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Chatbot Start-Up Character.AI Valued at $1 Billion in New Funding Round

Character.AI, a 16-month-old start-up that builds online chatbots, said on Thursday that it had raised $150 million in a recent funding round that valued the company at $1 billion.Character.AI is […]




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Conservatives Aim to Build a Chatbot of Their Own

When ChatGPT exploded in popularity as a tool using artificial intelligence to draft complex texts, David Rozado decided to test its potential for bias. A data scientist in New Zealand, […]







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How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the AI Race

On a rainy Tuesday in San Francisco, Apple executives took the stage in a crowded auditorium to unveil the fifth-generation iPhone. The phone, which looked identical to the previous version, […]










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The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy

Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google’s advertising division from 2013 to 2018, said Microsoft and Google recognized that their current search business might not survive. “The wall of ads and sea […]







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Why Chatbots like ChatGPT Weren’t Invented in China

Just a few years ago, China was on track to challenge United States dominance in artificial intelligence. The balance of power was tilting in China’s direction because it had abundant […]