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Amazon Doubles Down on AI Processor Bet

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Amazon wants to reduce its reliance on Nvidia and offer an alternative to Nvidia for Amazon Web Services clients in the process.

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Microsoft Patent Could Make AI Integration More Personalized

A patent from Microsoft that aims to make AI model integration more seamless highlights the bumpy road it may face with Copilot adoption

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Salesforce Multilingual AI Patent Could Boost AI Agent Ambitions

AI that only performs well in so-called “high-resource languages” isn’t going to be useful for many people.

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Microsoft Builds Enterprise AI Stable With Recent Patents

Given the company’s dominance in workplace and productivity tech, it may have an edge in embedding generative AI into work routines.

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A Cyberattack Rattled US Car Dealerships. Which Industry is Next?

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A single point of software failure can turn entire industries into teetering Jenga towers. Next time could be a lot worse.

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How Amazon Web Services Became King of the Cloud

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Amazon is crushing in the cloud services industry. Usurping it would necessitate a monumental shift in the tech industry writ large.

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Microsoft Patent Protects AI Models from Data Security “Jailbreak”

Though there are a lot of ways to protect AI models, monitoring user behavior is a vital piece of the puzzle.

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What’s Next for Microsoft, Bing in the Google Antitrust Decision?

Microsoft’s generative AI search patents could help it gain ground against Google — especially amid its recent antitrust loss.

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Microsoft Patent Tracks Down Software Vulnerabilities, Cyberattacks

In the face of a wide-spread outage, such as what occurred with Crowdstrike last Friday, there’s only so much the company can do, one expert said.

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Zoom’s Work-Life Balancer Adds to AI-Powered Productivity Tool Race

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Tech firms like Microsoft and Google already have a massive head start in workplace tools.

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