AI gives rise to ‘digital sweatshops’: Evidence suggests that the technology’s economic value won’t be equally distributed as the companies building it get accused of worker exploitation.
Amazon to weave AI into sports broadcasting: It’ll power Thursday Night Football on-screen features with its neural network. We expect other digital entertainment platforms will follow suit.
Google, Meta, and Amazon gear up for AI announcements: Tech’s busy fall event calendar will be packed with AI announcements. We could see new models and new tools.
“We all want to create that aura and the air of excitement so the customer across all channels can say, ‘It is indeed my happy place we’ve got here,’” Dhriti Saha, COO of The Container Store, said at eTail Boston this week.
CoreWeave’s rise challenges Big Tech dominance: The startup is riding the AI wave thanks to a GPU stockpile and Nvidia funding. It still has to contend with tech giants’ wealth advantage.
The partnership brings the Llama 2 language model to billions of future smartphones. On-device AI could enable wider adoption and reduce cloud costs.
ChatGPT is getting better at medical diagnoses: And almost two-thirds of US adults would trust a diagnosis made by AI versus a human doctor. But there are caveats to their trust.
Nvidia earns “civilization’s most important company” title over stunning earrings report: It smashed Q2 earnings expectations, driven by its AI dominance. Consistently beating higher expectations will be a challenge.
Meta offers clients as much as $200,000 in ad credits: With a slew of new features boosting interest in its platforms, the company is incentivizing brands to experiment.
Softbank’s Arm prepares for its IPO, Nasdaq’s largest in two years, and it could be the key to the tech industry’s rally.
Amazon employees quit over strict return-to-hub policy: Some are opting to face a tough tech job market rather than comply with a burdensome policy, which lacks sufficient compliance incentives.
AI-generated art can’t be protected by copyright, a US judge rules: The decision could give advertisers pause due to a lack of ownership of AI-produced material.
Lamborghini unveils its first EV powered by AI: It wants to redefine the future of supercars with cutting-edge technologies while responding to the push for luxury EVs.
Google’s high executive turnover is a symptom of broader brain drain: It’s struggling to retain the talent it will need to fend off threats to Search and reclaim its AI frontrunner status.
On today's podcast episode, we discuss why the Federal Trade Commission is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI; how publishers, content creators, and authors feel about generative AI; what the wrong kind of regulation looks like; and what AI rules we will likely see next. "In Other News," we talk about when we can expect to see GPT-5 and what to make of Netflix's newly launched game-controller app. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.
The New York Times could file a landmark AI lawsuit: The publisher is considering suing OpenAI after licensing negotiations collapsed.
Microsoft undermines OpenAI with Databricks partnership: The tech giant has found a new startup interest to grow its cloud business with open-source AI tools. OpenAI may be in trouble.
Microsoft’s early AI search missteps left it far behind Google: Bing is struggling to make gains against Google despite coming out of the gate early with AI.
Tencent plans to unveil its AI model, Hunyuan, intensifying China’s AI race just as Beijing’s new regulations are implemented. Its guardrails could have worldwide implications.
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.