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China's Artificial Intelligence Joins the 'Rogue' Army: Tencent AI Accused of Transgressing Boundaries

Dylan Freedman is a New York Times artificial intelligence project editor, responsible for investigating various related topics. He has a dual background as both a reporter and a machine learning engineer.

Chinese Artificial Intelligence Joins the "Rogue" Army: Tencent AI Accused of Transgressing Boundaries

Dylan Freedman is a New York Times AI correspondent covering various related topics, leveraging dual experience as a reporter and machine learning engineer.

I tried Meta's Muse AI agent for 3 days

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TSMC posts a sixth straight record profit.

The chip manufacturer reported a net income of NT$763 billion (about $24 billion) for the quarter, up 69 percent compared to last year, and it’s predicting it’ll do even better in Q4. It’s a good time to make computer chips.

OpenAI agrees not to use trade secrets it allegedly took from Apple.

Shortly after US District Judge Edward Davila said he was “highly likely” to grant Apple’s injunction, OpenAI voluntarily conceded instead. It agreed not to use Apple’s proprietary information for product development while the rest of the lawsuit plays out, and will hand over forensic images of the drives of 14 employees who defected from Apple.

Bank of America wants a human in the loop.

CEO Brian Moynihan doesn’t want people turning to the banks when an agent screws up a transaction. He says the bank is working with the AI industry to argue for human payment authorization, at least until the risk of error is mitigated by “further development of the capabilities” of agents.