Nat Rubio-Licht

nat@thedailyupside.com

Nat Rubio-Licht (they/them) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside and the lead journalist behind CIO Upside, a newsletter about innovation and development at Big Tech companies. They previously worked at Protocol as a writer for the Source Code newsletter, and at the Los Angeles Business Journal as a technology and aerospace reporter.

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IBM Protects AI From Being Swayed by Bad Data

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Its latest patent puts a magnifying glass to large wells of public data, aiming to make foundational models more robust against attacks.

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Adobe’s Latest Patent Aims to Keep AI From Making Mistakes

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“Real solutions to hallucination are going to be the next step change in AI.”

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Airbus Patent Diagnoses Plane Malfunctions Through Sound

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As Boeing faces heat, Airbus may be looking at ways to boost production to meet the surge in demand.

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Meta Patent Adds AI Voice Assistants Across Devices and Apps

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Its latest patent for a way to perform “concierge-type services” via voice adds to the company’s broader AI ambitions.

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Intel Patent Takes on Privacy at Eye Level

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The patents highlight the data privacy issues to come with the metaverse and its headsets.

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Nvidia Patent Keeps Data Centers Energy Efficient

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Nvidia wants to keep data centers from standing idle.

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PayPal’s Neural Network Patent Could Reveal the Firm’s AI Plans

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: PayPal wants to create AI that tracks all kinds of user behavior.

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Google Patents Explore Convergence of AI and Healthcare

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The filings signal the growing use cases for AI in healthcare settings, but also the risks that may accompany using AI in clinical care.

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Ford Adds to EV Charging Patents Despite Demand Drop

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Ford wants to charge EVs when renewables are ripe, according to its latest patent.

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Big Tech

Microsoft May Use Emotion Detection for “Richer” Work Meetings

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The patent highlights that tech firms of all manner are interested in reading people’s emotions.

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IBM Patent Highlights Double-Edged Sword of Synthetic Training Data

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The tech underscores that offering AI services may be just as lucrative as building AI models themselves.

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Snap Plays Catch Up to Apple, Meta with Spatial Audio AR Filing

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The filing highlights that sound is a major part of the extended reality experience.

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JPMorgan Chase Continues AI Rampage with Volatility Prediction Patent

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JPMorgan Chase wants to predict overly-aggressive investors with AI.

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Apple Could Bring Vision Pro to Healthcare with Recent Patents

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patents from Apple to make its artificial reality headset a little more health-aware could open up a whole new world of possibilities for AR in clinical…

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Nvidia, Google Patents Signal Big Tech’s AI Robot Craze

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While robots aren’t taking over the world any time soon, tech companies seem intent on creating AI-enabled machines that walk among us.

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Zoom May Use AI to Tone Down Accents

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Though this could be a stepping stone for live voice translation, it may come with a few ethical issues.

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Toyota Tests the Wattage with EV Charging Patent

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A Toyota patent to keep the fairness in EV charging highlights that automakers are paying attention to the logistics of electrification amid changing US…

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Intel Patent Double Checks its Chips as it Boosts US Manufacturing

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Intel’s patent for tamper-proofing its chips may help it track down broken links in the supply chain.

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Adobe AI Patent Could Take the Work Out of Data Visualization

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The filing adds to several of the company’s AI-powered business tool patents, and signals its growing interest in enterprise-focused AI tech.

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Baidu’s Self-Driving Data Centers Could Address Cloud Infrastructure Gap

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Self-driving cars may be able to handle two big issues for cloud computing: extreme weather events and rural access.

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