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US survey shows workers lukewarm about AI without clear rules

Employee engagement is stagnating at work as US-based companies expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in offices, polling company Gallup says.

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Five takeaways from Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word manifesto on AI

Meta Platforms Inc chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg touted his views on artificial intelligence in a 6,500-word essay published on Aug 10, emphasising his belief that wider access to AI models is key to the industry's future.

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Ryanair signs five-year Google Cloud deal, expands use of AI in airline operations

LONDON, Aug ⁠12 (Reuters) - Ryanair said on Wednesday it would deploy Google's Gemini AI ⁠tools and DeepMind models across its operations under a new ‌five-year cloud partnership, using the technology to help manage crew scheduling and make operational decisions.

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Oracle, Quantinuum partner to bring quantum computing to cloud

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Quantinuum and ⁠Oracle on Tuesday announced a multi-year partnership aimed ⁠at bringing quantum computing capabilities to Oracle's cloud ‌platform, as technology firms race to commercialize the nascent technology.

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CoreWeave boosts 2026 spending plan, beats quarterly estimates on AI demand surge

Aug 11 (Reuters) - CoreWeave ⁠lifted its annual capital spending forecast on Tuesday after beating second-quarter estimates, betting ⁠on a surge in demand for its AI cloud computing services, sending the ‌company's shares more than 14% higher in extended trading.

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Super Micro forecasts upbeat annual revenue on data center adoption

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Super ⁠Micro Computer forecast fiscal 2027 revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, ⁠betting that strong demand for its AI-optimized servers would fuel another ‌year of growth, sending its shares up 7% in extended trading.

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Uber Freight says its investigating cyber incident following hacker claims

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Uber Freight ⁠is investigating a data security incident involving unauthorized access to ⁠a portion of its systems and repositories, a company spokesperson ‌said on Tuesday. 

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Spotify to slap 'AI Persona' badges on AI-generated artist profiles

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Spotify ⁠said on Tuesday it would begin adding "AI Persona" ⁠badges to some profiles from mid-September to give ‌listeners more transparency about whether the artist behind the music was a real person.

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Exclusive-Alpha Compute to buy Pennsylvania land, gas rights for $55 million data center campus, company says

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuters) -   AI ⁠infrastructure company Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet to acquire land and natural ⁠gas rights in Pennsylvania for $55 million to develop a 200-megawatt data center campus, CEO ‌Brittany Kaiser told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Senior OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap to leave for new venture

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Senior OpenAI ⁠executive Brad Lightcap said on Tuesday he would ⁠leave the company to start a new venture, ‌as the ChatGPT maker gears up to go public amid growing AI demand.

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Nvidia building 1-trillion-parameter Nemotron 4 to rival open AI models, The Information reports

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Nvidia is developing ⁠a new AI model family, Nemotron 4, with the goal of challenging ⁠top open-source models globally, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people who work ‌on the project.

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Bumble eases women-first messaging rule as dating apps seek engagement boost

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Bumble ⁠on Tuesday said it would now allow either ⁠person in a match to send the first ‌message, dropping the women-first messaging rule that has been a defining feature of the dating app since its launch in 2014.

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Air taxi firm Joby acquires defense tech company for $500 million

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Joby Aviation ⁠said on Tuesday it would buy defense technology company Resonant ⁠Sciences for about $500 million, as it looks to scale its ‌business in a growing defense market.

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XAI co-founder's startup River AI raises $1.1 billion to expand custom AI tools

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Startup ⁠River AI, founded by xAI co-founder Igor ⁠Babuschkin, said on Tuesday it has raised $1.1 billion, ‌looking to expand tools that help clients build personalized AI models on their own data.

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IBM, Together AI ink $240 million deal for Nvidia-powered AI inference cluster

Aug 11 (Reuters) - ⁠IBM and startup Together AI have signed a $240 million ⁠multi-year agreement to build a large-scale artificial intelligence ‌cluster on IBM Cloud using Nvidia systems, the companies said on Tuesday.

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French press body asks competition watchdog to take action over Google AI

PARIS, Aug ⁠11 (Reuters) - A French press association has asked the ⁠country's competition watchdog to take action against Google's artificial ‌intelligence-generated article summaries, which the trade group says deprive newspapers and magazines of readers.

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Singapore's Sea tops quarterly revenue estimates as Shopee fuels e-commerce growth

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Singapore's ⁠Sea Ltd beat estimates for quarterly revenue ⁠on Tuesday, powered by growth at its ‌e-commerce business led by Shopee and rising demand for its financial services.

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TSMC, Sony to invest $4.7 billion in joint venture for image sensors

TAIPEI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC and ⁠Sony Group said on Tuesday they will form a $4.69 ‌billion joint venture to develop and make next-generation image sensors in southern Japan, with volume production expected to start in 2029.

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Gobind: Rakyat Digital platform to offer free Coursera courses, AI builder hub later this year

The Rakyat Digital platform will soon start offering over 16,000 Coursera courses and certifications to Malaysians for free within a three-month window, along with an AI (artificial intelligence) Builders Hub, says Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo.

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Trump Media's quarterly loss widens to $238 million from $20 million a year earlier

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Trump Media & Technology ⁠Group, founded by U.S. President Donald Trump and known for ⁠its Truth Social platform, reported a wider second-quarter loss, largely due ‌to unrealized losses tied to its cryptocurrency assets.