Google and Microsoft are competing for smartphone supremacy. Google's Android OS is replacing Bing as the default web search engine on Samsung Galaxy phones. This could mean a loss of $3 billion in revenue to Google while Microsoft's Bing Chat AI-enabled search stands to gain. Find out how this change could affect your search experience.
OpenAI, a San Francisco-based startup specializing in artificial intelligence, has recently concluded a tender offer allowing its employees to cash out their holdings. This move marks the successful conclusion of a negotiation with Microsoft that began last fall for the company to raise billions of dollars. A $27 billion valuation has been implied in these talks, rewarding the 400 employees of OpenAI and recognizing their hard work in developing generative AI technology. Founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman, OpenAI is a leading AI company. It is focused on research related to deep learning, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised learning. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's CTO, is credited for driving the company's most successful funding period to date, raising more than $1.4 billion. He is a major contributor to the progress made in the field of artificial intelligence.
. Microsoft and Epic have combined their resources to bring advanced generative AI into healthcare. By leveraging Azure OpenAI Service and Epic's leading EHR software, they've seen success with automated message responses and expect cost and revenue-boosting opportunities to improve patient care and financial integrity. Get more info at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference in Chicago!
DeepMind Technologies, an AI research lab owned by Alphabet, made headlines when CEO Demis Hassabis spoke to CBS' "60 Minutes." He discussed the potential of AI to gain self-awareness, in light of philosophical debates surrounding the idea of consciousness. Founded in London in 2010 by Hassabis, Mustafa Suleyman and Shane Legg, the lab has achieved impressive results, such as an AI program that defeated a human world champion in a difficult board game. AI is being applied to medical breakthroughs and is being explored as part of OpenAI's launch of the ChatGPT chatbot. Learn how AI could impact the future and the human relationship to machines.
iDrive is replacing hard disk drives with SSDs for their object storage service e2, offering performance and reliability benefits plus global scalability. With efficient sourcing, costs are the same as before and there's a 90% discount for the first year. Get up to one terabyte of storage for just four dollars, with no egress fees, plus seven-day free trial – better than many direct competitors.
Explore the evolution of tech policy from Obama's optimism to Harris's vision at the Democratic National Convention. What's next for Democrats in tech?