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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Copilot Pages, Salesforce Agents
Microsoft is taking another shot at the unified workspace with Copilot Pages; Salesforce, meanwhile, is going directly to autonomous AI agents. It’s a harder problem technically, but the technology may not be the biggest problem.
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OpenAI’s New Model, How o1 Works, Scaling Inference
OpenAI’s has a new model called o1; it’s a new approach that solves some of the key limitations of current LLMs — and it solves crossword puzzles.
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An Interview with Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman About Evolving Strategy
An interview with new Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman about Zillow’s evolving strategy over the years, and how home buying is changing as the agent market faces momentous shifts.
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An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Smartphones, AI, and Intel
An interview with Ben Bajarin about AI’s impact on the smartphone market, including the differing strategies between Apple and Google. Then, a long discussion about what to do about Intel.
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Broadcom and Intel?, Nvidia Earnings, DOJ Investigating Nvidia
Thinking about Intel rescue plans, then Nvidia’s earnings were expectedly uneven; what is unexpected is the extent to which the Justice Department wants to punish success.
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Intel Honesty
The best way to both save Intel and have leading edge manufacturing in the U.S. is to split the company, and for the U.S. government to pick up the bill via purchase guarantees.
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Perplexity Search Ads, Inventory-Defined Advertisers, Telegram Follow-Up
Perplexity’s upcoming advertising model looks a lot different than traditional search advertising; it may always look different.
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An Interview with Canva CEO Melanie Perkins About Disrupting Design
An interview with Canva CEO Melanie Perkins about founding Canva, disrupting design, and incorporating generative AI.
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TSMC Earnings, The AI Milestone
TSMC’s earnings included the milestone of high-performance computing — including AI — surpassing smartphones; the next milestone is Apple no longer being TSMC’s leading-edge customer.
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AMD Acquires ZT Systems, AMD’s Integration, Substack In-App Purchases
AMD is acquiring ZT Systems in a bid to integrate AI system design and AI chips; then, more on Apple’s creator tax