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X agrees to British crackdown on hate speech and militant content, regulator says
LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X has agreed to strengthen protection for UK users against illegal hate speech and terrorist content, Britain's media regulator said on Friday, following months of regulatory pressure.
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Technology
How SpaceX stacks up against some of the biggest US IPOs
May 15 (Reuters) - SpaceX is targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its upcoming initial public offering, in what could be the biggest-ever stock market debut by a U.S. company on Wall Street.
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Technology
Exclusive-At Samsung, the global AI boom spurred a looming strike and deep divisions
SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - A looming 18-day strike at South Korean chip giant Samsung that has triggered worries within the government, rattled foreign investors and threatened global supply chains rests on one crucial question: who should share in the spoils of the AI boom?
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Technology
Exclusive-Reliance-Disney launch legal battle against Indian TV rival over Bollywood films
NEW DELHI, May 15 (Reuters) - India's JioStar, the TV and online entertainment venture of Reliance and Walt Disney, has initiated legal measures against rival Zee Entertainment for alleged unauthorised broadcast of Bollywood films it has the rights to, documents show.
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Technology
Ackman's Pershing Square takes Microsoft stake, exits Google parent Alphabet
May 15 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Bill Ackman built a new position in tech giant Microsoft after its stock price dropped recently, and sold his long-owned investment in Google parent Alphabet to help pay for it.
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Technology
TSMC plans to sell 152 million shares in chipmaker Vanguard
TAIPEI, May 15 (Reuters) - TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, said on Friday it plans to sell up to 152 million shares in Vanguard International Semiconductor via a block trade to financial institutional investors, cutting its stake in the chipmaker.
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AI
Musk’s xAI unveils first coding agent in bid to rival Anthropic
Elon Musk's xAI is rolling out its first artificial intelligence coding agent, called Grok Build, in an attempt to catch up to Anthropic PBC's Claude on streamlining software development.
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Technology
Memory maker Kioxia sees $8.2 billion Q1 profit on AI boom
TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia said on Friday it expected operating profit for the April-June quarter to reach 1.3 trillion yen ($8.20 billion) as the artificial intelligence boom boosts chip demand.
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Technology
Canada's Cohere embraces 'low drama' amid AI giant tumult
In an industry that runs on hype and grand gestures, Canadian AI firm Cohere is charting a different course from Silicon Valley. No talk of superintelligent machines, no public feuding, just one question: can it make money?
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Technology
Samsung's South Korean union sticks to strike plan after talks offer; shares slide
SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' South Korean labour union said on Friday it remained committed to a planned strike starting next week, even after the company proposed resuming pay talks without conditions, sending shares down as much as 9.3%.
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Cybersecurity
Mistral developing new AI model for banks lacking Mythos access
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in discussions with European banks about deploying its answer to Anthropic PBC's Mythos, the limited-access AI model that can uncover cybersecurity vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale.
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AI
OpenAI considers legal action against Apple in strained relationship
The AI company, which is in the middle of a court fight with Elon Musk, has been unhappy with how Apple integrated ChatGPT into its devices.
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Video games
War on war: '2XKO' is all about teamwork
It's all about teamwork in 2XKO, the latest game from League of Legends developer Riot Games.
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Cybersecurity
AI and humans battle it out in a cybersecurity showdown
Experts and college students used AI agents to try to break into and defend computer networks in a national competition. The agents did all right on their own, too.
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AI
'I applied to be pope': Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT
Millar is one of an unknown number of people who have lost their grip on reality while communicating with chatbots, an experience tentatively being called AI-induced delusion or psychosis.
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AI
Why AI safety controls are not very effective
Three years after the debut of ChatGPT, fooling AI systems into bad behaviour is almost trivial.
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Technology
Some parents don't want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back
For high school senior Aliyah Pack, getting distracted during school is the norm. Kids in her Pennsylvania school district use iPads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks in second grade and get their own MacBooks in eighth grade.
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AI
UK artist seeks selfies for AI-generated 'national portrait'
A British artist on Thursday urged the public to contribute selfies so she can create a new "national portrait" with the help of AI for London's National Portrait Gallery.
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AI
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AI's future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their final arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence.
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Technology
Samsung Electronics proposes unconditional talks with union; strike plan holds
SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' South Korean labour union said on Friday the tech company had proposed resuming talks without conditions, days after government-mediated negotiations over pay and bonus schemes collapsed.
