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OpenAI & Microsoft – Ecosystem game

OpenAI makes its play for the AI ecosystem OpenAI is seeking to capitalise on its early lead in AI and change a chatbot into a digital environment where developers go...

Artificial Intelligence – Lifecycle of a bubble pt. II

Bubble valuations but real use cases.  As more and more models are released by companies, start-ups and open source, the harder they will have to work to attract users meaning...

Apple – Chugging along.

M3 does not wipe the floor with Elite X. Apple launched its next series of M-chips but even though they will all be made on the new 3nm TSMC process,...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – The Gauntlet

Qualcomm throws down the gauntlet to both Apple and Intel. Qualcomm is mounting a bold challenge to both Apple and Intel in PCs with the launch of the Snapdragon X...

Intel and Amazon – Game of numbers.

Good numbers but both have problems. Both Intel and Amazon reported good results, but both have some fundamental problems that are hurting current performance and will take some time to...

Google & Microsoft – Scroogled again

Microsoft is really getting under Google’s skin. Microsoft continues to leverage OpenAI to get under Google’s skin and this quarter one can see some impact of this in the numbers....

USA vs. China – Tit for tat

The USA still has the upper hand. In the face of further restrictions on its ability to develop AI algorithms, China is threatening to restrict the export of graphite in...

Autonomous driving – Bloody economics

An unattractive proposition. It looks increasingly like it will be Cruise rather than Tesla or Waymo that gets to market first with robotaxis giving it the best opportunity to be...

USA vs. China – The screw pt. III

Existing rules made more effective. The tightening of restrictions on chip exports to China aims to close a series of loopholes that allowed China to work around the rules and...

Baidu – ERNIE 1.0

The real ERNIE 1.0. Baidu rolled out the latest version of its ERNIE chatbot which is a great improvement over previous versions and in my opinion, is what the company...