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11 stories taggedartificial intelligence.
SoftBank borrowed $11.1 billion to close its $30 billion OpenAI bet
The Japanese tech investor sold bonds in two currencies to fund the final payment on a deal that will make it OpenAI's largest outside backer, with a 13% stake.
DiscoSign Wants Sign Language Translation to Actually Follow a Conversation
Apple ML Research built DiscoSign to handle the discourse elements that sentence-by-sentence systems routinely drop.
UC Berkeley Examines AI's Role in Legal Policy
UC Berkeley School of Law is studying how AI reshapes legal frameworks, and the gaps it finds could feed directly into federal and state rulemaking.
Anthropic Revises Claude Code Usage Limits, Reducing Allowance for Developers
A 25% permanent increase sounds generous until you do the maths: against what paying developers have today, it's a 17% cut.
Historian Jill Lepore thinks the 'artificial state' is doomed. Here's what she means.
With the midterms less than three months away, a leading American historian says the public backlash against AI and data centres could reshape the November vote.
UK Government Asks: Should Bosses Have to Warn Workers Before Installing Tracking Software?
A new consultation wants employers to consult staff before rolling out AI productivity scoring, keystroke logging and biometric surveillance. Workers in one in three UK organisations are already monitored.
Zuckerberg's AI media blitz fails to stop Meta's stock from falling 8%
A Wall Street Journal op-ed and a wave of interviews couldn't paper over weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings. Meta investors weren't buying it.
What is AGI, and how close are we to it?
AGI means a machine that can learn and do almost any intellectual task a human can. Nobody has built one yet, but the debate about how close we are is very much alive.
Physical AI: The Dollars and Sense of Robotics
Billions in venture capital are flowing into robots that learn on the job. Here is what that money tells us about where automation is headed.
Why AI Won't Gain Consciousness Anytime Soon
A psychologist says doubt isn't strong enough: AI systems can't become conscious, full stop.
A composer put Einstein's equations and AI into orchestral music. The result is surprisingly moving.
Robert Laidlow's debut album turns physics and artificial intelligence into concert pieces. It works.