Google’s annual developer conference begins on Tuesday.
Artificial intelligence (AI) projects are set to comprise up to 10% of companies’ IT budgets. That’s according to a report Sunday (May 12) by Seeking Alpha, citing research by Wedbush. As the report notes, it’s a dramatic jump in AI spending, which last year accounted for under 1% of IT spending. “While the first wave of […]
Job search site Indeed has collated job posting data from 2020 onwards, and following a record surge in demand for software engineers in 2022, reflected in the tech industry's wider hiring spree, it has found that the number of job postings for software roles has tapered off.Read Entire Article
As lawmakers and regulators in the U.S. consider policy born of their Big Tech concerns such as data privacy and artificial intelligence, they should carefully consider how such changes could end up trampling the small and midsize businesses that drive innovation and competition. While policymakers may have Google and Facebook in mind, the actual policies could unintentionally create new regulatory burdens that could deter investment in smaller businesses and prevent new companies from emerging....
Microsoft and Amazon, once merely investors in OpenAI and Anthropic, are
Microsoft, Amazon and Google are spending billions on AI. But Appian CEO Matt Calkins says that ensuring success in the field is "not just about money."
The company recently extended relocation offers to around 700 to 800 staff members, primarily engineers of Chinese nationality. These individuals are being given the chance to transfer to various countries such as the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. read more
The leadership shake-up at the world’s most influential startup, OpenAI, has once again brought to the fore the debate between AI accelerationists, who advocate rapid AI deployment to solve major global challenges, and those who advise assessment and mitigation of potential risks before building machines that are smarter than humans.Just days after the ChatGPT maker announced its most advanced AI model GPT-4o, its superalignment co-lead Jan Leike and cofounder and former chief scientist Ilya...
U.S. officials raised concerns about China’s “misuse of AI” while Beijing’s representatives rebuked Washington over “restrictions and pressure” on artificial intelligence, the governments said separately Wednesday, a day after a meeting in Geneva on the technology.
Technology experts from Liberty Global, Microsoft and EY offered a different perspective on the potential dangers posed by AI, noting a lack of education about the technology could be as damaging as the potential to promote misinformation and deepfakes.
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