A test of ByteDance’s AI. By moving into search, ByteDance is throwing down the gauntlet to Baidu where the contest will be decided by the quality of the algorithms that...
Brute force only benefits Microsoft. Open AI is making a big bet on compute power being the answer to the limitations of AI in a move that I think will...
GM Cruise accepts reality Autonomous Cruise vehicles are no longer expected to be on the streets of San Francisco this year as Cruise has finally accepted that this task is...
Microsoft takes a punt on Open AI. Open AI, the “non-profit” AI company, has taken a $1bn investment from Microsoft that sees Microsoft buy itself a new customer as well...
UC Irvine treads in Deep Mind’s footsteps. The University of California has created an algorithm that can solve Rubik’s cube from scratch, but I think that this achievement pales when...
Yandex is closer to robotaxis than Tesla. Yandex’s subsidiary is expanding its reach into the taxi industry in Russia which provides a route to market for its very promising autonomous...
The whole industry is worth $16.7bn. The valuations being attributed to autonomous driving hopefuls are so high, that I think investors must be assuming that there will only be one...
Elon Musk is becoming a big problem. Outside of a chronic inability to scale, Tesla’s biggest problem is rapidly becoming its mercurial CEO where I think that his views on...
Facial recognition has to be nearly perfect. The Metropolitan Police (the Met) is struggling with a report that Scotland Yard commissioned that strongly indicates that its facial recognition technology is...
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Samsung Bixby – Radical refinement
The best refinement is to ditch Bixby Undeterred by its failure to launch Galaxy Home, a smart speaker with the execrable Bixby, Samsung is doubling down with a mini version...