Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post:
The China Computer Federation calls for a boycott of AI conference NeurIPS after organizers barred submissions from US-sanctioned companies like Huawei  —  Move to comply with US sanctions sparks backlash, with China's top computing body threatening to blacklist the AI conference

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google expands Search Live, its AI conversational search feature previously limited to the US and India, to all languages and regions where AI Mode is available  —  Google announced on Thursday that it's expanding its AI-powered conversational search feature, Search Live …

Reuters:
Meta stock fell 8% on Thursday after juries in two US trials found the company failed to adequately warn or protect young users  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) shares dropped 7% on Thursday after two verdicts holding it liable for harm to young users sparked fears the social media giant …

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Cohere launches Transcribe, its first voice model; the 2B-parameter, open-source speech recognition model handles tasks like notetaking and speech analysis  —  Enterprise AI company Cohere on Thursday launched its first voice model: Transcribe is an open source automatic speech recognition model …

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
The US FCC opens a comment period for a proposal to help return outsourced call center jobs to the US; critics say the plan could drive companies to automation  —  Analysts say the proposal, aimed to reduce fraud and language barriers, could drive companies toward automation