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It started with an email from my literary agent. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou might\u2019ve heard about LibGen and books being used to train AI,\u201d she wrote. \u201cA search of the database shows that Poe for Your Problems<\/em><\/a><\/span> is on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nvidia (NVDA<\/a><\/span>) CEO Jensen Huang said AI has revived a dying San Francisco that many thought wouldn\u2019t recover from the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s because of AI that San Francisco is back,\u201d Huang said while speaking to Jacob Helberg, Trump\u2019s undersecretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, at The Hill & Valley Forum<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

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The U.S. government plans to withdraw a rule introduced under the Biden administration that had aimed to restrict exports of advanced AI chips \u2014 a policy that had posed challenges for major semiconductor companies like Nvidia (NVDA<\/a><\/span>) and AMD (AMD<\/a><\/span>). <\/p>\n

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The government is finally moving to break up Google\u2019s search monopoly \u2014 just as the real battle has shifted to artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Justice wants Google (GOOGL<\/a><\/span>) to clear more than just its cache. In a pair of antitrust lawsuits happening right now, the federal government is looking to spin off key pillars of the tech giant\u2019s empire \u2014 namely its ad tech business and Chrome browser. <\/p>\n

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Meta\u2019s (META<\/a><\/span>) Mark Zuckerberg built his career on the idea that you have friends. Now he\u2019s concerned that you don\u2019t have enough, so he\u2019d like to invent some for you. <\/p>\n

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Amazon\u2019s robotaxi company Zoox (AMZN<\/a><\/span>) issued a voluntary software recall following a crash in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Zoox said in a post<\/a><\/span> on Tuesday that it made the decision after an incident where one of its unoccupied robotaxis hit a passenger vehicle in Las Vegas, Nevada. \u201cNo injuries were reported, and only minor damage occurred to both vehicles,\u201d the company said. <\/p>\n

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Apple Inc. (AAPL<\/a><\/span>) is exploring how to incorporate AI-powered search engines on its devices \u2014 and it\u2019s sending Google\u2019s (GOOGL<\/a><\/span>) share price tumbling. <\/p>\n

Eddy Cue, Apple\u2019s senior vice president of services, revealed that the company is \u201cactively looking at\u201d how to fold AI into its existing Safari browser, Bloomberg reports<\/a><\/span>. The comments were made during Cue\u2019s testimony in the U.S. Justice Department\u2019s lawsuit<\/a><\/span> against Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

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The founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Alex Mashinsky, the company\u2019s former CEO, pleaded guilty to securities fraud and commodities fraud in December.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said Mashinsky artificially boosted the value of Celsius\u2019 Cel token and profited more than $48 million as a result. Prosecutors led by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton also said Mashinsky misled customers about Celsius\u2019 safety<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

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Cisco Systems (CSCO<\/a><\/span>) became the latest tech company to announce a new quantum computing chip, following similar announcements in recent months from Google<\/a><\/span>, IBM<\/a><\/span>, and Microsoft<\/a><\/span>. With each new development, the timeline for the technology to scale up and see use in real-world situations gets shorter and shorter. <\/p>\n

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