Month: February 2025

Month: February 2025

France seeks AI boom, urges EU investment in the sector
02/11/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

French President Emmanuel Macron wants Europe to become a leader in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector, he told a global summit of AI and political leaders in Paris Monday where he announced that France’s private sector has invested nearly $113 billion in French AI. Financial investment is key to achieving the goal of Europe as

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Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI
02/11/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

A consortium led by Elon Musk said Monday it has offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, another salvo in the billionaire’s fight to block the artificial intelligence startup from transitioning to a for-profit firm. Musk’s bid is likely to ratchet up longstanding tensions with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the future

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On sidelines of AI Summit in Paris, unions denounce its harmful effects
02/11/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

PARIS — In front of political and tech leaders gathered at a summit in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a strategy on Monday to make up for the delay in France and Europe in investing in artificial intelligence (AI) but was faced with a “counter-summit” that pointed out the risks of the technology.  The

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High-stakes AI summit in Paris: World leaders, tech titans and challenging diplomatic talks
02/10/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

PARIS — Major world leaders are meeting for an AI summit in Paris, where challenging diplomatic talks are expected as tech titans fight for dominance in the fast-moving technology industry. Heads of state, top government officials, CEOs and scientists from around 100 countries are participating in the two-day international summit from Monday. High-profile attendees include U.S.

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Trump signals his support for cryptocurrency
02/07/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to make the United States the cryptocurrency capital of the world. He is putting his plan into place in the early weeks of his second presidential term. VOA’s Michelle Quinn has the story. …

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VOA Mandarin: China’s DeepSeek banned by several countries out of censorship fear 
02/07/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Several governments, including the U.S., Taiwan and Australia, have banned the use of China’s AI software DeepSeek on official devices. Analysts say these restrictions are justified, as tests show DeepSeek not only collects excessive user data but also filters sensitive topics and promotes Chinese government narratives more aggressively than Baidu and WeChat. This raises concern

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Robots learn problem-solving from each other, internet
02/06/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Robots with reasoning power are becoming a reality thanks to massive amounts of training data and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. VOA’s Matt Dibble visits a lab where robots are learning to solve problems themselves. Cameras: Matt Dibble, Tina Trinh. …

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House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices
02/06/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan duo in the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in place for the popular social media platform TikTok. Lawmakers Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, and Darin LaHood, a Republican from Illinois, on Thursday introduced the

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Former Google engineer faces new US charges he stole AI secrets for Chinese companies
02/05/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled an expanded 14-count indictment accusing former Google software engineer Linwei Ding of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to benefit two Chinese companies he was secretly working for.  Ding, 38, a Chinese national, was charged by a federal grand jury in San Francisco with seven counts each of economic espionage and

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France pitches AI summit as ‘wake-up call’ for Europe
02/04/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

PARIS — France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a “wake-up call” for Europe as it struggles with AI challenges from the United States and China. Players from across the sector and representatives from 80 nations will gather in the French capital on February 10 and 11 in the

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UK to become 1st country to criminalize AI child abuse tools
02/02/2025 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

LONDON — Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse images, the government announced Saturday. The government will make it illegal to possess, create or distribute AI tools designed to generate sexualized images of children, punishable by up to five years in prison, interior minister Yvette Cooper

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