As the breakout success of OpenAI‘s ChatGPT triggers a tsunami of excitement over artificial intelligence, Microsoft is positioning itself at the forefront of what some see as the next wave of technological innovation. The software company said last week that it was pouring billions of dollars more into OpenAI. The startup is in the limelight as tech executives and the public have been mesmerized by its chatbot, which can answer difficult questions, write book reports and compose poetry in seconds. Read More...
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U.S. House panel to vote next month on possible TikTok ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China’s popular social media app TikTok in the United States, the committee confirmed on Friday. The measure, planned by the panel’s chair Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican, would aim to give the White House the legal tools to ban TikTok over U.S. national security concerns. “The concern is that this app gives the Chinese government a back door into our phones,” McCaul told Bloomberg News, which reported the vote timing earlier.