Intel’s Modular Vision, Meta MTIA 2, Google Axion

Intel is pushing for a world with a modular AI stack that runs at the edge, for obvious reasons. Then, both Meta and Google have new chips of their own.

Gemini 1.5 and Google’s Nature

Google Cloud Next 2024 was Google’s most impressive assertion yet that it has the AI scale advantage and is determined to use it.

Google Earnings, Microsoft Earnings

Google’s earnings were inscrutable, which doesn’t inspire confidence; then Microsoft’s earnings looked incredible, but it’s important to trace where the AI growth is coming from.

Google’s True Moonshot

Google could do more than just win the chatbot war: it is the one company that could make a universal assistant. The question is if the company is willing to risk it all.

Google Earnings, Microsoft Earnings, AI Leverage

Google’s ad business looks good, but the cloud is slowing; Microsoft’s results suggest that is because the latter is winning in AI.