01:02 PM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) said Monday it extended a partnership with Vodafone ( VOD ) under which the latter will roll out Microsoft's ( MSFT ) artificial intelligence-powered assistant to thousands of its employees. Vodafone ( VOD ) plans to roll out the Microsoft ( MSFT ) 365 Copilot AI software to up...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's competition watchdog said on Monday a planned tie-up between Swisscom's and Vodafone's ( VOD ) Italian units could pose a threat to competition in the country's fixed-line connectivity services. Last week the Italian antitrust authority, called AGCOM, opened an in-depth review of Swisscom's 8-billion-euro buyout of Vodafone Italia, which will be combined with Swisscom's Italian subsidiary...

(Reuters) - A team of technology experts issued a global call on Monday seeking the toughest questions to pose to artificial intelligence systems, which increasingly have handled popular benchmark tests like child's play. Dubbed Humanity's Last Exam, the project seeks to determine when expert-level AI has arrived. It aims to stay relevant even as capabilities advance in future years, according...

01:01 PM EDT, 09/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) , Citigroup ( C ) , Mastercard (MA) and Visa (V) are among the 40 private sector financial firms to join the Bank of International Settlements and a group of central banks in a project exploring the extent to which tokenization can enhance cross-border payments, the BIS said...