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Microsoft's $1.7 Billion AI, Cloud Investment in Indonesia
Expanding Digital Horizons: Strengthening Infrastructure and Innovation
Justin Theng
May 09, 2024
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What’s on the cards this week:
Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in Indonesia for AI, Cloud
Google DeepMind Probes AI's Manipulative Power
China's S1 Robot Fast and Precise
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Microsoft to Invest $1.7 Billion in Indonesia for AI, Cloud
Microsoft Corp. will invest $1.7 billion to build out cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia, betting on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to spur growth.
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Google DeepMind researchers explore why gen AI can be so manipulative
Humans have long used persuasion to sway others to a certain viewpoint. Sometimes it’s with good intentions and based in fact, sometimes it isn’t.
It stands to reason, then, that the advanced AI systems we are building and training would have the same capability — but it can be just as, if not more, harmful when AI successfully manipulates humans, according to researchers at Google DeepMind.
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China’s S1 robot impresses with its ‘human-like’ speed and precision
The era of humanoid robots seems to flourish, with new models being developed and trained at exceptional speeds.
Another Chinese firm making advanced strides in this realm is Astribot. The Senzhen-based subsidiary of Stardust Intelligence is a robotics firm focused on developing AI robot assistants.
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Apple has resumed negotiations with OpenAI about integrating the startup's AI technologies, including its ChatGPT chatbot, into the upcoming iOS 18 operating system for iPhones and iPads.
What do you think? Should Apple go with open-source models like Llama 3?
— Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh)
7:59 PM • Apr 28, 2024
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