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05/22/2025
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By Willow Tohi
China’s DeepSeek AI sparks global tech race fears amid claims of revolutionary breakthrough
New claims about China’s DeepSeek-R2 AI system suggest it operates on principles unknown in the West, potentially giving China a significant edge in AI technology. This has sparked debates and concerns among global tech leaders and policymakers about China’s growing AI dominance. The claims originated from an anonymous social media account, @iruletheworldmo, which asserts that […]
05/18/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Congress targets Chinese chip smuggling in bipartisan push to protect AI supremacy
Bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Chip Security Act on May 15 to block China from accessing advanced U.S. AI chips. Aims to close loopholes exploited by Chinese firms (e.g., Huawei, DeepSeek) to evade export controls. Key measures to strengthen enforcement include: real-time location tracking of chips to prevent unauthorized transfers; mandatory reporting of suspicious transactions by […]
05/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Amazon’s tactile robot Vulcan sparks debate over automation’s future in warehouses
Amazon unveiled its first touch-sensitive warehouse robot, Vulcan, which uses AI-driven tactile sensors to autonomously handle 75% of warehouse items. It dynamically adjusts grip strength and employs a suction-cup arm for precise “zhoop” movements, reducing physical strain on workers. Amazon frames Vulcan as a collaborator, taking over ergonomically taxing tasks (e.g., high/low shelving) while creating […]
05/08/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google expands nuclear power investment to fuel AI data center surge
Google partners with Elementl Power to build three small modular reactor (SMR) facilities in the U.S., each generating 600+ megawatts, to power its AI-driven data centers with clean energy. With data center energy use projected to double by 2030, Google prioritizes nuclear for reliable, carbon-free baseload power, unlike intermittent renewables like wind or solar. Google […]
05/07/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google admits to using content from publishers who opt out to train its Search AI
Google confirmed it uses web content to train AI-powered search features (e.g., Gemini) even when publishers opt out, as its search division operates under different rules than general AI training policies. To fully block AI training, publishers must opt out of Google Search indexing via robots.txt. But this renders their content invisible in search results, […]
04/30/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Public trust in ChatGPT legal advice outweighs lawyers’ in study, raising calls for AI literacy
In anonymous comparisons, 62% of participants favored ChatGPT’s legal advice over attorneys’, drawn to its confident tone and technical language. Even when sources were revealed, trust in AI remained nearly equal to human experts. Participants often mistook ChatGPT’s lexically complex yet inaccurate responses as more valid, while lawyers’ clearer, more cautious phrasing was seen as […]
04/16/2025
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By Willow Tohi
U.K. government’s “pre-crime” AI sparks civil liberties debate amid claims of bias and privacy invasion
The U.K. government is developing an AI-driven “homicide prediction” system that analyzes personal data — including ethnicity, mental health and past police interactions — to identify potential future murderers, drawing comparisons to sci-fi film “Minority Report.” The system aggregates sensitive personal data from crime victims, witnesses and non-convicted individuals, raising concerns about racial profiling, wrongful targeting […]
04/09/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Google’s AI search overhaul decimates website traffic
Google’s AI-powered search results (AI Overviews) have drastically reduced traffic to independent websites, with some publishers seeing drops of 70% or more. Small businesses, like DIY site Charleston Crafted, report revenue losses in the tens of thousands. AI Overviews display summarized answers directly on Google, reducing the need for users to visit source websites. Publishers […]
04/09/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Shopify CEO mandates AI-first hiring policy, reshaping workforce expectations
Shopify’s CEO Tobi Lütke mandates that employees must justify why a role can’t be automated before hiring, signaling AI adoption as essential for productivity and efficiency. AI proficiency will now factor into performance reviews. Companies like Shopify, Google and Meta are cutting jobs while heavily investing in AI tools (e.g., Shopify Magic, GitHub Copilot) to […]
04/04/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Tesla unveils enhanced Optimus robot, now walks better than Joe Biden!
Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, has achieved significant advancements in dexterity, balance and natural walking — surpassing some human capabilities — thanks to reinforcement learning (RL) in simulated environments. A video shared by Elon Musk compares Optimus’s early unsteady movements (2021) to its current fluid, human-like gait, showcasing rapid improvement through RL training. Tesla plans to […]
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