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Google | January 20, 2020

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai called for government regulation of artificial intelligence technology on Monday. “There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. The question is how best to approach this,” Pichai told an audience at a conference in Brussels. The U.S. and European nations are currently attempting to develop regulatory policy for artificial intelligence. The U.S. has taken a more hands-off approach than the E.U. thus far but P...

Amazon | January 14, 2020

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will ask a judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) from working on a $10 billion cloud contract from the Pentagon, a court filing showed on Monday. Amazon, which was seen as a favorite for the contract, plans to file a motion for a temporary restraining order on Jan. 24 and a federal court will issue its decision on Feb. 11, according to the filing. The e-commerce giant has blamed U.S. President Donald Trump of exerting “improper pressure” and bias ...

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DLT Solutions | November 23, 2020

DLT Solutions, LLC., an entirely claimed auxiliary of Tech Data and a head government innovation solutions aggregator, is working with IBM to offer hybrid cloud, AI, security and other programming solutions to the U.S. public area. "Around one-third of government organizations are feeling an increasing urgency to transform digitally, according to Gartner," said Chris Wilkinson, president, DLT Solutions, a Tech Data company. "The addition of IBM's extensive hybri...

Facebook | March 02, 2020

Facebook on Monday disclosed it removed five online misinformation campaigns connected to foreign governments in February alone, highlighting the threat social media companies continue to face from governments seeking to sow discord and spread misinformation using Silicon Valley's most powerful networks. Facebook revealed the information, which it partially released last month, in its first monthly report about "coordinated inauthentic behavior," the platform's term for network...