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.
Generative AI is not ready for primetime in healthcare: The enthusiasm around AI’s ability to revolutionize healthcare is cooling off, but it’s not likely to hit the trough of disillusionment. Here’s why.
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.
GenAI's rapid rise and gender divide: The tech’s adoption sees a dramatic surge, likened to the early days of smartphones, but a gender gap looms large.
Most market researchers do not think AI will take over completely, according to SurveyMonkey. Some 38% of US market researchers think that AI will take over data visualization completely, but more people (46%) believe that AI will assist while humans remain in control.
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.
Less than 1% of US ad agency jobs will be lost to automation and generative AI technology this year, according to Forrester. Though that number will grow over the coming years, it will only total 7.5% by 2030.
Chipotle’s latest robotic experiment is a machine that preps avocados for guacamole: The QSR chain expects the Autocado to cut prep time in half, reduce worker injuries, and unlock millions in savings.
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.
Sarah Silverman doesn’t find copyright infringement to be a laughing matter: Another suit claiming AI models are trained on illicit data.
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.
School’s out for summer: ChatGPT traffic drop could be attributed to students taking a hiatus from the service.
On today's episode, we discuss the advertising industry's recent love affair with generative AI, what happens inside the minds of Gen Z consumers, why Spotify is pivoting, Twitter's new CEO writing the the company's next chapter, how podcast advertising is doing, how much people spend when they go to Las Vegas, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Oscar Orozco and analysts Bill Fisher and Max Willens.
Mounting legal challenges show AI needs a path to profitability: AI companies are running out of free training material, worsening high operating costs.
Walls come tumbling down: OpenAI pauses ChatGPT's web browsing due to its unintended capability to bypass paywalls.
On today's episode, we discuss what lawmakers are most likely to tackle first when it comes to regulating AI, whether AI songs can win a Grammy, and what happens when AI eats up—and learns from—other AI-generated content. "In Other News," we talk about the newly announced features for Apple's Vision Pro AR headset and how this device could change the whole market. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.
Investments in generative AI have had favorable results, with two-thirds of marketers reporting a positive ROI—43% said they received a twofold ROI and 22% received threefold ROI, per a May 2023 survey by Botco.ai. Here’s a breakdown of how generative AI can help brands and retailers connect with customers throughout their buying journeys.
Google wants to build omniscient AIs with selective amnesia: It wants wide latitude for internet data harvesting and to stay on regulators’ good side at the same time.
Heineken, Renault, and Siemens decry AI Act reach: Europe’s private sector isn’t happy about the AI Act’s direction, warning about the continent’s diminished competitiveness with the US.