Phil Schiller, Apple’s App Store chief and former marketing head, has been chosen to represent the company on OpenAI’s nonprofit board in an observer role. This move allows him to learn more about OpenAI’s inner workings as Apple works to integrate ChatGPT into iOS and macOS later this year. The integration will enable Siri to…
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 48% since 2019, making it harder for the company to meet its goal of cutting emissions in half by 2030. The main contributor to this increase is data center energy use and supply chain emissions, with electricity consumption from data centers growing by 17% in 2023. As Google…
While accuracy and reliability remain top concerns, budgets and adoption of GenAI is at an all-time high among healthcare practitioners. The 2024 Generative AI in Healthcare Survey highlights both the successes and challenges of GenAI in healthcare. 1) GenAI budgets are growing exponentially: Adoption of GenAI varies significantly across roles and company sizes. Technical leaders…
Microsoft acquired the team behind Inflection, a startup co-founded by Reid Hoffman, in an acquisition-in-name-only to avoid antitrust scrutiny. This move is seen as a pattern for future AI deals. Recently, Amazon announced it is hiring most of Adept’s employees and licensing its technology, essentially doing what Microsoft did with Inflection. Read more
Wimbledon’s new online feature, Catch Me Up, which uses generative technology to publish player profiles and analysis, experienced errors on its first day. The feature made mistakes such as incorrectly stating Emma Raducanu as the British No 1 (she is actually the No 3) and inaccurately describing a match between Zhang Shuai and Daria Kasatkina.…