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Robotics
AI-powered robots offer new hope to German factories
A blue-eyed humanoid robot carefully opens a box and places a tool inside as a crowd of visitors watch the demonstration of "physical AI" skills at a major industrial trade fair in Germany.
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Technology
This week at SpaceX: AI bets, losses and push for control as mega IPO looms
April 21 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX saw a slew of developments this week as it barrels toward what could be the largest initial public offering in history.
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Technology
Australia asks Roblox, Minecraft to detail child safety measures
SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) - Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft's Minecraft to spell out how they protect children from grooming by sexual predators and shield young users from radicalisation.
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Video games
Australia's online watchdog targets Roblox and Minecraft over extreme content
Australia's internet watchdog raised fears on Wednesday that popular online gaming platforms such as Roblox and Minecraft were being used by "predatory adults" to target children.
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AI
Mythos access must be granted on level playing field, Nagel says
Anthropic's Mythos model should be shared with affected organisations to ensure a level playing field in assessing its uses and dangers, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel.
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Technology
Vodafone offers small businesses cybersecurity, AI capability with Google tie-up
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - European mobile and broadband operator Vodafone said it would offer its small business customers advanced cybersecurity and agentic AI through its $1 billion strategic tie-up with Google Cloud agreed in October 2024.
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Technology
SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for $60 billion
April 21 (Reuters) - SpaceX said it has secured an option to either acquire code-generation startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year, or pay $10 billion for their new partnership, as it pushes deeper into the lucrative market for AI developer tools.
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Technology
Anthropic's Mythos model accessed by unauthorized users, Bloomberg News reports
April 21 (Reuters) - A small group of unauthorized users has accessed Anthropic's new Mythos AI model, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing documentation and a person familiar with the matter.
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Technology
Exclusive-SpaceX says unproven AI space data centers may not be commercially viable, filing shows
NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - SpaceX warned investors that its ambitions to build space-based artificial intelligence data centers, as well as human settlements on the moon and Mars, rely on unproven technologies and may not become commercially viable, according to a company filing.
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Technology
Meta breaks ground on over $1 billion data center in Oklahoma's Tulsa
April 21 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has begun construction on a new data center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a project valued at more than $1 billion, as the Facebook-parent races to build AI infrastructure for securing computing power.
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Technology
Adobe announces $25 billion stock buyback amid AI disruption fears
April 21 (Reuters) - Adobe on Tuesday announced a share repurchase program worth up to $25 billion through April 30, 2030, as the Photoshop maker seeks to reassure investors of its growth strategy amid the rise of creative autonomous tools.
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Technology
ASM International forecasts second-quarter revenue that beats estimates
April 21 (Reuters) - Computer chip equipment maker ASM International on Tuesday forecast stronger second-quarter revenue guidance than markets expected, after a first-quarter report above expectations.
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Technology
Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass price, to remove 'Call of Duty' day one inclusions
April 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft has dropped the price of its video game subscription service and the platform will not include future "Call of Duty" game releases on launch day, the company said on Tuesday, in the first major strategy shift under new gaming boss Asha Sharma.
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Technology
New York sues prediction markets Coinbase and Gemini Titan, calls their operations gambling
NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling.
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Technology
Microsoft must face $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft must face a mass lawsuit alleging it overcharged thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba, a London tribunal ruled on Tuesday.
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Technology
Exclusive-Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data
NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.
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Technology
ASM International forecasts second-quarter revenue above estimates
April 21 (Reuters) - Computer chip equipment maker ASM International forecast on Tuesday stronger second-quarter revenue guidance than markets expected, after a first-quarter report above expectations.
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Technology
Intel results to show if supply chain issues are dimming its AI ambitions
April 21 (Reuters) - Intel investors on Thursday will focus on its efforts to sort out supply chain issues that have limited the company's ability to ramp up chip production to meet rising demand from businesses adopting AI-related services.
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Technology
Anthropic plans to provide Mythos access to European banks soon, sources say
NEW YORK/PARIS, April 21 (Reuters) - Anthropic plans to provide access to its Mythos AI model to European banks soon, three people familiar with the matter said, as global banks scramble to test the technology after large U.S. banks were given initial access.
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Technology
OpenAI leans on global consultancies to expand Codex use in large companies
April 21 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Tuesday it is expanding partnerships with major global consulting firms to speed up enterprise adoption of its Codex artificial intelligence tools, as competition in the rapidly evolving AI market intensifies.
