SK Hynix logs surprise Q4 profit, aims to be ‘total AI memory chip provider’
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc said on Thursday it will focus on high-end memory semiconductors used in artificial intelligence chipsets this…
UK parcel firm disables AI after poetic bot goes rogue
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – A parcel delivery firm in Britain has disabled the artificial intelligence (AI) function in its online chat systems after a frustrated user coaxed the…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to buy Juniper Networks in $14 billion deal
By Zaheer Kachwala, Chavi Mehta, Harshita Mary Varghese and Savyata Mishra (Reuters) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise will buy networking gear maker Juniper Networks for $14 billion in an all-cash deal,…
Baidu’s ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has more than 100 million users
By Eduardo Baptista and Beijing newsroom BEIJING (Reuters) – Baidu’s ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has garnered more than 100 million users, Wang Haifeng, chief technology officer of the Chinese internet company,…
India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase
By Kanjyik Ghosh MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast…
AI defined 2023. Bullets and ballots will shape 2024
By Simon Robinson (Reuters) – How to sum up the most important news of the year past? The obvious answer in 2023 is to use Artificial Intelligence (AI). In that…
AstraZeneca, AI biologics firm Absci tie up on cancer drug
Βy Shivani Tanna (Reuters) – Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has signed a deal worth up to $247 million with U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) biologics firm Absci to design an antibody to…
Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks
By Supantha Mukherjee, Foo Yun Chee and Martin Coulter STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed…
Motor racing-Formula One trials AI to tackle track limits breaches
By Alan Baldwin ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The…
Actors, Hollywood studios still at odds on AI and other issues, union says
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Negotiators for Hollywood actors and major studios have not resolved concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) and other issues in talks aimed at ending…