EU hurls sweeping regulation at Big Tech: Two major laws are about to take effect, sending Google, Apple, Meta, and others scrambling to adapt to a new era of curtailed industry power.
Meta slow to capitalize on X’s forecast failure: Musk predicts X’s downfall amid controversies and operational missteps. Meta could act faster to seize the opportunity.
On today's episode, we discuss whether it's too early to talk about Gen Alpha, delivering things without the box, what's happening on TikTok Live, fast fashion looking to repairs, what websites will look like in the future, the most popular theme parks in the world, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian, analyst Blake Droesch, and forecasting director Oscar Orozco.
The electric air taxi market—forecast to be worth $57B by 2035—sees startups like Joby Aviation advancing despite regulatory hurdles and safety concerns for the new mode of travel.
Trends shows Big Tech in-office mandates might lose sticking power: Tech firms favoring remote work see benefits in global talent access and economic savings that could undermine Big Tech policies.
Google’s life advice chatbots could trigger internal tension: It’s testing 21 tools based on generative AI, but ethicists are worried about safety and emotional dependence, which could pose commercial challenges.
Google to launch Gemini this fall with multimodal features: It wants to topple OpenAI’s commercial generative AI lead with a new family of models. Timing with fall classes could be crucial.
Trained by AI today, replaced tomorrow? Hitachi unveils an AI-powered job-training technology that provides a solution to the knowledge-transfer problem. It also raises job security questions.
On today's episode, we discuss the ways in which firms are prepared—and unprepared—for AI, what happens when companies have finished test-driving generative AI, and what to make of Meta giving away its AI model. "In Other News," we talk about when we can expect to see GPT-5 and how Apple’s lip-reading technology could be a step toward artificial general intelligence. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.
Strategic upskilling is essential as AI usage increases the likelihood of job disruption and transformation. Investing in employees has never been more important.
Amazon’s $10 billion loss from Alexa devices sparks the latest strategy shift away from consumer electronics as it and other companies focus on profitability and reduce aspirational projects.
Ford expects a 1,000% revenue jump from connected cars, hires Apple exec: Its big in-car software investment could help keep revenue strong amid a costly EV pivot.
Companies scramble to stockpile Nvidia’s $40K H100s: Chatbots get the attention, but it’s the powerful chips powering AI that are crown jewels keeping a tech recession at bay.
The early success of Voiceflow’s plug-and-play AI assistant technologies are showing the advantage of applying AI in mission-critical business applications.
From tweets to trades: Musk wants to transform the X platform into the “biggest financial institution in the world.” Government officials may not be on board.
AI is approaching ‘gale of creative destruction’: Generative AI means near-term job security for those who can build it and likely fast-paced disruption for millions of other knowledge workers globally.
Data center industry growth is on the horizon as AI adoption rises, with cloud giants like AWS leading the shift from the “Cloud Era” to the “AI Era.”
Foreign investments in China plummeted 87% to $4.9B due to US-China tensions and COVID-19. Businesses are skeptical of China’s global openness, and tech giants shift production to India.
Google’s Bard rises while ChatGPT dips again: Soaring costs and usage drops could send OpenAI into bankruptcy. Cheaper chips to train GPT-5 and more Microsoft funding could save it.
Meta is moving mountains to develop AR glasses: Instead of giving up on the metaverse, it’s taking patient, painstaking steps to beat Apple in the headset race.