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News Jul 3 2025

China Is Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race

Chinese artificial-intelligence companies are loosening the U.S.’s global stranglehold on AI, challenging American superiority and setting the stage for a global arms race in the technology. In Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, users ranging from multinational banks to public universities are turning to large language models from Chinese companies such as startup DeepSeek […]

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News Jul 1 2025

AI Makes Research Easy. Maybe Too Easy

The Wall Street Journal A series of experiments by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School found people who used large language models (LLMs) to research everyday topics had a weaker understanding of their subjects and provided less original insights than those who used Google to research the same topics. The experiments, which involved […]

News Jun 25 2025

The Holy Grail of Automation: A Robot That Can Unload Trucks

The Wall Street Journal Automating the loading and unloading of trucks has long been the holy grail of warehouse logistics. Now, AI advancements, faster image-processing technology, and better sensors and algorithms have enabled robotics companies to automate the process. Ambi Robotics’ AmbiStack robotic stacking system was trained using a video game simulation. DHL said Boston […]

News Jun 20 2025

Pope Leo Takes On AI as a Potential Threat to Humanity

The Wall Street Journal This week, Google, Meta, IBM, Anthropic, Cohere, and Palantir executives took part in a two-day international conference at the Vatican on AI, ethics, and corporate governance. Some tech leaders hoped to avoid a binding international treaty on AI supported by the Vatican, and observers said the conference could set the tone […]

News Jun 11 2025

Trump Orders Restrictions Slashed on U.S. Drones

Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump are intended to help U.S. drone manufacturers better compete with China. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has been directed to accelerate its work on a new rule allowing operators to fly drones out of sight. Additionally, the federal government, local police, and other first responders are directed to […]

News Jun 9 2025

OpenAI Says Significant Number of Recent ChatGPT Misuses Likely Came From China

The Wall Street Journal OpenAI’s latest report on malicious uses of its AI models states that a “significant number” of recent violations came from China. The ChatGPT developer said it had disrupted several attempts to leverage its models for cyber threats and covert influence operations in the three months since Feb. 21. From “OpenAI Says […]

News May 22 2025

The ‘Great Hesitation’ Makes It Harder to Get a Tech Job

The Wall Street Journal Tech workers are increasingly remaining in their current jobs and working to stay relevant as companies continue to reduce headcount and shift to AI. “It’s the great hesitation,” says George Denlinger at staffing firm Robert Half. He said that the hiring process for tech workers “might be two to three times […]

News May 21 2025

Coming to a Brain Near You: A Tiny Computer

The Wall Street Journal The number of people with a brain-computer interface (BCI) is set to double from less than 100 to date over the next year, if the four companies with new experimental-use approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration meet their goals in clinical trials. However, said University of Pennsylvania neurosurgeon Iahn […]

News May 16 2025

Paul A. Strassmann, Resistance Fighter Turned Computer Guru, Dies at 96

The Wall Street Journal ACM Distinguished Member Paul A. Strassmann passed away on April 4 at the age of 96. A World War II resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor, Strassmann moved to the U.S. in 1948. Learning how to use a mainframe computer while studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he focused his knowledge […]

News May 2 2025

Google CEO Criticizes DOJ Proposal to Break Up Company

The Wall Street Journal Google chief executive Sundar Pichai on Wednesday urged a judge to reject measures proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to curtail its dominance in online search. “It is so far-reaching, so extraordinary,” Pichai said of the government’s proposal to force a sale of Google’s Chrome browser and require Google […]

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