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Steve Ballmer's $120 billion fortune makes him richer than Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, and Google's cofounders. The former Microsoft CEO can thank AI hype and a contract quirk.

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Steve Ballmer.

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India now has AI news anchors. I tuned in and within the first 5 minutes, it's clear that news presenters are in serious trouble.

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Stock photo of a newsreader in a TV Studio.

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Google's water use is soaring. AI is only going to make it worse.

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  • Google is thirsty.
  • Its latest environmental report shows a 20% jump in water consumption in its data centers.
  • As the AI arms race heats up, it may only get worse.

Google just published its 2023 environmental report, and one thing is for certain: The company's water use is soaring.

4 prompts to get your chatbot to fact-check itself and not make things up

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Google launched Bard, its AI chatbot, after ChatGPT went live in November.

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The market's FOMO-driven rally is unsustainable and most AI stocks are still bottoming, CIO says

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The S&P 500 is moving on from its Big Tech fixation, but that could mean smaller 3rd-quarter gains

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A sci-fi magazine editor says his team are sent so many 'consistently bad' AI-generated articles that their workload has almost doubled

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An editor told CNN the use of AI tools by writers caused a huge spike in submissions to his magazine.

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US stocks rise ahead of big tech earnings and the Fed's next rate move

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An American flag hangs behind traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 11, 2019 in New York City.

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Washington's AI discussions are focused on beating China as part of a new Cold War, says Marc Andreessen

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Marc Andreessen made the comments on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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Microsoft, Google, and the Fed are all in focus ahead of a make-or-break week for the 2023 stock-market rally

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Microsoft's second-quarter earnings are likely to be one of investors' main focal points in a crucial week for stocks.

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