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Microsoft on Tuesday announced several updates to its free Microsoft Copilot and paid-for Copilot Pro services aimed at making the personal AI assistant more powerful and easier to converse with. Among the updates is Copilot Vision. Built natively into Microsoft’s Edge browser, the Vision feature lets Copilot see what a user sees when surfing the…
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a key piece of AI oversight legislation Sunday, he said he did so because the measure “falls short of providing a flexible, comprehensive solution to curbing the potential catastrophic risks.” He then said he “has asked the world’s leading experts on genAI to help California develop workable guardrails for deploying genAI, focusing…
Microsoft’s ambitious collaboration app, Microsoft Loop, includes shared workspaces as well as portable content snippets called Loop components. These components can be shared and embedded in multiple Microsoft 365 apps. What makes Loop so useful is that those shared components can be updated by multiple collaborators, and the contents of these components stay in sync…
Like many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), ‘JPX Construction’ didn’t see itself as a potential target for a ransomware attack. It wasn’t a high-profile organisation. It didn’t seem to hold much high-value data. So, when the financial director turned on her PC to find a black screen with a ransomware message, it came as a…
The CHIPS and Science Act provides $52.7 billion for American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development. The Act’ provides $39 billion in manufacturing incentives, including $2 billion for the legacy chips used in automobiles and defense systems; $13.2 billion in R&D and workforce development; and $500 million for international information communications technology security and semiconductor supply chain activities. That R&D money includes $11 billion…
In a significant move, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a highly contested artificial intelligence (AI) safety bill on Sunday, citing concerns over its potential to stifle innovation and impose excessive restrictions on AI technologies, including basic functions. Newsom’s decision to veto Senate Bill 1047, which would have required safety testing and imposed stringent standards on…
Checkr provides 1.5 million personnel background checks per month for thousands of businesses, a process that requires generative AI (genAI) and machine learning tools to sift through massive amounts of unstructured data. The automation engine produces a report about each potential job prospect based on background information that can come from a number of sources,…
If you happen to be, or know, an open-source advocate who’s fallen into Apple IT management, here’s some welcome news: all-remote, open-source device management platform Fleet has introduced iOS device support to supplement its existing Mac, Windows, and Linux device management capabilities. This is, as regular readers will know I continue to insist, yet another sign of…
Intel is on the verge of finalizing an $8.5 billion funding deal with the US government, under the CHIPS and Science Act, as part of an effort to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing amid growing global competition, a Financial Times report said. The deal, which has been in negotiation for months, would represent the largest subsidy…
If you or your business happen to be nursing any hopes that Apple Intelligence will launch in Europe sooner rather than later, take a rain check on that AI expectation: Apple has failed to agree to a non-binding European Union pact to control artificial intelligence deployment. Given the company is apparently in meetings with regulators with a view to…