Microsoft’s $20M fine for collecting kids’ data on Xbox underscores intensifying privacy regulations for ad-centric Big Tech, potentially triggering tighter privacy controls and bigger fines.
Google expands its AI ‘Model Garden’ and adds free instruction: It sees the AI-skills scramble as an opportunity for cloud growth. Automation might fuel an endless upskilling trend.
Sony developing ‘invisible’ tech for the hospitality industry: It’s making gadgets that are interesting, less ugly, and blend into the background, potentially unlocking a new area of growth.
The move shows Apple’s increased focus on spatial computing, likely triggering competition and higher valuations in the AR industry.
While it’s likely years away from the mainstream, Apple’s visionOS presents opportunities for streaming, in-app purchases, and AR advertising.
Digital bank One Zero’s generative AI-driven chatbot has the potential to free up bankers’ time, letting them cater to a broader spectrum of customers.
Apple avoids generative AI buzzwords, embraces the technology: Many of its products unveiled at WWDC, including the Vision Pro, rely on advanced AI. Apple loves to be different.
Will ChatGPT be OpenAI’s final chatbot? A leaked comment doesn’t tell the whole story of OpenAI’s ambitions. But staying focused on improving ChatGPT is probably the best move.
To ensure your brand doesn’t fall into a bland or copycat marketing spiral, our analysts said AI should be a starting point and that the human element is essential. They also warned of conformity. Here are their insights into the risks that generative AI poses to brand originality and where the technology can help brands experiment.
Google’s AI experiments show a profit-performance tension: Added features point to its newfound AI confidence. The focus should be on maintaining search dominance, user experience, and effective monetization.
Generous government incentives and a thriving and competitive local EV industry are helping China surpass EV adoption goals.
OpenAI courts Israeli talent amid US tech sector’s layoff bloodbath: US techies lose leverage as OpenAI’s CEO travels the world looking for AI-skilled workers he can’t find at home.
The Vision Pro headset puts Apple at the forefront of the augmented reality discussion, but the device’s business focus and exorbitant pricing could limit wider appeal.
Adding mobile plans to existing Amazon Prime subscriptions has the potential to entice millions of wireless customers looking for a cheaper alternative.
Meta’s reversal on remote work bound for fallout: The news comes at a bad time as record layoffs wrap up, metaverse doubts linger, and morale hangs by a thread.
The iconic Volkswagen bus has been reimagined for the EV age. It could energize new automotive markets and restore VW’s brand reputation.
AI cost nearly 4,000 tech workers their jobs in May: Jobs aren’t the only casualty of the AI workplace upheaval. Brace for a quality-control crisis.
Google and Amazon play tug of war over startup Runway: AI is intensifying cloud wars as startups offer growth potential. Blinders to everything but AI could be an industry pitfall.
With 34 million developers, a massive app ecosystem, and a burgeoning ad business, Apple could fast-track its metaverse ambitions behind its MR headset announcement.
OpenAI takes on ChatGPT’s ‘hallucinations’: Broader issues of inappropriate AI use cases and bots’ failure to understand human complexity will continue to pose challenges for AI companies.