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- Smarter than humans in 5 years? The breakneck pace of AI - VentureBeat: "Geoffrey Hinton, often dubbed one of the “Godfathers of AI,” has been particularly outspoken since his retirement from Google earlier this year. He is credited with perfecting and popularizing “backpropagation,” a pivotal algorithm that enables multi-layer neural networks to correct their mistakes..."
- Does Amazon's $4 Billion Artificial Intelligence (AI) Investment Make It a Buy? - Motley Fool: "As the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race speeds up, it's becoming more common for large tech firms with sizable cash positions to make huge investments into various AI start-ups, hoping to take advantage of the next big innovation. Amazon did exactly that with its $4 billion investment in Anthropic, the company behind AI assistant Claude..."
- Nigerian gov supports AI initiatives with $290K in grants - COINTELEGRAPH: "The Nigerian Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, revealed on Friday, Oct.13, that the government intends to grant 5 million naira ($6,444) to 45 artificial intelligence (AI)-focused startups and researchers."
- How AI could help — or hurt — internet freedom - Washington Post: "The increasing power of artificial intelligence tools is both good news and bad news for internet freedom. That is one glaring implication of the latest Freedom on the Net report from global watchdog Freedom House, which found that, in 2023, for the 13th year in a row, the internet became less free. AI could make that picture better or worse, depending on how governments and everyday people use it."
