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Amazon – Alexa me too

Alexa is the obvious place for generative AI at Amazon Amazon is jumping on the generative AI bandwagon with the intention to use it to power searches on its site,...

Google I/O 2023 – Fightback

Google mounts a steady fightback. Google is clearly still on the back foot, but the sense of panic and disarray has gone to be replaced with a sense of purpose...

Artificial Intelligence – Job debate

AI could make work better not worse. The AI debate continues to dominate public discourse with the emphasis now being on the job market and while there are going to...

Artificial Intelligence – Man not machine

Humans are at risk from humans, not machines. The exit of Geoffrey Hinton from Google has caused a stir and has reignited the AI safety/Armageddon debate, but the reality remains...

Pinterest Q1 2023 – Lip Service

Bill Ready looks out of his depth. The outlook for this company now completely depends on cost-cutting as OPEX remains ridiculously bloated and I have serious concerns that Bill Ready...

Meta Platforms Q1 2023 – The phoenix

Meta continues to rise from the ashes of 2022. Meta Platforms roared back to life with an excellent set of earnings which give it a platform to resume investing and,...

Google & Microsoft – Offence & defence

Two sides of the same story in search. Google and Microsoft both reported good results but took very different lines on what AI is doing to search with Google saying...

Microsoft – Dream Team

Good luck and good timing give great results. Microsoft is backing away from bundling Teams with Office 365 which I expect will have no impact at all on its use...

Arm vs. Qualcomm – Preamble

A situation that makes little sense. The dispute between Arm and Qualcomm is one of the more bizarre that I have seen in my time, but it is descending into...

Tesla Q1 23 – Normalisation.

A promise that will never come true. The promise of fantastically profitable robotaxis will never come true meaning that lower margins as Tesla falls into line with the rest of...