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    Top tech news stories today: August 5, 2024

    By Tuna TuAugust 5, 2024Updated:August 5, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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    1. Morgan Stanley tells wealth advisors they can pitch bitcoin ETFs in a first for a big bank

    Morgan Stanley on Friday told its army of financial advisors that it will soon allow them to offer bitcoin ETFs to some clients, a first among major Wall Street banks. (CNBC)

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    2. Neuralink implanted second trial patient with brain chip, Musk says

    Neuralink has successfully implanted in a second patient its device designed to give paralyzed patients the ability to use digital devices by thinking alone, according to the startup’s owner Elon Musk. (Reuters)

    3. Liberty Latin America and Millicom to combine operations in Costa Rica

    Liberty Latin America has agreed to combine its operations in Costa Rica with Millicom. (Capacity)

    4. Aruba activates liquid cooling at Ponte San Pietro data centre campus

    Italy’s Aruba S.p.A (Aruba) has implemented liquid cooling within the data centre campus in Ponte San Pietro (BG), near Milan. (Capacity)

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    5. Tesla sues maker of ‘highly unsafe’ breakaway EV charging adapters

    EVject designed its MagSafe-style adapters for a quick escape, but Tesla argues they can get dangerously hot while charging. (Verge)

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    6. Music labels’ AI lawsuits create copyright puzzle for courts

    Country musician Tift Merritt’s most popular song on Spotify, “Traveling Alone,”, opens new tab is a ballad with lyrics evoking solitude and the open road. (Reuters)

    7. Delay to Nvidia’s new AI chip could affect Microsoft, Google, Meta, the Information says

    Design flaws could cause a delay of three months or more in the launch of chipgiant Nvidia’s upcoming artificial-intelligence chips, tech-focused publicationthe Information said on Friday. (Times of India)

    8. Google hires top talent from startup Character.AI, signs licensing deal

    ​Those other deals are being scrutinized by regulators, reflecting growing concern in both the U.S. and Europe about how AI deals are put together by tech giants who are funneling billions into bolstering their AI infrastructure and hiring the best researchers from startups. (Economic Times)

    9. Google pulls Gemini AI ad from Olympics after backlash

    Google has pulled an ad for its AI chatbot Gemini following backlash online. (CNBC)

    10. Meta courts celebs like Awkwafina to voice AI assistants ahead of Meta Connect

    Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, and Awkwafina are among multiple “actors and influencers” whose voices could become part of Meta’s AI offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday. (Startup News)

    11. OpenAI says it’s taking a ‘deliberate approach’ to releasing tools that can detect writing from ChatGPT

    OpenAI has built a tool that could potentially catch students who cheat by asking ChatGPT to write their assignments — but according to The Wall Street Journal, the company is debating whether to actually release it. (Tech Crunch)

    12. Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk’s big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained

    For years, Elon Musk has talked about Dojo — the AI supercomputer that will be the cornerstone of Tesla’s AI ambitions. (Startup News)

    13. Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and others for AI

    Meta is in discussions with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and other actors and influencers for the right to incorporate their voices into a digital assistant product called MetaAI, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, as the company pushes to build more products that feature artificial intelligence. (Economic Times)

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