China’s cyberspace regulator summoned Nvidia (NVDA, Financials) to explain possible security risks in its H20 artificial intelligence chip, injecting new uncertainty into the U.S. chipmaker’s China sales. Officials want to know if the chip contains tracking or backdoor features that could compromise user privacy. The move follows a U.S. proposal to require location?tracking in advanced…
Chinese authorities summoned Nvidia Corp. to discuss alleged security risks related to its H20 chips, casting doubt over the domestic business of the world’s most valuable company weeks after co-founder Jensen Huang met senior officials in Beijing. The Cyberspace Administration of China called company representatives into a meeting to discuss what it deemed serious security…
LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in artificial intelligence heavyweights Microsoft and Meta Platforms both surged in European trading on Thursday, after blowout quarterly results after-market on Wednesday. Meta shares surged 12.2% in Frankfurt after it forecast quarterly revenue well ahead of Wall Street expectations. Microsoft shares jumped 9%, as surging Azure cloud computing revenue above analysts’ expectations,…
Death, taxes and unrealistic beauty standards: the three things all women can expect in their lifetime. In my lifetime as a 35 year old woman, I have watched my features go in and out of ‘style’, as if bodies are a fashion trend. I have watched women be told we should have: big boobs, small…
Meta’s artificial intelligence spending spree appears to be paying off with investors, who sent the company’s stock soaring after hours on Wednesday following a blowout quarterly earnings report. The Menlo Park, California-based company easily beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter, helped by higher advertising revenue and a growing user base on its flagship…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of AI involves “personal superintelligence” that will help people achieve their individual goals. “I am extremely optimistic that superintelligence will help humanity accelerate our pace of progress. But perhaps even more important is that superintelligence has the potential to begin a new era of personal empowerment where people will have…
Have you ever found yourself repeating the words “speak to a human please” while on the phone with customer service? If so, you’re among the roughly 70% of Americans who find interacting with automated phone systems, versus human customer support representatives, frustrating. That’s in part why Senator Ruben Gallego wants to ensure that consumers who…
YouTube announced on Tuesday it is planning to roll out a new age-estimation technology that will identify users under the age of 18. The new feature is intended to protect young teens from harmful content, the company says. Powered by artificial intelligence, the tool will be able to assess a person’s age based on the…
China has made a significant leap in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race, with the country now accounting for more than 40 per cent of the world’s AI models. According to data released at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China currently hosts 1,509 AI models out of a global total of 3,755….
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging near record highs Monday after the United States agreed to tax cars and other products coming from the European Union at a 15% rate, lower than President Donald Trump had earlier threatened. Many details are still to be worked out, however, and Wall Street is heading into a…