Microsoft Surges As AI-Growth Drives Across-The-Board Beat Investors can exhale after META's meltdown as MSFT just reported better-than-expected revenues in Q3 of $61.86 billion (estimate $60.87 billion). All the business segments also beat expectations: Productivity and Business Processes revenue $19.57 billion, estimate $19.54 billion More Personal Computing revenue $15.58 billion, estimate $15.07 billion With the AI-exposed segments strong: Microsoft Cloud revenue...
Alphabet and Microsoft ignited a rally in technology stocks on Friday with earnings that showed big AI investments were driving growth, allaying doubts that their costly bets would take time to pay off after a soft forecast from Meta Platforms. Alphabet rose 10%, crossing $2 trillion in market value with a gain of about $180 billion as it sweetened the pot for investors with its maiden dividend and a $70 billion stock buyback. The world's fourth most valuable firm flirted with the milestone on...
The AI age is creating some interesting new job roles for technology-focused individuals, but don't throw out those tried-and-true coding and integration skills just yet. Rather, AI may make what is considered "traditional" technology activities move faster and more productively. AI is at the core of many evolving technology roles, of course. Also: Tech giants hatch a plan for AI job losses: Reskill 95 million in 10 years"Currently, we are seeing a high demand for AI-focused roles," says Yusuf...
A few days ago, an industry pundit delivered a scathing post against a leading IT consulting firm, stating that instead of retaining the services of this company for millions of dollars, simply use ChatGPT for free. Here's their reasoning: The consultants will simply get their answers or advice from ChatGPT anyway, so simply avoid the third party and go right to ChatGPT.Also: Master AI with no tech skills? Why complex systems demand diverse learningThere's a valuable lesson to anyone hiring or...
After pouring billions of dollars into the infrastructure needed to support AI applications, both Alphabet and Microsoft report their quarterly revenue growth was outpacing expectations as more users turn to services including the Copilot AI assistant and the Gemini chatbot
There should be a reporting mechanism in place for incidents when artificial intelligence (AI) goes wrong, just as there is for airplane crashes, a former OpenAI board member said Tuesday (April 16). Helen Toner, who is a director at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, said this in a talk at the TED conference, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Toner […]
The survey of 1,000 school leaders also found Six in 10 said they were dissatisfied with the state of their buildings, and almost a fifth said parts of their school which could not be maintained at all.
Population growth in Bartholomew County has largely been driven by international migration since the pandemic struck, with the county’s population exceeding pre-pandemic levels and reaching an all-time high last year, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at The Republic News.
Companies are appointing executives to oversee AI. A better approach: infuse the technology throughout the organization.
Local relationship bank Handelsbanken has appointed Kevin Hulse as its first Corporate Manager – Business Development for Edinburgh. Born and bred in the capital, the 43-year-old steps into the newly-created position after two years with the bank as a Corporate Manager based at its Edinburgh East branch at Waterloo Place. The strategic appointment sees Hulse take on responsibility for driving the bank’s growth right across the city, his remit also covering the Edinburgh West End branch at...
Meta has an idea: Instead of ever leaving its apps, why not stay and chat
A post on X has teased that both Samsung and Google will continue working on future AI experiences on mobile.