Meta's value plummets as Zuckerberg admits AI needs more time and money: Revenues up, but is the AI hype bubble is threatening to burst?
theregister.com/2024/04/25/facebooks_value_plummets_as_zuckerberg/
Microsoft and Amazon's AI ambitions spark regulatory rumble: Tech giants confident everything's in order
theregister.com/2024/04/25/cma_amazon_microsoft_ai/
How Amazon became the largest private EV charging operator in the U.S.: In a little more than two years, Amazon has installed more than 17,000 chargers at about ...
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Stripe, doubling down on embedded finance, de-couples payments from the rest of its stack
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Google Fires 20 More Over Protests, Former Employees Call It 'Textbook Evil': A handful of the 50 fired employees say Google has a role in 'AI-powered genocide ...
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Quick Glance: Innovation and Performance: Overview of Google Gemini 1.0 Ultra
- Google Gemini 1.0 Ultra offers a user-friendly interface, longer queries, and improved coding results.
- As a large language model (LLM), Gemini can handle complex queries and mimic human language.
- The Advanced subscription of Google Gemini 1.0 Ultra costs $19.99 per month, providing access to the most powerful model.
- Gemini also supports coding in at least 20 programming languages and has features for debugging and explaining code.
Qualcomm and Meta join forces for AI: Meta has just presented its AI model Llama 3. Among other things, it is used to incorporate it into the company's products ...
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Google pulls Android and hardware teams together: There's a bit of a problem with Google. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, announced major internal ...
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Microsoft and Amazon face scrutiny from UK competition watchdog over recent AI deals
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Quick Glance: UK Watchdog Scrutinizes AI Partnerships Involving Tech Giants
- Britain's competition watchdog is reviewing AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic.
- Third-party opinions are being sought on Microsoft's hiring of former Inflection AI employees and related arrangements.
- The CMA is already investigating Microsoft's partnership with Open AI and is awaiting requested information from the companies.
- Views are invited until May 9 before formal investigations begin on the partnerships.
AI Search Startup Perplexity Valued at $1 Billion in Funding Round: Perplexity’s valuation has doubled in three months in a clear sign of investor enthusiasm for ...
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Google fired 28 employees after in-office protests in California, NYC: Nine Google workers were arrested during protests against the company's joint $1 ...
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Quick Glance: Google restructuring operations and relocating roles to 'hubs' to fund AI investments
- Google is implementing staff layoffs and transferring certain roles to 'hubs' to secure funds for artificial intelligence investments.
- The finance and real estate teams are being affected by the downsizing, with some roles being moved overseas.
- Through the consolidation of finance teams in Bangalore, Mexico City, Dublin, Chicago, and Atlanta, Google aims to enhance efficiency and operate around the clock.
- The restructuring is driven by the substantial shift towards artificial intelligence in the tech industry, prompting Google to allocate more resources to this domain.
Amazon Music follows Spotify with an AI playlist generator of its own, Maestro: Spotify isn’t the only one to dabble with AI playlists — on Tuesday ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/16/amazon-music-follows-spotify-with-an-ai-playlist-generator-of-its-own-maestro/
Meta is putting AI front and center in its apps, and some users are annoyed: Meta’s artificial intelligence-powered assistant is suddenly everywhere in its ...
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/meta-putting-ai-front-center-apps-users-are-annoyed-rcna148857
InnovationRx: $90 Million To Make Drugs In Space: Plus: This year’s 30 Under 30 Europe list for science and healthcare
forbes.com/sites/katiejennings/2024/04/10/innovationrx-90-million-to-make-drugs-in-space/
The Humane AI Pin is the solution to none of technology's problems: Engadget's in-depth review of the Humane AI Pin wearable.
engadget.com/the-humane-ai-pin-is-the-solution-to-none-of-technologys-problems-120002469.html
Amazon, eyeing up AI, adds Andrew Ng to its board; ex-MTV exec McGrath to step down
techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/amazon-eyeing-up-ai-adds-andrew-ng-to-its-board-ex-mtv-exec-mcgrath-to-step-down/
Waymo, Cruise and Zoox Inch Forward Ahead of Tesla Joining Robotaxi Race: Robotaxi companies had an active week, expanding coverage and services while the world ...
bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-15/waymo-cruise-and-zoox-inch-forward-ahead-of-tesla-joining-robotaxi-race
So, Amazon’s ‘AI-powered’ cashier-free shops use a lot of … humans. Here’s why that shouldn’t surprise you
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology
Google fired Eric Hatfield, a 23-year-old software engineer, after he publicly protested the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel time.com/6964364/exclusive-no-tech-for-apartheid-google-workers-protest-project-nimbus-1-2-billion-contract-with-israel/
Big tech in danger? Why the Magnificent 7 could soon be just 5 stocks, according to top experts
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Amazon Fresh kills “Just Walk Out” shopping tech—it never really worked: "AI" checkout was actually powered by 1,000 human video reviewers in India.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/amazon-ends-ai-powered-store-checkout-which-needed-1000-video-reviewers/
Amazon: Let Your Winners Run: Amazon stock has continued outperforming the S&P 500 as AI hype finally catches up. Check out why I rate AMZN stock as a buy.
