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Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago - House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidia’s Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Huang had a close relationship with an executive that U.S. officials determined was funneling information to Chinese intelligence. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago - Google, Meta and TikTok Sue California Over Ban on Features for KidsSeparate lawsuits were filed by Google, Meta and TikTok, which have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago
- Nvidia and SpaceX lose billions in market value as tech and AI stocks plummetThe market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US mid-terms [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago
- OpenAI Pledges to Give Locals More Say in Data Center ProjectsThe artificial intelligence company pledged to be more collaborative with the communities where it is building its data centers. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 days ago
- Google Puts a Price on Opting Out of AI in Schools
Over the past few years, Google’s low-priced laptops have become an AI Trojan horse in America’s schools. Students can use a school-issued Chromebook to automate much of their homework. Fire up the Gemini app, and Google’s chatbot will spit out a full essay about the meaning of The Giver. Type an algebra question into the Google search box, and an “AI Overview” will solve it for you. Ask a follow-up question, and the search box might give way to “AI Mode,” which turns the search engine into a full-on chatbot.Districts across the country give each student their own device, which typically comes equipped with a Google account and a suite of the company’s software. Over the past year, some of the country’s largest public-school districts, including Los Angeles and New York City, have passed policies limiting students’ screen time and banning generative-AI tools. But they hit an obstacle: Google didn’t offer schools a way to fully opt out of AI.Yesterday, the tech giant’s attempt to address the problem only made people madder. Google’s stand-alone Gemini chatbot will now be disabled by default for school accounts, the company announced. But Google quietly left out any option to turn off its most popular and widely used generative-AI features: those built into its search engine. In other words, the only way for schools to go AI-free is to cut off students’ access to Google Search, the world’s most popular website.Tech companies threatening to withdraw products rather than modify them has become part of Silicon Valley’s playbook. (Meta once responded to a Canadian law requiring the company to share revenue with news publishers by banning news articles from its platform altogether.) Online, the move drew outrage, including from congressional Democrats who will soon hold newfound legislative and subpoena powers. “Google is once again prioritizing profits over people,” Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut posted. “Clearly, the Tech Giant is more concerned with forcing Gemini into schools than enabling students to succeed.”Google contended that the anger was based on a misunderstanding. “Today’s announcements give schools more choice, not less,” the company posted on X, evincing a faith in the power of boldface font to get its message across. That much is true. Google has never offered schools an AI-free version of its search engine (though there is a “Web” tab that limits results to links). What was new in Google’s announcement was that both Gemini and… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 days ago
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