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Ever-improving generative artificial intelligence tools have become weapons in the hands of bad actors

Tech Firms Fight To Stem Deepfake Deluge

Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used by scammers that are more available than ever thanks to artificial intelligence.
A visitor walks near the launch site of the SpaceX Starship rocket on January 14, 2025, near Boca Chica, Texas

Musk's SpaceX Faces New Starship Setback

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday once again lost the upper stage of its massive Starship rocket in a fiery explosion, even as the booster was successfully caught in its latest orbital test -- a near replay of the previous attempt.
Alibaba and other tech giants have enjoyed a revival in recent months, after being hit by a long-running government crackdown

China's Alibaba To Invest $50 Bn In AI, Cloud Computing

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Monday it will spend more than $50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.
Spotify says opening its platform to audiobooks narrated by digital voices instead of humans makes it more affordable for authors to sell such versions of their works

Spotify Adds More AI-generated Audiobooks

Spotify on Thursday began accepting audiobooks narrated by digital voices created by artificial intelligence software firm ElevenLabs, pitching it as a cost-effective option for authors.
Paris' Grand Palais will be the scene for the two-day gathering

Paris Summit Grapples With Real-world Impact Of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) risks reinforcing gender disparities rather than immediate widespread job destruction, the International Labour Organization chief said Monday as a summit of national leaders and tech bosses opened in Paris.
OpenAI has made Europe a priority in its expansion of physical offices around the world, with sites in Paris, Brussels and Dublin

OpenAI Says To Host Some Customers' Data In Europe

ChatGPT developer OpenAI said Thursday that it would allow some European customers to store and process data from conversations with its chatbots within the European Union, rather than on its infrastructure in the United States or elsewhere.
For the full year 2024, Amazon's net income jumped to $59.2 billion from $30.4 billion in 2023

Big Tech's AI Spending Rattles Markets

E-commerce giant Amazon reported strong earnings Thursday but, like its big tech peers Microsoft and Google, saw its stock price fall on concerns over high AI investment costs.

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