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Microsoft’s latest earnings were as much about reassurance as results.In a memo to employees after the company reported quarterly earnings, CFO Amy Hood pointed to Azure’s growth and Copilot’s momentum as evidence that Microsoft’s biggest AI bets are paying off, even as the company spends tens of billions of dollars…
Google’s latest earnings call offered a familiar message: AI is driving growth, and it’s also getting more expensive.On Wednesday, Alphabet reported second-quarter revenue of $119.8 billion, up 24% from a year earlier, while Google Cloud posted another blockbuster quarter as enterprises raced to adopt AI. At the same time, executives…
Chances are, you’ve heard of Hyrox. If not, it may only be a matter of time.Hyrox, a group fitness competition, has ballooned in popularity. The race combines 1-kilometer running stints with functional fitness stations like sled pushes and pulls, burpees, and farmer’s carries, all set to a party atmosphere that…
AI is making a lot of people rich. You might not be one of them, says Palantir CEO Alex Karp — and that’s the problem.In an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner, Karp said AI will likely raise living standards broadly, but the scale of gains at the very…
OpenAI has built a super app for work.On Thursday, the company announced it is now merging its popular Codex AI coding tool into its ChatGPT desktop app, a move to turn the flagship AI app into a one-stop shop for engineers and other professionals. OpenAI also revealed a Work setting…
In what is perhaps Thomas Edison’s most famous quote, the inventor said, “Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.”For most of Edison’s career, this perspiration took place in his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.When the laboratory opened in 1887, Edison had already been credited with inventing the light…
As AI races toward an agent-powered future, a legendary systems engineer says it reminds him of another technological revolution he knows quite well: the birth of the internet.Vinton Cerf, the now 83-year-old who helped invent the networking protocols that underpin the modern web, has important guidance for the AI boom.During…
Move over, Mad Men. Cannes is a creator town now — at least for the next week.A legion of influencers will be among the estimated 13,000-plus attendees headed to this year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival, which kicks off in France on Monday. Creators are jostling for brand deals, paid speaking…
One company’s headache may be another’s opportunity.The White House’s restrictions on access to Anthropic’s new AI models have created winners and losers across the AI industry.On Friday, US officials restricted access to Anthropic’s cybersecurity-focused models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, after concluding safeguards designed to prevent misuse of Fable 5…
I knew visiting Intel’s chip factory would be different when they told me I couldn’t wear my regular deodorant.Or lotion. Or hairspray. Or makeup.Before I’d even boarded the plane to Oregon, Intel sent my videographer and me a long list of things we couldn’t wear or bring into its factory…
