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Google and Apple enter into multi-year AI deal for Gemini models

Google and Apple enter into multi-year AI deal for Gemini models

Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet ​has ‌entered into a ‌multi-year deal with Apple ⁠where ‌the next generation ‍of the iPhone maker’s ​AI ‌models will be based on Google’s ⁠Gemini mode...

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UK investigates Musk’s X over Grok deepfake concerns

UK investigates Musk’s X over Grok deepfake concerns

By Sam Tabahriti and Paul Sandle LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X on Monday to determine whether sexually intimat...

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Factbox-Elon Musk’s Grok faces global scrutiny for sexualised AI photos

Factbox-Elon Musk’s Grok faces global scrutiny for sexualised AI photos

Jan 12 (Reuters) – Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok...

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UK’s IQE forecasts 2025 earnings boost from defence, AI demand

UK’s IQE forecasts 2025 earnings boost from defence, AI demand

Jan 12 (Reuters) – British semiconductor ​wafer ‌maker IQE on ‌Monday said it expects its revenue ⁠and ‌adjusted core profit ‍for fiscal 2025 at the ​upper end ‌of its forecasts, with demand...

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US futures slip while Asian shares gain as Fed chair Powell faces legal threat

US futures slip while Asian shares gain as Fed chair Powell faces legal threat

BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures slipped but markets in Asia advanced Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Department of Justice had served the central bank with subpoenas. The thr...

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Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies

Japan sets sail on rare earth hunt as China tightens supplies

By Yuka Obayashi SHIZUOKA, Japan, Jan 12 (Reuters) – A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo’s drive to curb ...

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