In a tech world long dominated by Apple, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken aim at a new target: the iPhone as the center of personal computing. In a memo and earnings commentary timed to perfection, Zuckerberg may have fired…
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For nearly a century, McKinsey & Company has occupied a rarified perch as the elite advisor to CEOs, governments, and boardrooms across the world. Its consultants—often MBAs from the likes of Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford—once commanded deference bordering on awe.…
Zuckerberg, it seems, is pulling every lever possible to accelerate the buildout of his new AI division — Meta’s Superintelligence Labs — in a frantic attempt to catch up with rivals like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic. But the refusal by TML’s team — not one of whom accepted any offer — paints a telling portrait of the current AI climate: money isn’t everything, even when the checks have nine zeros.
Intel Corporation has unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan aimed at reversing its declining market position amid rapid competition in artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor manufacturing. The company announced it will lay off 15% of its global workforce—approximately 24,000 jobs—and cancel multi‑billion‑dollar factory projects in…
Nearly 150 stoplights in San Jose, California, are equipped with an artificial intelligence tool aimed at optimizing bus trips. The tech has allowed the buses to run at higher speeds and reduced commute times for riders by 20%, in part…
Meta on Wednesday prevailed against a group of 13 authors in a major copyright case involving the company’s Llama artificial intelligence model, but the judge made clear his ruling was limited to this case. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria sided with…
Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff. “All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things, that before, we were doing, and we can move on to do…
Every few weeks, the Earth cries out for an artificial intelligence scare on a frequency heard only by tech CEOs. And lo, like a rain cloud over a parched valley, here comes Amazon boss Andy Jassy to shower us with fresh…
Pope Leo XIV says tech companies developing artificial intelligence should abide by an “ethical criterion” that respects human dignity. AI must take “into account the well-being of the human person not only materially, but also intellectually and spiritually,” the pope…
David Cope, a composer and pioneer in the field of algorithmic composition, who in the 1980s developed a computer program for writing music in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other Classical masters, died on May…