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Google considering charge for internet searches with AI, reports say : Cost of artificial intelligence service could mean leaders in sector turning to ...
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Quick Glance: Musicians Warn of Existential Threat from AI
- Over 200 musical artists, including Billie Eilish and Pearl Jam, criticize the use of AI as an existential threat to their art in an open letter.
- The artists urge AI developers and technology companies to not violate the rights of human artists and devalue their work.
- Some major companies are utilizing artists' works without permission to train AI models aiming to replace human artists with AI-generated content.
- Emphasizing the importance of protecting human creativity from the threat of AI, the artists call to restrict the development of AI technologies that could replace artists' work.
Double-digit price opportunities: Cathie Wood and Warren Buffett both bet on the same AI giant
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Andy Jassy says Amazon has a ‘great relationship’ with sellers. Longtime sellers say it’s ‘the worst it’s ever been’
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One of Elon Musk's newer companies is eyeing an $18 billion valuation: A new report found that investor are in talks to raise $3 billion for Elon Musk's AI ...
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Tech Stocks Tumble As Meta’s AI Bet Spooks Investors: “There are several ways to build a massive business here,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors ...
forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/04/25/tech-stocks-tumble-as-metas-ai-bet-spooks-investors/
Now also the big short man: Michael Burry is bullish on these 2 AI giants: Michael Burry invests in tech giants Amazon and Alphabet, sees AI growth potential ...
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Diddo’s new funding will bring its shoppable TV API to streaming platforms: Diddo is an API for streaming services and other platforms to integrate shoppable ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/diddos-new-funding-will-bring-its-shoppable-tv-api-to-streaming-platforms/
Golem.de: IT news for professionals: Golem.de - Constantly updated IT news for professionals and videos from politics, business and science about hardware ...
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Google revealed the details of a new version of its data center artificial intelligence chips and announced an Arm-based based central processor ... Show more finance.yahoo.com/news/google-unveils-arm-based-data-113603752.html
Quick Glance: Google Introduces New Data Center and AI Chips
- Google recently unveiled details of an update to its data center AI chips and announced an Arm-based processor.
- Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) are a significant alternative to Nvidia's advanced AI chips, accessible through Google Cloud Platform.
- The newly introduced Arm-based processor named Axion offers higher performance compared to x86 chips and general Arm chips in the cloud.
- Google plans to utilize Axion for services like YouTube Ads in Google Cloud in the future, while the TPU v5p chips are now available through Google Cloud.
Investing in the AI Frontier: Meet NVIDIA Inception, Palantir, cutting-edge startups | The Times of Israel
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026
- Elon Musk anticipates AI to be smarter than an individual human by the end of next year.
- The Tesla CEO forecasts that the total amount of sentient compute will surpass all humans in five years.
- Musk speculates that due to the abundance of talent in AI, AI could surpass human intelligence by 2026.
- Despite highlighting hardware constraints and data scarcity, Musk remains optimistic about AI advancements in the upcoming years.
Mac series to be released with AI-focused M4 chips: Let's not kid ourselves: Every company currently likes to include the term AI in its name - or get it thrown ...
stadt-bremerhaven.de/mac-reihe-soll-mit-ki-fokussierten-m4-chips-erscheinen/
To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light: OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer ...
wired.com/story/build-a-better-ai-supercomputer-let-there-be-light/
Rivian misses production estimates as EV maker shifts to new supply chain: Rivian Automotive missed market estimates for quarterly production on Tuesday ...
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/rivian-misses-production-estimates-ev-maker-shifts-new-supply-chain-2024-04-02/
Waymo, Cruise and Zoox Inch Forward Ahead of Tesla Joining Robotaxi Race: Robotaxi companies had an active week, expanding coverage and services while the world ...
bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-15/waymo-cruise-and-zoox-inch-forward-ahead-of-tesla-joining-robotaxi-race
The AI hype bubble is deflating. Now comes the hard part.: The tech industry got the world’s attention with AI. Now it’s busy convincing people to pay for it.
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/18/ai-bubble-hype-dying-money/
Google Announces Axion Arm Chip: Google's first Arm chip for servers promises a 30% performance boost compared with Amazon and Microsoft Arm chips.
extremetech.com/computing/google-announces-axion-arm-chip
Outside roles by NBC's Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards
apnews.com/article/news-conflict-interest-journalists-ethics-41991adc7d545ba4581104bdec833ec2
Amazon Is Trading Its 'Just Walk Out' AI Technology For 'Smart' Carts — And AI Reportedly Needed Humans to Do the Job Right
entrepreneur.com/business-news/amazon-swaps-just-walk-out-for-smart-carts-at-fresh-stores/472305
Quick Glance: No 'Just Walk Out' at Amazon Grocery Stores: The Rise of Smart Shopping Carts
- Amazon is replacing the 'Just Walk Out' technology in U.S. stores with smart shopping carts, while keeping it in the U.K.
