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US says AI models can’t hold patents

Enlarge On Tuesday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidance on inventorship for AI-assisted inventions, clarifying that while AI systems can play a role in the creative process, only natural…

OpenAI experiments with giving ChatGPT a long-term conversation memory

Enlarge / When ChatGPT looks things up, a pair of green pixelated hands look through paper records, much like this. Just kidding. (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) On Tuesday, OpenAI announced that…

Nvidia CEO calls for “Sovereign AI” as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value

Enlarge (credit: Nvidia / Benj Edwards) On Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that every country should control its own AI infrastructure so it can protect its culture, Reuters reports. He called this…

Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software

Enlarge (credit: VMware) Since Broadcom's $61 billion acquisition of VMware closed in November 2023, Broadcom has been charging ahead with major changes to the company's personnel and products. In December, Broadcom began laying…

The Super Bowl’s best and wackiest AI commercials

Enlarge / A still image from BodyArmor's 2024 "Field of Fake" Super Bowl commercial. (credit: BodyArmor) Heavily hyped tech products have a history of appearing in Super Bowl commercials during football's biggest game—including…

Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs’ Azure accounts, locks them using MFA

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts, some belonging to senior executives, are being targeted by unknown attackers in an ongoing campaign that's aiming to steal sensitive data and financial assets…

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

Enlarge / A Flipper Zero device (credit: https://flipperzero.one/) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has identified an unlikely public enemy No. 1 in his new crackdown on car theft: the Flipper Zero, a $200…

Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others

Enlarge / OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman walks on the House side of the US Capitol on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) On…

London Underground is testing real-time AI surveillance tools to spot crime

Enlarge (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) Thousands of people using the London Underground had their movements, behavior, and body language watched by AI surveillance software designed to see if they were committing crimes or…

Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded “Gemini” chatbot

Enlarge (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google announced that its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, previously called Bard, is now called "Gemini," renamed to reflect the underlying AI language model Google launched in December. Additionally, Google…