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To protect its workforce amid fierce competition for AI talent, Google DeepMind has introduced a non-compete clause for certain UK employees, preventing them from joining rivals like Microsoft or OpenAI up to one year after leaving the company.During this period, which can result in up to six months or, for senior researchers, a full year of restrictions, employees will receive their full salary, essentially functioning as paid leave, reports multiple outlets, including Business Insider and TechCrunch.Employees have raised concerns about the practicality of such lengthy restrictions in a fast-moving AI industry, where startups are eager to fill vacancies quickly. Nando…
OpenAI countersues Elon Musk over ‘malicious attacks’OpenAI has sued Elon Musk for “trying every tool available to harm” the artificial intelligence (AI) company.In an appeal filed on Wednesday, April 10th, the company also asked a federal judge to restrict Musk for “further unlawful and unfair action” Last month, the lawsuit filed in a federal district court restricted the tech billionaire from stopping the nonprofit to shift into a for-profit organisation and is now demanding penal damages for Musk’s actions. As per the court documents, OpenAI stated , “Through press attacks, malicious campaigns broadcast to Musk’s more than 200 million followers…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: EBay is continuing to simplify sellers’ experience with its latest tool that uses AI to build out listing details from a product image on mobile, the company announced Wednesday. To list items, users now begin with a photo and title. EBay’s AI suggests product details and categories using AI automation to maximize image match and inference capabilities. Sellers then review and approve content. EBay’s early testing in the U.K. found that the tool reduced total listing steps by half and…
An oil pumpjack is seen in a field on April 08, 2025 in Nolan, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s trade war has thrown the oil market into deep uncertainty, triggering wild swings in crude prices, undermining investor confidence and jeopardizing domestic production.U.S. crude oil hit a low of $55.12 on Wednesday, down 23% from the closing price on April 2 when Trump announced his sweeping plan to slap tariffs on more than 180 countries. The rapid pullback in prices threatens the president’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda as companies will struggle to boost output at profit.But West Texas Intermediate…
Alphabet’s stock is reportedly considered to be undervalued as investors wonder if artificial intelligence will take away some of its market share in search. The Google parent company’s stock is down 16% this year, is underperforming other AI stocks like Microsoft and Meta, and is the cheapest among the Magnificent Seven companies, Bloomberg reported Thursday (April 10). Investors are concerned that Alphabet’s dominance in search means it has nowhere to go but down, that the company has fallen behind its competitors in AI, that it is making substantial investments in AI, and that younger consumers are using AI services rather…
Tesla shared release notes for its spring update over the weekend, and the forthcoming update includes new features such as the highly anticipated adaptive headlights, custom trunk height settings, and more. In a post on X on Saturday, Tesla said that the 2025 spring update would be rolling out soon, along with noting that the software version would include the highly anticipated adaptive headlights for owners in the U.S. and Canada. The update also adds features such as the ability to set custom frunk and trunk heights at saved locations, view and select alternative trip routing plans, and a number…
HubSpot has introduced over 200 product updates and features as part of its Spring 2025 Spotlight release. The updates include expanded AI functionality across the platform, enhancements to Marketing Hub Enterprise, and the launch of new AI-powered Workspaces designed to streamline collaboration across marketing, sales, and support teams. Let’s be honest: marketing and sales teams have spent the past year duct-taping together disconnected tools, trying to keep up with buyer behavior that’s changing at an alarming speed. These challenges are even more challenging for SMBs, where they’re inundated with talks of AI, but not enough tools dedicated to help streamline…
[Submitted on 24 Jul 2024 (v1), last revised 8 Apr 2025 (this version, v4)] View a PDF of the paper titled Sublinear Regret for a Class of Continuous-Time Linear-Quadratic Reinforcement Learning Problems, by Yilie Huang and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We study reinforcement learning (RL) for a class of continuous-time linear-quadratic (LQ) control problems for diffusions, where states are scalar-valued and running control rewards are absent but volatilities of the state processes depend on both state and control variables. We apply a model-free approach that relies neither on knowledge of model parameters nor on their estimations, and…
Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFintech’s relief rally is already losing steam.Shares of Affirm, Toast, Bill.com, PayPal and other consumer-focused fintech firms turned lower Thursday.The retreat followed a powerful bounce Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on dramatically higher import tariffs.While the administration simultaneously escalated duties on Chinese goods to 125%, markets took the broader delay as a sign that Washington may soften its stance — at least temporarily — on the more disruptive elements of its trade agenda.The sector still faces longer-term risks, from rising hardware costs to small business credit exposure and macro uncertainty.Affirm…
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump extended the deadline to ban TikTok for 75 days on Friday, marking yet another reprieve for the social media platform. A TikTok ban went into effect earlier this year after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal to halt a law banning the app unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sold its stake. Trump’s January executive order to halt the initial ban for 75 days was an attempt to make TikTok a joint venture with ownership shared between ByteDance and…