Archive For

June 2023

Artificial Intelligence – Countdown to winter

Irrational exuberance is in full swing. As surely as autumn and winter follow summer, the current exuberance around AI is not going to last simply...

Micron – Supercycle pt. XI

Bottoming out? Micron reported lower-than-expected losses and guided better for the coming quarter as the company thinks that the worst is over in terms of...

USA vs. China – The screw

USA looks to tighten further. The US Department of Commerce is looking to tighten restrictions on China still further by again lowering the performance bar...

Baidu & AI – ChatCCP pt. II

Baidu highlights the CCP’s conundrum. Baidu’s latest model release claims to be better than ChatGPT but raises more questions than answers with opaque testing and...

Alibaba – Jack’s back

Eddie and Jack can only do so much. After a string of failed strategies to ignite interest in the company and its stock, Jack Ma...

China vs. USA – Inconsequential acceleration

Dutch restrictions do not make much difference. The Netherlands is moving far faster than anyone expected in increasing restrictions on exports to China but restrictions...

Google Automotive – Out of GAS?

Nanny regulator comes to the rescue. It is no coincidence that it is the German regulatory authority that is taking issue with Google’s automotive business...

Tesla & EVs – Unexpected bonus

Tesla is becoming a standard in charging. Tesla is becoming a standard in-vehicle charging but even if it were to take over the entire world...

Tech Newsround – Semis and China

Intel – Germany 1. Intel 1. Intel has announced that it will nearly double its investments in Germany in return for a 47% increase in...

Mercedes & ChatGPT – CarGPT

AI needs to reside in the vehicle to work well. Mercedes is exploring enabling ChatGPT in the vehicle but I think it should be looking...