Google already charges for AI-driven special services in its Docs and Gmail programs. Now it may do the same with its iconic search engine. It would be the first time the company has put any of its search capacities behind a paywall.
Category: 16 April 2024
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NY TIMES RUNS “HATE IRAN” DAVID VS. GOLIATH PROPAGANDA PIECE
The New York Times devoted a front-page article last week to allegations by “U.S. officials” that Iran has been pumping the West Bank with weapons—in an apparent effort to lend support to Israel’s ethnic cleansing effort in the territory and illegal land grabs based on “security” concerns.
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BUSINESS SCHOOLS ARE SUDDENLY ALL OVER AI
Business schools are weaving AI into their classes because they know that future executives will need skills in the technology as much as they need to know how to read profit-and-loss statements.
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AI IDENTIFIES TUMORS THAT RESIST CHEMOTHERAPY
In AI’s latest contribution to medical treatment, researchers at the University of California San Diego have taught a bot to predict which cancer tumors will defy chemotherapy, a problem that often causes false starts in treating the illness.
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AI WILL CUT WORKFORCE, EXECUTIVES FORECAST
Executives at 41 percent of 2,000 large companies around the world expect to cut their payrolls over the next five years and replace humans with AI, according to a new survey by Adecco Group, a Swiss global recruiting firm.
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
This past week saw major controversy over a reauthorization of the 1978 FISA Act, which has been thoroughly abused to spy on American citizens under the pretext of combating foreign threats.
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MICROSOFT AND OPENAI WILL BUILD “STARGATE” SUPERCOMPUTER
OpenAI and Microsoft, OpenAI’s chief stockholder with 49-percent ownership, will collaborate to build a supercomputer dubbed “Stargate” that could cost as much as $100 billion, people familiar told Business Insider.
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YOUNGER GENERATION AGING MORE RAPIDLY THAN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED, WHICH COULD HELP EXPLAIN JUMP IN CANCER CASES
A newly released study found that younger Americans—those born after 1965—are about 17 percent more likely to be experiencing “accelerated aging” compared to those born between 1950 and 1954.
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RESEARCHERS INTERCONNECT PARTS OF LAB-GROWN BRAINS
Bioscientists use “organoids”—small, lab-grown portions of organs—to study their development, test the effects of new drugs, and understand the origins and progression of diseases.
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TYRANNY BY THE NUMBERS: THE GOVERNMENT WANTS YOUR MONEY ANY WAY IT CAN GET IT
The government wants your money. It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it.