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Microsoft aims to secure its AI leadership by tripling its GPU supply, fueling expansive growth in generative AI and cloud services
Government employees threaten to quit over former OpenAI researcher’s hiring: We can expect to see rising discord over generative AI’s social and economic risks and what to do about them.
Big Tech throws caution to the wind with massive AI capital expenditures: Tech companies’ multibillion-dollar AI spending spree could face the harsh reality of an overtaxed energy grid.
Global opportunities in mobile apps: By 2030, global spending on mobile apps may reach $2 trillion. Non-gaming apps are outpacing gaming apps by revenues as AI and regulations reshape the market. Read online
Big Tech scrambles to attract talent amid AGI quest: Companies have hundreds of AI-related open positions to snatch the best from a small pool of applicants to build frontier systems.
Microsoft and OpenAI are the latest companies expanding into Asia with significant investments in AI, aiming to fuel regional growth and technological innovation
The music industry swings back against AI: SAG-AFTRA and labels like Universal Music Group signed an agreement that protects musicians from the tech.
On today's podcast episode (part 1), we discuss why consumers are using GenAI to look up health information, how physicians feel about it, and how this stacks up against other health-related internet searches. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Rajiv Leventhal.
Generative AI is yet to have a profound impact on media plans and marketing workflow. “The promise of genAI is to ultimately achieve a digital dream state of advertising…where the right message reaches the right consumer on the right platform at the right time,” our analyst Max Willens said on an episode of the “Behind the Numbers” podcast. “But right now, the costs associated with those technological capabilities are not there, nor has the ROI been worked out … We’re a ways away.”
On today's podcast episode (part 2), we discuss how doctors are using GenAI to deliver healthcare, how patients feel about it, and why you may climb into a large AI-driven box for your next primary care visit. Tune in to the discussion with our analyst Rajiv Leventhal.
Meta will launch Quest VR subscription service for schools with Roblox: Its virtual-learning product could pay off long term but adds to expenses with dubious short-term ROI.
Global smartphone shipments are up 7.8% YoY in Q1. Samsung leads, Apple slips, and Chinese brands gain.
Upcoming M4 chips across the Mac line, an AI reorg, and acquisitions are driving up stock, but Apple is still coming from behind in a highly competitive AI arena.
OpenAI in the spotlight again over questions about internal stability: It fired two AI researchers over alleged data leaks. The incident suggests that previous chaos isn’t over.
Cost-effective alternatives to human brand ambassadors have the potential to disrupt the $250 billion influencer economy at the expense of human talent
AI is widely used to make news content: An AP survey found that 70% of staffers use AI to make content, a sign that the industry is racing to find use cases.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss how marketers are using GenAI, how its affecting media plans, and whether GenAI’s usefulness for advertisers will be similar to the calculator’s effect on mathematicians. "In Other News," we talk about which platforms users are paying most attention to social media ads on and Chase bank using spending data to help advertisers target folks. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Max Willens.
CEO Andy Jassy aims to make AWS the primary cloud platform for generative AI. Competition in the cloud space is increasingly dependent on future AI adoption.
Meta challenges Nvidia’s dominance with homegrown AI hardware: It’s getting investors’ attention with bold AI moves, but a closer examination shows a potentially shaky foundation.