- The company is now banking on the smart shopping cart to potentially revolutionize the food shopping experience.
- Acknowledging the failure to widely implement the 'Just Walk Out' technology, Amazon shifts focus to the smart shopping cart as a more feasible solution.
- Introducing technology in the grocery sector faces challenges, especially concerning consumer trust and the adoption of innovations.
Lambda borrows half a billion bucks to grow its GPU cloud: Will buy tens of thousands of Nvidia's prized accelerators, which will be collateral for the loan
theregister.com/2024/04/05/lambda_500m_loan/
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in shareholder letter says he's committed to cost cutting while investing in AI
cnbc.com/2024/04/11/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-says-committed-to-cost-cutting-while-investing-in-ai-in-shareholder-letter.html
Quick Glance: Amazon CEO Foresees AI Revolution via AWS
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned that the company is 'building several' AI apps in Amazon Web Services.
- In his annual letter to shareholders, Jassy focused on generative artificial intelligence, which he stated could be the largest technology transformation since the cloud.
- Amazon is investing in all three layers of generative AI, including developing foundational models and providing services for customers like Delta Airlines and Pfizer.
- Amazon is building a variety of GenAI applications, including a recently launched coding assistant called Amazon Q, which writes, debugs, and implements software code.
Rabbit's AI Assistant Is Here. And Soon a Camera Wearable Will Be Too: WIRED went along to the company's launch event where customers picked up the very first ...
wired.com/story/rabbit-r1-launch-event-nyc/
Quick Glance: Rabbit R1: More Fun and Accessible than Humane AI Pin
- The Rabbit R1 is a compact AI companion with a screen and camera.
- Compared to the Humane AI Pin, the R1 is more affordable and user-friendly.
- R1 offers a range of features like image recognition and a personal touch.
- Rabbit promises continuous improvements and new features for the R1.
Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens: Most devs would need to pay out of pocket to host Alexa apps after June.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/amazon-virtually-kills-efforts-to-develop-alexa-skills-disappointing-dozens/
Last year, OpenAI chief Sam Altman predicted that the artificial intelligence revolution will someday birth a company with a $1 billion valuation and a single ... Show more www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2024/04/11/ais-most-promising-startups-are-getting-younger-and-leaner/ #ForbesAI50
Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Amazon stock is eyeing a record high after AI bets and layoffs: Analysts have increased their price targets for the e-commerce giant's shares
qz.com/amazon-stock-record-high-ai-layoffs-1851395503
Artificial intelligence will show how smart humans can become: The growth of AI is affecting everything from the way we watch television to strains on ...
seattletimes.com/business/artificial-intelligence-will-show-how-smart-humans-can-become/
The top companies for training workers to use AI — including Amazon and GM: A new report reveals which firms are doing the most to advance AI literacy both ...
qz.com/amazon-gm-jpmorgan-moderna-ai-workforce-training-1851411624
Google Cloud rolls out self-designed Arm chips in its data centers: Google Axion-based VMs will be out in preview in the coming months.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/google-cloud-rolls-out-self-designed-arm-chips-in-its-data-centers/
This $400 toothbrush is peak AI mania: An essential question for every tech hype moment: Just why?
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/05/amazon-just-walk-out-ai-toothbrush/
Amazon ends “Just walk out”: humans replace AI: Research shows that employees in India were behind Amazon's cashier-free markets. Convenience doesn’t work ...
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Lean on me: Some AI products still depend on human intervention: Presto Automation, a company that specializes in supplying artificial intelligence solutions to ...
techspot.com/news/102629-lean-ai-products-depend-human-intervention.html
Artificial Super Intelligence acting as ‘The Great Filter’ for Alien evidence? Study reveals… | Mint
livemint.com/science/news/artificial-super-intelligence-acting-as-the-great-filter-for-alien-evidence-study-reveals-11712838143758.html
Opinion: Artificial intelligence will show how smart humans can become: The Seattle area is in the thick of the race for artificial intelligence dominance.
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2024/04/09/opinion-artificial-intelligence-will-show-how-smart-humans-can-become
AI research: Germany, a vale of tears for AI researchers? - Golem.de: Lack of hardware, virtually unusable due to bureaucracy: Are AI researchers in Germany ...
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Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing' after car fizzles: Engineers have been exploring a mobile robot that can follow users around their ...
