SARAH PARVINI

Technology writer

Parvini covers artificial intelligence for The Associated Press. She is based in Los Angeles.
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Ubisoft shares jump following reports of Tencent, Guillemot family considering buyout
Shares of Ubisoft surged more than 30% Friday, following reports that Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering a buyout of the video game maker.
 
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Epic Games sues Google and Samsung over phone settings, accusing them of violating antitrust laws
Video game maker Epic Games has sued Google and Samsung. It accuses the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices.
 
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X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk’s takeover
Social media platform X published its first transparency report on Wednesday. The report is the first since the company was purchased by Elon Musk two years ago.
 
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Can AI make video games more immersive? Some studios turn to AI-fueled NPCs for more interaction
For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys.
 
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Video game actors’ union calls for strike against ‘League of Legends’
“League of Legends” is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the blockbuster online multiplayer game.
 
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Doctors and first responders are among those who still use pagers
Electronic pagers that were status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old school. The devices run on batteries and radio waves.
 
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What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria
Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary number of people.
 
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Venture capitalists are divided on Harris or Trump
Being a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley. So when some of the industry’s biggest names endorsed former President Donald Trump and the onetime VC he picked for a running mate, JD Vance, people took notice.
 
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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that
Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer.
 
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Nvidia stock slips even after earnings top Wall Street estimates and demand for AI chips surges
Nvidia may have exceeded Wall Street estimates as its profit jumped — buffeted by the chipmaking dominance that has cemented Nvidia’s place as the poster child of the artificial intelligence boom — but investors seemed less than impressed.
 
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Can AI truly replicate the screams of a man on fire? Video game performers want their work protected
Video game performers say the physical strain and hours put into motion capture and voice work make it worth protecting against artificial intelligence.
 
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California partners with Nvidia to bring artificial intelligence resources to colleges
The state of California is partnering with tech giant Nvidia to help train California students, college faculty, developers and data scientists in artificial intelligence.
 
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before ‘the benefit of humanity’
Elon Musk has filed a second lawsuit against OpenAI and two founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. Musk claims he is suing over a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits.
 
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Video game performers protest unregulated AI use at Warner Bros. Studios
Hollywood’s video game performers have picketed at the Warner Bros. Studios lot to protest what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
 
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How Harris and Trump differ on artificial intelligence policy
Artificial intelligence’s growing visibility in everyday life has made it a popular discussion topic but hasn’t yet elevated it to a top election concern for American voters.
 
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Video game actors are now on strike. Here’s why
More than 2,500 video game voice actors and motion capture performers are going on strike after negotiations with game industry giants that began nearly two years ago failed to result in an agreement.
 
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Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns
Hollywood’s video game performers are going on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.
 
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Artists are taking things into their own hands to protect their work from generative AI
As image-generating AI continues to evolve, artists are increasingly fighting against what they see as an existential threat to their craft.
 
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US senators call out Big Tech’s new approach to poaching talent, products from smaller AI startups
Three U.S. Senators are calling for action against a new practice big technology companies are using to swallow up the talent and products of innovative AI startups without formally acquiring them.
 
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News nonprofit sues ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Microsoft for ‘exploitative’ copyright infringement
Another news organization is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for alleged copyright infringement.
 
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Hollywood’s video game actors want to avoid a strike. The sticking point in their talks? AI
Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA has been negotiating its interactive media agreement for more than a year.
 
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How Nvidia became an AI giant
Tech giant Nvidia is now worth over $3.2 trillion, with its dominance as a chipmaker making it the poster child of the artificial intelligence boom.
 
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AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it’s ripping them off
The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information.
 
Small California city welcomes doomsday bunkers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the backyard of his remote Southern California home, Bernie Jones is etching an unconventional blueprint: a construction plan to build his underground survival shelter.
 
Messages in tongues down among US Pentecostals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At Three Crosses Church, Pastor Ken Walters urges his parishioners to join him in song and scripture.
 
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Messages in tongues down among Pentecostals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At Three Crosses Church, Pastor Ken Walters urges his parishioners to join him in song and scripture.
 
Lawyer: Deadly boardwalk crash ‘horrible accident’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for a man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on California’s famed Venice Beach boardwalk and killing an Italian tourist, said it was an accident that has left his client devastated.
 
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Lawyer: Deadly boardwalk crash ‘horrible accident’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for a Colorado man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on the Venice Beach boardwalk said it was an accident that has left his client devastated.
 
99-year-old woman from Iran becomes US citizen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In nearly a century since her Iranian birth, Khatoun Khoykani has lived through revolutions and world wars.
 
99-year-old woman from Iran becomes US citizen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In nearly a century since her Iranian birth, Khatoun Khoykani has lived through revolutions and world wars.
 
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