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TNB Tech Minute: U.S. Supreme Court Will Consider TikTok Ban
Plus, cloud startup Vultr raises $333 million for AI chips. And the Netherlands privacy regulator fines Netflix $4.8 million. Danny Lewis hosts.
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How Anthropic Pushes AI to Its Limits in the Name of Safety
In order to guard against bad actors using its artificial intelligence models to take over computers or use them to create bioweapons, startup Anthropic has a team of researchers push its chatbots to their limits. WSJ tech reporter Sam Schechner explains how Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team aims to make AI safer by asking it to do dangerous things. Plus, Chicago is trying to become the Silicon Valley of quantum computing with a new tech hub on the city’s South Side. Danny Lewis hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Announces New, Cheaper AI Computer
Plus, Grubhub agrees to pay $25 million over charges it inflated delivery costs and other deceptive practices. And the European Union is investigating TikTok over alleged Russian interference in the Romanian presidential election. Danny Lewis hosts.
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Why Musk Doesn’t Have Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets
As SpaceX deepened its ties with national-security agencies in recent years, the company’s lawyers advised senior executives not to seek a higher security clearance for Elon Musk, the rocket company's founder and CEO, according to people familiar with the matter. WSJ investigations reporter Joe Palazzolo joins Tech News Briefing to explain why and what this means now that Musk has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the new Department of Government Efficiency. Plus, internet plans now come with “nutrition labels” that disclose prices and speeds. But consumers can’t find them or understand them. Julie Chang hosts.
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TNB Tech Minute: SoftBank Plans to Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Projects
Plus, TikTok asks the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of a law forcing its sale or banning the social-media app in the U.S. And state officials are pushing the federal government for answers about mysterious drone sightings. Danny Lewis hosts.
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