blacklist

Last Tuesday, March 25, the United States added dozens of Chinese technology companies to its export blacklist.

China’s Open-Source Embrace Changes Wisdom Around AI
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China’s Open-Source Embrace Changes Wisdom Around AI

Currently, Chinese technology companies are actively paying attention to open-source artificial intelligence models in the practical plane, launching such digital products at a high-intensity pace, while watchers and insiders claim that the implementation of the appropriate approach contributes to boosting AI adoption and scaling some other innovative functional solutions of the advanced category in the […]

Amazon Offers Science-Based Carbon Credits for Qualified Companies
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Amazon Offers Science-Based Carbon Credits for Qualified Companies

E-commerce giant Amazon continues its efforts to reduce and eliminate emissions across its global ecosystem, adding carbon credits to the Sustainability Exchange resource hub.

Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Raise Up to $1 Billion
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Perplexity AI Reportedly Plans to Raise Up to $1 Billion

The media, citing an anonymous insider, published information according to which Perplexity AI, a startup building search engine powered by artificial intelligence, is currently in talks to double its valuation to $18 billion as part of a new funding round.

AMD CEO Visits China
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AMD CEO Visits China

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chief executive officer Lisa Su began her visit to China, where she touted the company’s role in supporting the development of artificial intelligence in the Asian country through the lens of interaction with leading players in the local corresponding industry, including DeepSeek and Alibaba Group Holding.

Samsung Seeks to Reclaim Ground in AI Memory Market
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Samsung Seeks to Reclaim Ground in AI Memory Market

Samsung Electronics Co. pledged to strengthen its position in the high-bandwidth memory chip market in the current year.

Tencent Accelerates AI Spending
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Tencent Accelerates AI Spending

Tencent Holdings Ltd. outlined plans to dramatically increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure after the Chinese company recorded the highest revenue growth rates since 2023, indicating that the most valuable firm in the Asian country intends to keep pace with competitors in the so-called post-DeepSeek era.

Google Launches Redesigned Pixel 9a
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Google Launches Redesigned Pixel 9a

Google has launched a redesigned version of its budget Pixel phone, updating the chip and battery life.

Nvidia Announces New AI Chips
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Nvidia Announces New AI Chips

Nvidia last Tuesday, March 18, at its annual GTC conference, announced new chips that are designed for the development and subsequent deployment of artificial intelligence models.

Alphabet to Buy Wiz for $32 Billion
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Alphabet to Buy Wiz for $32 Billion

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced on Tuesday, March 18, that it would acquire Wiz in its largest deal valued at approximately $32 billion.

Baidu Launches Two New AI Models
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Baidu Launches Two New AI Models

Last Sunday, March 16, the Chinese company Baidu announced that it had launched two new models of artificial intelligence.

Google DeepMind CEO Says About Prospects of  Artificial General Intelligence
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Google DeepMind CEO Says About Prospects of Artificial General Intelligence

Google DeepMind co-founder and chief executive officer Demis Hassabis stated that there is still some way to go before the emergence of such a configuration of artificial intelligence that is able to cope with any task on a par with humans, but it is a matter of time when the corresponding digital cognitive systems will […]

Blackwall Raises $49 Million
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Blackwall Raises $49 Million

The Estonian-based cybersecurity company Blackwall raised 45 million euros (about $49 million) in a funding round.

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