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Rest of WorldWill developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? Big Tech’s newest personal agents — Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots — promise to book tables at restaurants, buy groceries, and carry out other types of digital grunt work for...
Rest of WorldWestern open-weight models still can’t beat China A slew of new open-weight artificial intelligence models from American and European companies aim to convert users of Chinese open models who are concerned about security, but fall short of...
Rest of WorldWhat the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world On a recent Sunday afternoon, I was invited to debate AI’s impact on the cultural sector alongside Dutch politicians and creative-industry leaders. I was the lone optimist, arguing that if...
Rest of WorldThe UAE embraces AI for kindergartners In September, Henry Price observed a classroom of 7- to 8-year-olds learn about the Stone Age. They discussed and wrote about cave paintings, then put on virtual reality headsets to...
Rest of WorldConflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet U.S. cloud giants are facing steep prices to secure backup internet routes around the Red Sea as fighting rages over the Red Sea strait that carries most data cables between...
Rest of WorldNot just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance While China is engaged in a fierce struggle with the U.S. for AI supremacy, it is accelerating its development of other future technologies. In 2024, Chinese investors put nearly $1...
Rest of WorldThe AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear The world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components.
Rest of WorldWho gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say African leaders called last week for a greater role in setting global standards for artificial intelligence.
Rest of WorldAI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own The growing number of instances of artificial intelligence agents hacking the websites of governments and other institutions is a warning to countries using American models to do their own safety...
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