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• Major Tech companies partner with US government on new AI research program - “To continue leading in AI research and development, we must create opportunities across the country to advance AI innovation and strengthen educational opportunities, empowering the nation to shape international standards and igniting economic growth,” NSF director said in a statement.

• Google DeepMind scientists in talks to leave and form AI startup - Scientists Laurent Sifre and Karl Tuyls, who have already given notice to leave DeepMind, have held discussions with investors about a financing round that could raise over 200 million euros ($217.84 million), and may be focused on building a new AI model.

• SAP to restructure 8,000 jobs in push towards AI, shares hit record - SAP will restructure roles for 8,000 jobs to focus on growth in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven business areas. The company said it will spend 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on the program to either retrain employees with AI skills or to replace them through voluntary redundancy programs.

• The Pentagon is already testing tomorrow’s AI-powered swarm drones, ships - DOD pulled off unmanned amphibious landings, self-coding drones, and more just in the last year. What's next?

• The next grand challenge for AI - Researcher Jim Fan presents the next grand challenge in the quest for AI: the "foundation agent," which would seamlessly operate across both the virtual and physical worlds.

• AI rise will lead to increase in cyberattacks, GCHQ warns - The report suggested the biggest increase in capability for malicious actors in cyberspace would go to opportunistic hackers who do not necessarily possess the skills needed to carry out higher-level attacks. At the very least, the use of generative AI tools like chatbots can help create more convincing emails or documents used in online phishing campaigns.

• Cushman & Wakefield Collaborates with Microsoft to Enhance AI Technology Platform - Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in real estate services, announced the firm is working with Microsoft to deploy an advanced suite of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.

• MLCommons wants to create AI benchmarks for laptops, desktops and workstations - MLCommons, the industry group behind a number of AI-related hardware benchmarking standards, wants to make it easier to comparison shop with the launch of performance benchmarks targeted at “client systems” — i.e. consumer PCs.

• TextQL aims to add AI-powered intelligence on top of business data - “Their 400,000 data scientists are spending 40% or more of their time pulling one-off data requests, and their business teams are using words that are represented differently in their databases, resulting in months of lost productivity arguing over numbers.”

• 5 ways Amazon Pharmacy uses AI to make getting medications more convenient for customers - Amazon Pharmacy is using generative AI to fill prescriptions more quickly and accurately, make customer service faster & more helpful, and ensure the right quantities of medications are stocked for customers. Amazon Pharmacy is also working on AI applications that provide more transparent pricing on prescription medications, enabling customers to shop for the best price.

• Nvidia, Equinix team up to offer AI supercomputers to businesses - The service will make it easier for companies to own artificial intelligence computing systems and have better control over their data, instead of renting out Nvidia's market-leading chips from cloud computing providers like Amazon.com or Microsoft.

• Google’s Gradient backs Send AI to help enterprises extract data from complex documents - A Dutch startup, Send AI, wants to help companies extra data from large volumes of complex documents where accuracy and security is paramount — and it has just secured the backing of Google’s Gradient Ventures to do so.

• Artisse AI raises $6.7M for its ‘more realistic’ AI photography app - Unlike the competition, Artisse is focused on making its images more photo-realistic, so they could stand in for professional photography if required.

• IBM watsonx AI scores pro soccer player scouting gig - Using cues from club scouts describing the critical characteristics of players being assessed, Scout Advisor generates curated lists of candidates and summarizes each player’s complete set of reports.

• The AI detector tools that can help you check content for plagiarism, fakes and scams - AI-generated content has seeped into every aspect of our lives. Here are some tools to recognize what’s machine-generated content and what’s human.

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