May 24, 2023
Amazon beats all 18 shareholder-led proposals at annual meeting

By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc investors voted against all 18 shareholder-led proposals during the e-commerce giant's annual meeting on Wednesday, a preliminary tally by the company showed. The total exceeded Amazon's 2022 record of 15…

May 24, 2023
EU, U.S. to seek stopgap standards for AI – EU tech chief

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States are set to step up cooperation on artificial intelligence with a view to establishing minimum standards before legislation enters force, the EU's tech chief Margrethe Vestager said…

May 23, 2023
Google-backed Anthropic raises $450 million in latest AI funding

By Krystal Hu and Jaiveer Shekhawat (Reuters) -Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup competing with OpenAI in building AI foundation models, said on Tuesday it had raised $450 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Spark Capital. The latest round…

May 22, 2023
Bill Gates says top AI agent will replace search, shopping sites

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp's co-founder, on Monday said the technology race to win is the development of the top artificially intelligent agent, poised to disrupt search-engine, productivity and online shopping sites. "You’ll never go to a search…

May 22, 2023
Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and…

May 18, 2023
Twitter alleges “unauthorized” data usage by Microsoft

(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has alleged that Microsoft Corp violated an agreement over using the social media company's data, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. Twitter owner Elon Musk's lawyer leveled accusations of "unauthorized" usage of Twitter's data…

May 18, 2023
Applied Materials forecasts third-quarter revenue above estimates

By Tiyashi Datta and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Semiconductor manufacturing tools maker Applied Materials Inc forecast third-quarter revenue above market estimates on Thursday, as governments around the world pour funding into chip factories. Companies such as KLA Corp, Applied Materials…

May 18, 2023
OpenAI to introduce ChatGPT app for iOS

(Reuters) -OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, said on Thursday it is introducing the ChatGPT app for Apple's iOS. The ChatGPT app is free to use and would sync history across devices, OpenAI said. "ChatGPT Plus subscribers get exclusive…