TikTok hits a billion active users
Already popular before the coronavirus pandemic, TikTok received a major boost amid lockdowns.
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Musk playing ‘three dimensional chess’ with $155bn OpenAI bid
Australian AI experts say there’s a bigger move at play behind a bid from an Elon Musk-led consortium to take over the ChatGPT controller.
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AI breakthrough in mapping sea pollution
An Australian study has provided the technology to rapidly accelerate widespread surveying of ocean microplastic contamination, using artificial intelligence to find a breakthrough.
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