Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
Business

Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...

January 3, 20241 min read
Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.
Business

Vive L’Intelligence Artificielle: Paris emerges as a hub for AI ventures.

AI ventures are thriving in the French capital. Paris is host to a crop of young companies that focus on large language models. TechCrunch surveyed the scene.  Paris is well situated for an AI boomlet...

January 3, 20241 min read
Amazon Joins Chatbot Fray: The pros and cons of Q, Amazon’s new enterprise chatbot
Business

Amazon Joins Chatbot Fray: The pros and cons of Q, Amazon’s new enterprise chatbot

Amazon launched a chatbot for large companies even as internal tests indicated potential problems. Amazon introduced Q, an AI-powered assistant that enables employees to query documents and corporate systems.

December 6, 20232 min read
Amazon Joins Chatbot Fray: The pros and cons of Q, Amazon’s new enterprise chatbot
Business

Amazon Joins Chatbot Fray: The pros and cons of Q, Amazon’s new enterprise chatbot

Amazon launched a chatbot for large companies even as internal tests indicated potential problems. Amazon introduced Q, an AI-powered assistant that enables employees to query documents and corporate systems.

December 6, 20232 min read
The CEO Is O̶u̶t̶ In: All about the leadership shakeup at OpenAI
Business

The CEO Is O̶u̶t̶ In: All about the leadership shakeup at OpenAI

OpenAI abruptly fired and rehired its CEO Sam Altman, capping five days of chaos within the company. On Friday, the OpenAI board of directors — whose membership since has changed — ousted CEO and co-founder Sam Altman from his leadership position and his seat on the board.

November 22, 20233 min read
The CEO Is O̶u̶t̶ In: All about the leadership shakeup at OpenAI
Business

The CEO Is O̶u̶t̶ In: All about the leadership shakeup at OpenAI

OpenAI abruptly fired and rehired its CEO Sam Altman, capping five days of chaos within the company. On Friday, the OpenAI board of directors — whose membership since has changed — ousted CEO and co-founder Sam Altman from his leadership position and his seat on the board.

November 22, 20233 min read
Anthropic Cultivates Alternatives: Anthropic secures $2 billion investment from Google, weeks after Amazon deal
Business

Anthropic Cultivates Alternatives: Anthropic secures $2 billion investment from Google, weeks after Amazon deal

Weeks after it announced a huge partnership deal with Amazon, Anthropic doubled down on its earlier relationship with Alphabet.

November 15, 20232 min read
Anthropic Cultivates Alternatives: Anthropic secures $2 billion investment from Google, weeks after Amazon deal
Business

Anthropic Cultivates Alternatives: Anthropic secures $2 billion investment from Google, weeks after Amazon deal

Weeks after it announced a huge partnership deal with Amazon, Anthropic doubled down on its earlier relationship with Alphabet.

November 15, 20232 min read
Hype Overshoots Reality: Big AI buzz may not equal profit
Business

Hype Overshoots Reality: Big AI buzz may not equal profit

AI companies are soaring on promises they can revolutionize society while making a profit. What if they're flying too close to the sun? The latest models generate publication-worthy essays and award-winning artworks, but it’s not clear how to make them generate enough revenue...

October 25, 20232 min read
Hype Overshoots Reality: Big AI buzz may not equal profit
Business

Hype Overshoots Reality: Big AI buzz may not equal profit

AI companies are soaring on promises they can revolutionize society while making a profit. What if they're flying too close to the sun? The latest models generate publication-worthy essays and award-winning artworks, but it’s not clear how to make them generate enough revenue...

October 25, 20232 min read
Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.
Business

Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.

Amazon cut a multi billion-dollar deal with AI startup Anthropic, giving it a powerful ally in the generative arms race. Amazon committed to investing as much as $4 billion in Anthropic. In return, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the primary provider of Anthropic’s Claude and other models.

October 4, 20232 min read
Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.
Business

Amazon and Anthropic Form Alliance: A multibillion dollar deal between Amazon and Anthropic changes the race for AI in the cloud.

Amazon cut a multi billion-dollar deal with AI startup Anthropic, giving it a powerful ally in the generative arms race. Amazon committed to investing as much as $4 billion in Anthropic. In return, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the primary provider of Anthropic’s Claude and other models.

October 4, 20232 min read
Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
Business

Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.

September 27, 20232 min read
Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.
Business

Chatbots for Productivity: Microsoft extends Copilot to 365 and Windows.

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered assistants will roll out in the coming months.

September 27, 20232 min read
Painting With Text, Voice, and Images: ChatGPT now accepts voice and image inputs and outputs.
Business

Painting With Text, Voice, and Images: ChatGPT now accepts voice and image inputs and outputs.

The updates expand ChatGPT into a voice-controlled, interactive system for text and image interpretation and production.

September 27, 20232 min read

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