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Virtual Assistants and Cashierless Shops: Automations Secretly Controlled by Humans
t3n.de/news/automatisierungen-die-von-menschen-gesteuert-wurden-1617061/
AWS and InfluxData partner to offer managed time series database Timestream for InfluxDB
venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/aws-and-influxdata-partner-to-offer-managed-time-series-database-timestream-for-influxdb/
AI start-up unveils avatars that convincingly show human emotions : Synthesia’s so-called expressive avatars can go from happy to frustrated.
euronews.com/next/2024/04/25/ai-start-up-unveils-avatars-that-convincingly-show-human-emotions
Meta: More sales, more profits and investments in AI: Meta reported decent revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram ...
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Stocks end mixed in muted trading; Nashville scores a health-care tech coup: Most of Wall St. drifts in mixed trading
postandcourier.com/stocks-end-mixed-in-muted-trading-nashville-scores-a-health-care-tech-coup/article_7d4c4010-023e-11ef-bd1b-2b69c6227166.html
Rivian: A Strong Buy At All-Time Lows (Rating Upgrade): Despite a stock drop, Rivian Automotive remains an attractive play with a solid cash position and plans ...
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Tech giants like NVIDIA shares, Microsoft shares and AMD shares in focus: AI and cloud in the spotlight of the reporting season
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You can now try Claude 3 Opus, the market’s most powerful AI model, on Amazon Bedrock
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A look at the ‘data plumbing’ that powers AI and companies like Grab, Coins.ph, and Maya
rappler.com/business/databricks-powers-artificial-intelligence-grab-coins-ph-maya/
Electric cars: How hard Rivian is fighting for survival: Rivian boss RJ Scaringe is trying by all means to reduce costs and attract new investors ...
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Amazon shares have just reached a new all-time high. But both the company itself and Bank of America are certain that there is more to come.www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/top-analyst-der-bank-of-america-extrem-bullisch-ist-die-amazon-aktie-noch-heisser-als-gedacht-20355373.html
Google SGE: Why we will soon search differently when shopping online than before: Search Generative Experience is an AI-powered search that Google is currently ...
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Voices Frustration Over Regulatory Hurdles in Acquisition Plans
techtimes.com/articles/303507/20240411/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-voices-frustration-over-regulatory-hurdles-acquisition.htm
AI creates photos: This is what tech giants like Nvidia, Amazon & Co. would look like as humans
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Adobe is buying videos to train its new AI tool, but is it paying enough?: The company is paying around $3 a minute to make sure its text-to-video AI generator ...
zdnet.com/article/adobe-is-buying-videos-to-train-its-new-ai-generator-but-are-they-paying-enough/
Amazon, Google : quelles sont les chances des fournisseurs allemands de services informatiques en nuage face aux groupes américains ?
wiwo.de/technologie/digitale-welt/digitale-souveraenitaet-welche-chancen-haben-deutsche-cloudanbieter-gegen-amazon-google-und-co-/29746364.html
Payne: Delivering packages in Rivian's Amazon EV truck: The sleek, dark-blue trucks with their LED-rimmed circular headlights and red LED light strip framing the ...
detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2024/04/10/payne-delivering-packages-in-rivians-amazon-ev-truck/72839961007/
NASDAQ value NVIDIA top: These Magnificent 7 stocks delighted investors in the first quarter of 2024 - and these flopped
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Ebay: This is how AI should complement your wardrobe in the future: The online marketplace Ebay offers an AI function that gives users a new experience when ...
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Alphabet: Advantage over Amazon & Co - Cloud event convinces: Alphabet shares reach all-time high after Google Cloud event, showcasing strong partnerships and ...
deraktionaer.de/artikel/medien-ittk-technologie/alphabet-vorteil-gegenueber-amazon-co-cloud-event-ueberzeugt-20354863.html
Tech turnaround! Fab 4 shares edge out Magnificent Seven for NASDAQ value NVIDIA: The tech rally of 2023 was largely fueled by seven large US giants ...
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ChatGPT now lets you edit AI images created in DALL-E: The image editing feature allows users to touch up, tweak, refine, add, or remove elements from an ...
techspot.com/news/102501-dall-e-now-you-edit-images-chatgpt-stable.html
10 modern feats of automation that were just humans in disguise: Automation breakthroughs powered by human workers in hiding are also known as "Mechanical Turks"
qz.com/mechanical-turks-automation-humans-1851396978
Google AI Executive Joins Vimeo as New CEO: Google Cloud AI leader Philip Moyer now spearheads Vimeo. Vimeo reportedly has a new CEO with a familiar face ...
techtimes.com/articles/303300/20240405/google-ai-executive-joins-vimeo-new-ceo.htm
Apple workers are speaking up in solidarity with Palestine: "We humbly ask that Mr. Cook and the rest of the executive team end their silence on this crucial ...
mashable.com/article/apple-employees-palestine-tim-cook-open-letter
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