Italy’s antitrust authority has expanded its investigation into Meta Platforms, alleging abuse of dominance via AI tools on WhatsApp. The regulator is also initiating procedures for potential interim measures concerning new WhatsApp Business Solution Terms and the integration of Meta…
HSBC analysts project OpenAI could face a significant compute rental shortfall by 2030, despite substantial new cloud deals with Microsoft and Amazon. Even with projected revenue growth from various AI ventures, the company’s massive compute needs may outpace its financial…
Microsoft will remove Copilot from WhatsApp on January 15 because of new platform rules banning general-purpose AI chatbots. Users must switch to Copilot’s apps or web version, with chat history not transferable. WhatsApp will still allow business-focused bots, aiming to…
Deeptech startup LightSpeed Photonics has secured $6.5 million in a funding round led by pi Ventures to advance its optical interconnect technology for AI data centres. The company’s patented solution offers significantly faster speeds and lower power consumption compared to…
Large language models (LLMs) sometimes learn the wrong lessons, according to an MIT study. Rather than answering a query based on domain knowledge, an LLM could respond by leveraging grammatical patterns it learned during training. This can cause a model…
More than 300 people across academia and industry spilled into an auditorium to attend a BoltzGen seminar on Thursday, Oct. 30, hosted by the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (MIT Jameel Clinic). Headlining the event was MIT PhD…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for AlphaFold: A conversation with a Google DeepMind Nobel laureate In 2017, fresh off a PhD…
For decades, business continuity planning meant preparing for anomalous events like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, or regional power outages. In anticipation of these rare disasters, IT teams built playbooks, ran annual tests, crossed their fingers, and hoped they’d never have to…
Google is stepping up its game against Nvidia by permitting customers to install its unique TPUs right in their data facilities. In a parallel development, social media titan Meta is considering a substantial financial commitment that could run into billions.
Contract manufacturer Zetwerk is preparing for an IPO that could raise up to $750 million. The firm has hired several major banks and may file a draft prospectus early next year. The share sale is expected to include mostly new…