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AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.
Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.
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Intel Signs Microsoft as Foundry Customer; Says Firm on Track to Overtake Biggest Rival TSMC
Intel has signed Microsoft as a foundry customer for its 18A technology, the company said at an event. The chipmaker said it expects to beat its 2025 deadline to overtake TSMC in advanced chip manufacturing. The news of Intel's 14A technology is the first time the Silicon Valley company has given details of its plans beyond 2025.
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After Dip In Apple's Stock, Microsoft May Takeover As Most Valuable Company
A recent dip in Apple's stock over worries about iPhone sales has left the Silicon Valley tech heavyweight in danger of being overtaken by Microsoft as the world's most valuable company.
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Secret WhatsApp Group With Over 100 CEOs As Member Comes To Light After Sam Altman Crisis: Report
"Sam is out," the text said. Immediately, executives started inquiring about what went wrong and "What did Sam do?"
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This Cutting-Edge, Wearable "AI Pin" Can Display Apps On Your Hand
Humane, a Silicon Valley startup with a star-studded list of co-founders and executives, on Thursday released a $699 device that aims to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence to a lapel near you.
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‘It Could Evolve Into Jarvis’: Race Towards 'Autonomous' AI Agents and Copilots Grips Silicon Valley
Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is raising the stakes, powered by the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals.
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Inflection AI Raises $1.3 Billion Investment From Microsoft and Nvidia
Inflection AI, a startup backed by several Silicon Valley heavyweights, said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion (nearly Rs. 10,670 crore) from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia, amid a boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The investment, a mix of cash and cloud credit, valued the one-year-old company at $4 billion (nearly Rs....
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Elon Musk Assembling Team to Develop ChatGPT Rival, Held Talks With Former DeepMind AI Researcher: Report
Musk, who had co-founded OpenAI along with Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit startup, had left its board in 2018, but chimed in with his take on the chatbot, calling it "scary good".
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‘AI Could Be the Next Platform’: Silicon Valley Investors Rush to Find the Next ChatGPT
Since its discrete release in late November, ChatGPT has become one of the fastest growing apps ever and pushed Microsoft and Google to rush out projects that had until now stayed carefully guarded over fears that the technology wasn't yet ready for the public.
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Tech CEOs Will Pay a Harsh Price for These Job Cuts
Big Tech layoffs have affected nearly every noteworthy firm in Silicon Valley with almost 100,000 positions eliminated this year. Tech workers might have taken the brunt of firings, but their counterparts in finance have begun to feel the pressure of the ongoing financial slowdown. Here's how the ongoing layoffs in the tech sector could hurt CEOs a...
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Microsoft Unveils ChatGPT-Powered Teams Premium
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday rolled out a premium Teams messaging offering powered by ChatGPT to simplify meetings using the AI chatbot that has taken Silicon Valley by a storm.
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Davos 2023: What Silicon Valley CEO's Are Saying About ChatGPT-Style AI at the World Economic Forum
ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm ever since developer OpenAI decided to allow users to try out the service. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the chatbot is set to receive a lot of attention, especially from CEOs of firms including Microsoft, Sony, Cloudflare, Palantir, and CarMax.
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After Amazon And Microsoft, Cisco To Lay Off 4,000 Employees: Report
A report in the Silicon Valley Business Journal said the company has decided to take this step in a 'rebalancing' act while 'rightsizing certain businesses.'
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Elon Musk Ropes in Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Sriram Krishnan Ahead of Plans to Revamp Twitter
Elon Musk, who recently took on the role of CEO at Twitter, has roped in Indian-American technology executive Sriram Krishnan to help him revamp the microblogging platform. Krishnan revealed that he was "temporarily" helping out Elon Musk with Twitter after the takeover deal, and that he is “still very much in my day job” as general partner at ...
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Apple Prohibits Caste-Based Discrimination With Update in Employee Conduct Policy
Apple emerges as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of caste-based discrimination. Apple updated its general employee conduct policy about two years ago to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste. Inclusion of caste as a category goes beyond the US discrimination laws, which do not explicitly ban casteism. Several co...
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AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.
Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.
-
Intel Signs Microsoft as Foundry Customer; Says Firm on Track to Overtake Biggest Rival TSMC
Intel has signed Microsoft as a foundry customer for its 18A technology, the company said at an event. The chipmaker said it expects to beat its 2025 deadline to overtake TSMC in advanced chip manufacturing. The news of Intel's 14A technology is the first time the Silicon Valley company has given details of its plans beyond 2025.
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After Dip In Apple's Stock, Microsoft May Takeover As Most Valuable Company
A recent dip in Apple's stock over worries about iPhone sales has left the Silicon Valley tech heavyweight in danger of being overtaken by Microsoft as the world's most valuable company.
-
Secret WhatsApp Group With Over 100 CEOs As Member Comes To Light After Sam Altman Crisis: Report
"Sam is out," the text said. Immediately, executives started inquiring about what went wrong and "What did Sam do?"
-
This Cutting-Edge, Wearable "AI Pin" Can Display Apps On Your Hand
Humane, a Silicon Valley startup with a star-studded list of co-founders and executives, on Thursday released a $699 device that aims to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence to a lapel near you.
-
‘It Could Evolve Into Jarvis’: Race Towards 'Autonomous' AI Agents and Copilots Grips Silicon Valley
Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is raising the stakes, powered by the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals.
-
Inflection AI Raises $1.3 Billion Investment From Microsoft and Nvidia
Inflection AI, a startup backed by several Silicon Valley heavyweights, said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion (nearly Rs. 10,670 crore) from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia, amid a boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The investment, a mix of cash and cloud credit, valued the one-year-old company at $4 billion (nearly Rs....
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Elon Musk Assembling Team to Develop ChatGPT Rival, Held Talks With Former DeepMind AI Researcher: Report
Musk, who had co-founded OpenAI along with Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit startup, had left its board in 2018, but chimed in with his take on the chatbot, calling it "scary good".
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‘AI Could Be the Next Platform’: Silicon Valley Investors Rush to Find the Next ChatGPT
Since its discrete release in late November, ChatGPT has become one of the fastest growing apps ever and pushed Microsoft and Google to rush out projects that had until now stayed carefully guarded over fears that the technology wasn't yet ready for the public.
-
Tech CEOs Will Pay a Harsh Price for These Job Cuts
Big Tech layoffs have affected nearly every noteworthy firm in Silicon Valley with almost 100,000 positions eliminated this year. Tech workers might have taken the brunt of firings, but their counterparts in finance have begun to feel the pressure of the ongoing financial slowdown. Here's how the ongoing layoffs in the tech sector could hurt CEOs a...
-
Microsoft Unveils ChatGPT-Powered Teams Premium
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday rolled out a premium Teams messaging offering powered by ChatGPT to simplify meetings using the AI chatbot that has taken Silicon Valley by a storm.
-
Davos 2023: What Silicon Valley CEO's Are Saying About ChatGPT-Style AI at the World Economic Forum
ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm ever since developer OpenAI decided to allow users to try out the service. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the chatbot is set to receive a lot of attention, especially from CEOs of firms including Microsoft, Sony, Cloudflare, Palantir, and CarMax.
-
After Amazon And Microsoft, Cisco To Lay Off 4,000 Employees: Report
A report in the Silicon Valley Business Journal said the company has decided to take this step in a 'rebalancing' act while 'rightsizing certain businesses.'
-
Elon Musk Ropes in Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Sriram Krishnan Ahead of Plans to Revamp Twitter
Elon Musk, who recently took on the role of CEO at Twitter, has roped in Indian-American technology executive Sriram Krishnan to help him revamp the microblogging platform. Krishnan revealed that he was "temporarily" helping out Elon Musk with Twitter after the takeover deal, and that he is “still very much in my day job” as general partner at ...
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Apple Prohibits Caste-Based Discrimination With Update in Employee Conduct Policy
Apple emerges as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of caste-based discrimination. Apple updated its general employee conduct policy about two years ago to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste. Inclusion of caste as a category goes beyond the US discrimination laws, which do not explicitly ban casteism. Several co...
