Canada's privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, to examine whether the company's use of personal data for training AI models complies with federal privacy laws. The i...
Meta Platforms is seeking to raise$35 billion to help fund the development of its data centres in the US, with Apollo Global Management reportedly leading the financing. The need for increased computational power to support AI sys...
Apple has rolled out a new feature called 'age assurance' to help protect children's privacy while using apps. The technology allows parents to input their child's age when setting up an account without disclosing sensitive inform...
Meta Platforms is preparing to test a paid subscription model for its AI chatbot, Meta AI, as it looks to compete with industry giants like OpenAI and Microsoft. The test will begin in the second quarter of this year, although sig...
TikTok, the popular video-sharing app owned by ByteDance, has unveiled plans to invest$8.8 billion in building data centres in Thailand over the next five years. The announcement was made by Helena Lersch, TikTok's Vice President ...
Texas is moving closer to establishing a state-managed Bitcoin reserve after the Senate Banking Committee unanimously backed a new bill on 27 February. The proposed legislation, known as Senate Bill 21 (SB-21), would allow the Tex...
Europol announced on Friday that two dozen people have been arrested for their involvement in a criminal network distributing AI-generated images of child sexual abuse. This operation marks one of the first of its kind, highlighti...
Japan is considering reclassifying digital assets, moving them from payment methods to financial products. This proposal, introduced by Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), aims to tackle the rise in investment scams, as the c...
At a conference in Hyderabad this week, pharmaceutical companies highlighted the growing role of artificial intelligence in evolving the drug development process. Companies like Amgen and Parexel showcased how AI can reduce trial ...
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges has urged Germany and Europe to invest more in artificial intelligence and data centres to stay competitive with the US and Asia. Speaking after the release of the company's annual results, Hoettg...
Lonestar and Phison have successfully launched the first-ever lunar data centre infrastructure aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, set to land on the moon on March 4, is a joint venture to send Phison's Pascari solid-sta...
Inception, a Palo Alto-based startup founded by Stanford professor Stefano Ermon, has unveiled an innovative AI model based on diffusion technology. Unlike traditional large language models that generate text sequentially, Incepti...