
Artificial Intelligence

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SK Telecom’s AI chip start-up seals merger deal
Two of the country’s developers of AI processors, one backed by SK Telecom and the other by KT, are merging to form a company valued at almost $750m

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DDoS Attacks Surge 106% from H2 2023 to H1 2024, Reveals New Zayo Data
Report highlights the alarming need for businesses to strengthen defenses as AI fuels cyber threats

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AI-RAN Alliance Announces Appointment of Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi as Chair
The AI-RAN Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi, Principal Fellow of SoftBank Corp.’s Research Institute of Advanced Technology, to Chair.

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Bharti Global picks up 24.5% stake in BT
Bharti Global will become BT’s biggest shareholder after buying a 25% stake, worth US$4 billion from Altice.
The Indian tech and telecoms giant said it would buy 9.99% immediately, with the remainder subject to regulatory approval.

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European Union takes the global lead in AI legislation
The European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world's first extensive and far-reaching legislation on AI, has come into force.

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Five innovators establish energy efficient Open RAN
(London, UK, 6th August, 2024): Digital Catapult has launched its first SONIC Labs Technology Access Programme, collaborating with leading organisations to address energy efficiency challenges in Open RAN operations.

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HPE’s $14bn Juniper deal gets EC green light
Following a short investigation, the European Commission (EC) has “approved unconditionally” the planned $14bn acquisition of Juniper Networks by

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Telcos & AI
Back by popular demand after a successful launch in 2023, our special event that focuses on telcos and AI returns as a curtain raiser to this year's Great Telco Debate.
Dedicated to the emergence of AI and the opportunities for telcos, the Telcos & AI in-person summit covers the application of AI within network operations.

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Samsung bolsters its on-device AI smarts with Oxford Semantic acquisition
With AI-enhanced devices increasingly finding their way into consumers' pockets, Samsung is keen to gain an edge over its rivals.
To that end, the Korean electronics giant has just shelled out an undisclosed sum for Oxford Semantic Technologies, a UK-based startup that specialises in knowledge graph technology.

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GSMA report highlights AI potential in certain sectors in Africa
Among the Africa AI use case applications identified, the vast majority are related to agriculture, climate action and energy, according to the GSMA
New artificial intelligence (AI) applications could boost Africa’s economic growth by $2.9 trillion by 2030, according to a new GSMA report.

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GRAPHCORE JOINS SOFTBANK GROUP TO BUILD NEXT GENERATION OF AI COMPUTE
Written By Nigel Toon
Graphcore today announced that the company has been acquired by SoftBank Group Corp. Under the deal, Graphcore becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and will continue to operate under the Graphcore name.

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Keysight Joins the AI-RAN Alliance to Advance AI Innovations in Mobile Networks
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has joined the AI-RAN Alliance to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and innovations in radio access networks (RAN).

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Global Telco AI Alliance signs JV for multilingual telco LLM

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Telefónica Tech and IBM promote AI, Analytics and Data Management Solutions

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AMD launches new AI chips to take on leader Nvidia

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Juniper Networks Brings Industry's First and Only AIOps to WAN Routing, Delivering AI-Native Insight for Exceptional Experiences

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Iliad’s Scaleway cloud AI unit expands to 52 countries

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Telecoms Trailblazers: A Day in the Life of Alain Mourad
Hello, I’m Alain Mourad – I am a Senior Director at InterDigital, a more than fifty-year-old technology research and development company that provides wireless, video and AI technologies for mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide.

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TRANSFORMING TELECOMS: Making telecoms smarter, faster, and simpler
Poonam Parihar is an experienced tech industry professional and founder of bandarlog.dev, a deep-tech start-up working to transform telecoms through AI and build digital network automation solutions to help SMEs in other sectors adopt next-generation technologies more quickly.

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Global leaders agree to launch first international network of AI Safety Institutes
- New agreement between 10 countries and the EU will help establish an international network of publicly backed AI Safety Institutes, after the UK launched the world’s first last year.
- nations will forge a common understanding of AI safety and align their work on research, standards and tes