AI & Machine Learning
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Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.
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The first wave of successful AI implementations will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was dominated by large-scale enterprise installations that eliminated jobs. Consumer will come later.
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A single AI can never make everyone happy, which is fundamentally threatening to the Aggregator business model; the solution is personalized AI
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More on Bing, particularly the Sydney personality undergirding it: interacting with Sydney has made me completely rethink what conversational AI is important for.
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The first obvious casualty of large language models is homework: the real training for everyone, though, and the best way to leverage AI, will be in verifying and editing information.
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An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment
An interview with OpenAI President and Co-Founder Greg Brockman about the history of OpenAI, Astra and alignment, and the weight of building the future.
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Fable 5.1, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards
Fable 5.1 is out, and the hated Fable data retention policy is not just being altered, but entirely removed in the meantime. Plus, why increased caching is a win-win.
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Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face
Nvidia’s earnings were remarking and boring — two sides of the same coin. Everything the company does is about avoiding a consolidated world.
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Apple Updates Mini and Studio, AI Computers, OpenAI Jalapeño
Apple and OpenAI have two completely different hardware announcements; both represent pressure on Nvidia.
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Autonomy and Innovation
Incentives favor offense when it comes to agentic cybersecurity; it’s the same dynamic that will limit incumbents and fuel startups in the long run.
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Nvidia Backs OpenAI Data Center, Anthropic News, Google Buys Spirit Airlines Data
Nvidia makes another deal, this time with a frontier lab; Anthropic’s revenue continues to amaze; and maybe data finally is oil.
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Anthropic’s Watermarking, How It (Probably) Works, Worse Than It Seems
Anthropic is adding watermarking in response to the E.U.’s AI law. It’s a terrible idea, first and foremost for philosophical reasons.
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Nvidia’s Risky Business
Nvidia is finding new ways for its customers to raise money, and it’s expanding the risk of the AI buildout significantly.
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Apple Earnings, More on Amazon’s Earnings
Apple’s earnings (and stock) are limited not by memory but rather chip shortages; then, more on Amazon’s earnings and Andy Jassy’s market analysis.