Elon Musk enters AI arena with xAI startup: The universe-decoding startup could become a focal point for controversy over concerns about AI bias, safety, and its founder’s provocative personality.
Bard chatbot updates boost Google’s generative AI bid: The tech giant is accelerating its AI market presence. International appeal and investor favor could help it unseat ChatGPT.
Google shares the legal generative AI hot seat with Microsoft, OpenAI: A class-action lawsuit accuses Google of stealing data for AI. Industry competition is pushing bolder action with consequences.
KPMG, Microsoft pair up in $2B generative AI investment: Microsoft’s generative AI winning streak continues with its latest lucrative partnership. Maintaining security and performance are the key factors.
Apple continues to buck the market’s downward trend while growing market share, proving its supply-chain expertise and whole-widget strategy is worth emulating.
Its latest layoffs hit close to home in Redmond as the company restructures to acquire a gaming giant. Sales, customer service, and support jobs continue to get offshored or relegated to AI.
Threads simultaneously eats Twitter’s traffic and feeds its usage: Meta’s Threads might keep Twitter afloat as Musk loyalists dig in their heels. But Threads’ traffic metrics will win ad revenue.
Nasdaq takes aim at Big Tech’s dominance: The index will rebalance this month to curb tech giants’ influence. It could reshape market dynamics and spark volatility.
100 million users in five days represents unprecedented adoption for Meta’s Twitter rival, but future growth could be stifled by privacy concerns and lack of feature parity.
The company is relocating to Europe—will its subscribers come along? Data sovereignty concerns could lead to a loss of customers.
ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter lets anyone be a data analyst: Despite legal challenges and a recent traffic drop, OpenAI has a new Plus feature that could be a data analysis game-changer.
On today’s episode, we discuss how Gen Zers are different from older generations in that a lot of their financial services product consumption will be embedded within non-financial service-specific experiences. In our "Headlines" segment, we examine how convenience plays a major factor into Gen Z decision-making. In "Story by Numbers," we discuss Gen Z’s use of Apple Pay in consumer finance and if consumers can find competitive prices while using embedded finance experiences. And in "For Argument's Sake," we debate if more than 10% of Gen Z or Gen Alpha will go their whole lives without establishing direct relationships with financial service providers. Listen in to the conversation with host Rob Rubin and our analysts Grace Broadbent and Eleni Digalaki.
Meta under fire for bank fraud on its platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are attracting financial scammers. Regulation and reputational risk make fraud prevention a wise tech investment.
ChatGPT loses users for the first time since viral release: The cause of the decline is multifaceted. There are pros and cons to diminished generative AI excitement.
Google Cloud sharpens enterprise focus with 60 AI models: It’s showing how its AI cloud ecosystem is creating commercial value as a marketing plan to attract new customers.
Virtual travel industry is redefining adventure: New VR applications in travel, shopping, real estate, reverse engineering, and theater are creating marketing opportunities despite technical limitations.
Threads vs. Twitter: Meta shows off its social media leverage with a successful Threads launch. Digital privacy will be key in thwarting its plan to beat Twitter.
US tech layoffs drop in June: The tech industry has likely finished the bulk of its cutting, but macroeconomic conditions mean there are still challenges ahead, especially for startups.
Airbnb wants to become the ‘ultimate AI concierge’: The technology could help increase platform engagement and bookings while also introducing privacy, security, ethical, and regulatory headaches.