A broad coalition of AI experts, economists, legal scholars, and former OpenAI employees is urging state regulators to keep OpenAI’s nonprofit foundation in control of the company. Their concern: that the company’s planned restructuring would abandon its legally mandated nonprofit purpose and place control of artificial general intelligence (AGI) in the hands of private investors….
Online threats are prevalent and technology is advancing at a rapid pace, making cybersecurity an urgent requirement in safeguarding the digital assets of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By protecting vital data, sensitive customer information, and core business operations, SMBs are able to not only defend against cyber-attacks but also harness secure internet connections as a catalyst…
Microsoft is strengthening its Copilot generative AI software as the centerpiece of the workspace by adding key features to help users be more productive. The company’s next wave of Copilot updates includes “digital labor” tools to automate work and merge document intelligence, with the aim of helping enterprise users to work smarter, not harder. For…
New research shows that many college-educated workers believe their degrees aren’t necessary for their jobs and say they wouldn’t have gone to college if degrees weren’t required for so many roles. In fact, some workers consider their degrees a complete waste of money, according to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of…
The United Arab Emirates is planning to use AI to review and adjust existing legislation as well as write entirely new laws, reports the Financial Times. The Middle Eastern country is the first in the world to do so. Other countries are currently using AI to streamline various types of work, but not to create…
Federal prosecutors warned that Google might leverage artificial intelligence to entrench its search monopoly, demanding “strong measures” to prevent the tech giant from extending its market control into the AI era. In the latest phase of the major antitrust trial that began on Monday, government lawyer David Dahlquist argued that Google has built a system…
Huawei is reportedly preparing to ramp up shipments of its new 910C AI chip to Chinese customers as early as next month, a move that could accelerate the fragmentation of global AI infrastructure and challenge US chip dominance in enterprise workloads. Some of the chips have already been shipped, according to a Reuters report, as Chinese…
Apple executives will certainly be hoping that raw materials and components intended for use in the iPhone 17 will remain available despite the politically driven trade war with China. They can see that while what they promise will be exciting for Apple’s customers, getting the components together and manufacturing the devices is more challenging than ever. There’s a…
The US reciprocal tariffs war is beginning to hit the Indian IT industry, with contracts getting delayed as customers adopt a wait-and-watch approach. Some of the country’s top tech services exporters — including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, and Wipro — have begun to show signs of strain, as revealed in their recent quarterly earnings…
Apple and Google know that smart glasses will replace the smartphone as the main device people use the most, according to recent news. And the two leading smartphone platform makers don’t want Meta to own the future of mobile computing, but they know Meta is leading the race so far. Meta is the current and…