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Steve Lohr / New York Times: A profile of MIT labor economist David Autor, an unlikely AI optimist who says AI may help restore “the middle-skill, middle-class heart of the US labor market”  —  David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization. Source link

Apple researchers have published a new paper on an artificial intelligence (AI) model that it claims is capable of understanding contextual language. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed research paper also mentions that the large language model (LLM) can operate entirely on-device without consuming a lot of computational power. The description of the AI model makes it seem

Bloomberg: Sources: the US asks South Korea to add China chip export restrictions similar to Commerce Department rules, including on chips beyond 14nm and DRAM beyond 18nm  —  – Biden officials want Seoul to adopt similar tech curbs as US  — Washington is pushing for a deal before G7 summit in June Source link

The United States and Britain on Monday announced a new partnership on the science of artificial intelligence safety, amid growing concerns about upcoming next-generation versions. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and British Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington to jointly develop advanced AI model testing, following commitments announced at an AI

MIT Technology Review: An interview with outgoing ASML CTO Martin van den Brink on the company’s rise, Moore’s Law, competition from Chinese companies, hyper-NA technology, and more  —  On a drab Monday morning in San Jose, California, at the drab San Jose Convention Center, attendees of the SPIE Advanced Lithography … Source link

Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search engine, is reportedly planning to show ads on its platform. The advertisers will be given space in the related questions part of the user flow, where the ads will be incorporated based on the relevance of the user query, as per the report. The company is said to

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: An interview with Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer on AI’s role in the industry, licensing concerns with TikTok, working with Sony for over two decades, and more  —  The executive on the streaming boom, the challenge of AI — and taking Harry Styles to see Luton FC Source link

YouTube Music has started rolling out a new feature that allows desktop users to download music for offline listening. Previously, offline downloading was primarily accessible to mobile users through the YouTube Music app. However, with the latest update, desktop users can now download music directly from the website. This feature enables users to enjoy their favourite

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on the core business of email, acquiring Mailchimp in 2021, generative AI, shutting down TinyLetter, and more  —  Intuit purchased Mailchimp in 2021, and less than a year later, co-founder Ben Chestnut was out.  Here’s how new CEO Rania Succar is moving forward.

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately. Terms of the settlement were filed on Monday in the Oakland, California federal court, and require approval by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. Lawyers for the plaintiffs