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Robotics
China robot’s 50-minute half marathon shows pace of AI progress
On Sunday morning in a Beijing suburb, a red, humanoid robot completed a half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds – about seven minutes faster than the men's world record.
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Social media
Elon Musk snubs Paris prosecutors' summons over X and Grok
Elon Musk did not appear Monday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his social media platform X and AI chatbok Grok.
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AI
Outrage in China after streaming site debuts AI actor 'database'
China's equivalent of Netflix, iQIYI, faced backlash on Monday over a new initiative that facilitates the use of actors' likenesses in artificially generated dramas and films.
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Cybersecurity
Asia regulators raise scrutiny on banks amid Mythos AI fears
Regulators across Asia are stepping up scrutiny of cybersecurity risks in their financial systems, as concerns over Anthropic PBC's latest AI model Mythos spread.
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AI
Anthropic says will put AI risks 'on the table' with Mythos model
American AI developer Anthropic plans to "lay the risks out on the table" even as it restricts deployment of a new model dubbed Mythos, whose powerful cybersecurity capabilities raise stark questions for companies and governments.
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Technology
Apple's new CEO is a product perfectionist taking on the AI age
April 20 (Reuters) - To understand how Apple's new CEO John Ternus will run the company, pay attention to what he refuses to sell.
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AI
How do you measure an AI boom?
A chart created by METR, a nonprofit AI organisation, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big AI systems.
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Technology
Jeff Bezos' AI lab nears $38 billion valuation in funding deal, FT reports
April 20 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' artificial intelligence lab is close to raising $10 billion in a new funding round, valuing the new startup called Project Prometheus at $38 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing sources.
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Internet
Iran entrepreneurs angered by months-long Internet blackout
Mahla, an interior designer in Tehran, says she has been forced to sell her valuables and gold to pay employees as Iran's internet shutdown, imposed at the start of the Middle East war, tanks her business.
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Technology
Snap names Doug Hott as new CFO
April 20 (Reuters) - Snapchat-parent Snap on Monday named Doug Hott as its new CFO, replacing Derek Andersen.
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Technology
Tesla settles wrongful death lawsuit over crash that killed Florida teenager
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenager riding in one of the electric vehicle maker's sedans, court records show.
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Technology
AI company deleted OKCupid user photos, data after FTC scrutiny
April 20 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence company Clarifai said this month it had deleted 3 million OkCupid user photos and facial-recognition models trained on them after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission settled with the dating site over privacy violations.
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Technology
Amazon to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as part of $100 billion cloud deal
April 20 (Reuters) - Amazon said on Monday that it will invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, as the AI startup commits to spending more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on Amazon's cloud technologies.
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Technology
Apple names insider John Ternus as CEO, Cook to become executive chairman
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20 (Reuters) - Apple on Monday named insider John Ternus as its next CEO, tasking the long-time hardware chief to steer the company after Tim Cook as the iPhone maker gears up for an industry change spurred by artificial intelligence.
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Technology
Morningstar considers revamping index construction ahead of SpaceX IPO
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 20 (Reuters) - Investment research and analysis provider Morningstar Inc. is the latest index provider to consider revising its approach to designing its market indexes in light of SpaceX's outsize pending initial public offering.
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Technology
Adobe launches AI suite for corporate clients as competition heats up
April 20 (Reuters) - Adobe launched a suite of artificial intelligence tools on Monday to help corporate clients automate and personalize digital marketing functions, in a bid to fend off competition from autonomous tools offered by startups such as Anthropic.
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Technology
Inside one of Amsterdam's first supervised self-driving Teslas
AMSTERDAM, April 20 (Reuters) - As Kees Roelandschap navigates down the narrow canal-side streets of Amsterdam, flanked by the city's many bicycle riders, it takes a second to realise what's different: he doesn't have his hands on the wheel of his dark grey Tesla.
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Technology
Explainer-What do we know about Anthropic's Mythos amid rising concerns?
April 20 (Reuters) - Anthropic earlier this month debuted Mythos, its most advanced AI model to date, equipped with sophisticated capabilities and designed for defensive cybersecurity tasks.
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Technology
Factbox-Why are French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk's X?
PARIS, April 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's summons for questioning by prosecutors in Paris is linked to a widened investigation into alleged offences linked to X's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction.
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Technology
Marvell shares gain on report of deal talks with Google to develop two AI chips
April 20 (Reuters) - Marvell Technology's shares jumped nearly 5% on Monday following a report that Alphabet's Google is in talks with the chip designer to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models more efficiently.
