Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft eye biotech as the real AI moneymaker: Returns are high and AI’s hallucination is a benefit. The ventures could help subsidize the industry’s high costs.
The future of TikTok’s content creators, advertisers, and 170 million users remains uncertain as the bill moves to the Senate. TikTok’s loss could be Meta’s and Google’s gain.
AI disillusionment is growing: The trillions of dollars of economic prosperity promised haven’t materialized yet, but there’s a way to speed up the process.
Setting risk categories for AI use forces transparency and accountability. But strict rules may slow innovation and affect US-based AI firms.
Meta’s smart glasses winning streak: It has developed a useful, affordable product that people can wear in public. The latest AI integration could make them a magnet for tourists.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss the most important parts of the EU's new AI Act, what's missing, and how these rules could shape US regulation. "In Other News," we talk about what nefarious GPTs can get up to and a card-linked buy now, pay later (BNPL) offering. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Carina Perkins and Yory Wurmser.
Apple, Google, and Microsoft are altering business models by opening app markets, data sharing, and consumer choice. Global ripple effects could follow.
Microsoft’s demand for AI infrastructure sends Oracle’s shares soaring: Oracle’s affordability and healthcare moves last year, followed by AI investments in 2024, are set to grow its cloud presence.
Startups like Perplexity play an endless game of catch-up with Big Tech on AI: Scarce and expensive hardware for model training is creating a fairness gap that will be difficult to close.
Investigation exonerates OpenAI CEO Altman: The report’s brevity points to continued secrecy that could make it difficult to inspire trust, even though it keeps drama at bay.
Hackers targeting emails pose new challenges for marketers. Meanwhile, Russian hackers’ attack on Microsoft raises national security concerns.
Big Tech is kneecapping academics’ AI research: A national AI hardware stockpile could level the playing field between tech and academia and help protect national security interests.
The company hopes to raise $748 million. It’s aiming for advertising profits, but it could be more valuable for its AI training potential.
A Georgia Tech study and a Bloomberg investigation expose AI bias and stress the urgency for inclusive, unbiased AI as its global use expands.
Meta, Google rake in ad dollars from Temu’s spending spree: Wall Street loves to see tech giants grow their ad revenue, but not all funding streams are sustainable.
Hugging Face will use its open-source AI to build robots: It’s part of a broader industry push to use generative AI to make physical robots commercially viable.
The EV maker announces affordable R2 SUV and R3 and R3X crossovers and amasses 68,000 reservations. It’s challenging market norms and intensifying EV competition.
The Las Vegas Sphere and ASB GlassFloor represent the high-profile out-of-home advertising that merges technology with creativity, with high potential for interactive experiences.
The first AGI could be a marketing tool from Meta: The social media giant is stockpiling AI chips to build a massive model for content recommendations and user predictions.
A House committee unanimously votes to advance a bipartisan bill to ban TikTok unless ByteDance divests. The bill could affect other foreign-controlled apps but requires Big Tech’s involvement.