53 posts tagged ‘Microsoft’
OpenAI, Microsoft’s Partnership May Be Killed Off Before the Dawn of AGI
Gizmodo,
OpenAI’s mission is to develop a god-like artificial intelligence, but it might never get there without the help of Microsoft. U.S. regulators are reportedly clamoring over who can investigate OpenAI and Microsoft’s relationship over antitrust concerns, according to Politico on Friday. If the partnership is broken up,… Read more...
Here Are All the Apps You Will and Won’t Get on the Vision Pro
Those diving into Apple’s new mixed reality headset might be missing a few of their favorite apps as they navigate the Cupertino company’s new “spatial” environment. Pre-orders for the Vision Pro go live Friday, but if you’re considering dropping $3,500 on this big-budget headset, you should know what kinds of virtual… Read more...
Indiana Jones whips Nazis and looks for a Great Circle in the trailer for his new video game
AV Club,
MachineGames, the developers behind Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, are experts in making video games about punching Nazis, so it makes sense that they were tasked with developing Indiana Jones And The Great Circle, a brand new first-person action game starring pop culture’s most famous… Read more...
Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa
More than 75 million people use Alexa, but by Amazon’s standards, the service is a total failure. The problem is Alexa doesn’t make any money, and the service is a huge drain on company resources. Apparently, Amazon has a last-ditch plan to save its digital assistant by supercharging it with AI and charging you for… Read more...
We Could All Be Paying for Samsung's AI
Samsung devoted the vast majority of its latest Unpacked showcase to AI. Even if the star of the show is still the Galaxy S24, Samsung wants all its fans to hitch themselves up to the AI bandwagon, but once you look at the fine print, the company may also need users to pay up for at least some of these or future… Read more...
Nvidia’s AI NPCs Fear Me, the Dreaded Ramen Bounty Hunter
The AI knows me as Kai, a bounty hunter in some vague cyberpunk city known as Kairos. Oh, but I am much more than that. I strolled into a ramen shop owned by the dull, affable Jin and patronized by the dull, professional Nova, and I weaved a yarn. I am not only a bounty hunter. I am a wizard bounty hunter and a member… Read more...
What a long, strange year it’s been in enterprise tech news
TechCrunch,
Looking back at the top enterprise news stories of the year, it's clear that generative AI dominated, but it wasn't the only news. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Siri's Not Dead Yet, Jony Ive Comes Out of Hibernation, and More of the Biggest Tech News
The sleepy week between Christmas and New Year’s is for hangouts and hangovers. That is unless you work at Apple. For the folks in Cupertino, this week was all about trying to get the Apple Watch unbanned and scrambling to find a new lead designer for the iPhone. Read more...