Anthropic, the fast-rising start-up founded by two ex-OpenAI engineers, has unveiled its “Computer Use” feature that’s being added to its “Claude” generative AI.
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TSMC CUTS OFF CLIENT AFTER FINDING ITS CHIPS VIOLATED U.S. SANCTIONS
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has ended its relationship with an unnamed client after discovering in October that chips made for that customer came into the possession of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies in violation of U.S. sanctions.
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MICROSOFT DEPLOYS BRIGADE OF AI AGENTS
Microsoft has created a squad of 10 AI tools, known as “agents,” that can send emails, update records, respond to customer contacts, and handle other routine chores with minimal or no human input.
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ARAMCO EARMARKS $100 MILLION FOR AI
The venture capital arm of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company has set aside $100 million to invest in AI startups over the next three years.
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BIOSCIENTISTS USE AI TO TURN GENES ON AND OFF
A new AI has designed thousands of DNA “switches” that enable researchers and medical scientists to turn genes on or off with precision at specific points in the body, opening new possibilities for studying and curing a range of genetically-based illnesses.
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THE NEXT AI-RELATED SHORTAGE: WATER
The exploding demand for AI has sent utility companies, and even producers of small, portable nuclear power plants, scrambling to meet AI data centers’ endless need for electricity.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: GENE-EDITED PLANTS AND ANIMALS SET TO EXPLODE, AND SMART GLASSES THAT STRIP PRIVACY
The problem with marketing and selling in a more historically normal fashion—by convincing people a product or service will benefit them in some appreciable and obvious way—is that much of what is being invented via sophisticated AI and genetics is controversial, when viewed in the cold light of reason.
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THE FIRST CRYPTO ELECTION: WHO TAKES IT?
It’s a tricky question. If voters who hold crypto vote based on an interest to see the sector and innovations grow in the U.S., it could well swing the 2024 election.
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A NUCLEAR POWER MICROPLANT THAT’S A NEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT
Forget your image of nuclear power plants surrounded by chain link fences and with giant concrete cooling towers and armed security.
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TINY ELECTRIC CURRENTS CAN PREVENT WOUND INFECTIONS
A skin patch developed at the University of Chicago delivers unnoticeable electric pulses across wounds and prevents bacteria from infecting exposed areas.