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80s television cartoon still. a robot humanoid dressed as a Canadian mountie on a horse. --ar 5:3

International AI News: Week Ending 04/12/2024

April 12, 2024

80s television cartoon still. a robot humanoid dressed as a Canadian mountie on a horse. –ar 5:3

“The UK has phenomenal AI talent and a long established culture of responsible AI development. Today I’m proud to be opening a new office: Microsoft AI London. If you’d like to join us, get in touch. We’re hiring! https://twitter.com/mustafasuleyman/status/1777341903597617506

“Today we announced our plans to deepen our investments in Japan, spanning cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling, research, and cybersecurity, as we continue partnering to accelerate the country’s AI transformation.” / X – https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/1777751428947378575

Microsoft to invest US$2.9 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Japan while boosting the nation’s skills, research and cybersecurity – Microsoft Stories Asia – https://news.microsoft.com/apac/2024/04/10/microsoft-to-invest-us2-9-billion-in-ai-and-cloud-infrastructure-in-japan-while-boosting-the-nations-skills-research-and-cybersecurity/

Korean Air Force mulling use of robot guard dogs to patrol bases – https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-04-01/national/defense/Korean-Air-Force-mulling-use-of-robot-guard-dogs-to-patrol-bases/2015677

Nvidia plans $200 million AI center in Indonesia – https://qz.com/nvidia-planning-200-million-ai-center-indonesia-1851390001

“In Montreal, PM Justin Trudeau announces a $2.4-billion package from the upcoming federal budget to build capacity in artificial intelligence. #cdnpoli https://twitter.com/CPAC_TV/status/1777009073310839136

Securing Canada’s AI advantage | Prime Minister of Canada – https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/04/07/securing-canadas-ai

‘Social Order Could Collapse’ in AI Era, Two Top Japan Companies Say – WSJ – https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/social-order-could-collapse-in-ai-era-two-top-japan-companies-say-1a71cc1d?st=5txkg0yn7noxapf

“🧵 LLMs are most useful if they can serve users in their language. We highlight performance in three widely spoken non-Latin script languages: – 🇰🇷 Korean – 🇯🇵 Japanese – 🇨🇳 Chinese Command R+ outperforms Claude 3 Sonnet and Mistral Large and is competitive with GPT 4-Turbo on” / X – https://twitter.com/seb_ruder/status/1778385359660867744

OpenAI’s Altman Pitches Global AI Coalition on Trip to Middle East – Bloomberg – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/openai-s-altman-pitches-global-ai-coalition-on-trip-to-middle-east

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