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Robotaxis – Nasty endgame

The industry is inching towards a bloodbath.    All of the larger players who intend to offer robotaxis services are inching towards commerciality but when they finally get there, they...

Apple – Buzzword Magic

I am not sure anyone knows what an AI laptop is.    Such is the magic of AI that it can add over $100bn to the value of a company...

Autonomous Driving – Back in business?

Cruise makes a cautious return.  It looks like Cruise is about to resume testing its robotaxis service which makes sense because the penalties that it incurred were more a result...

Meta vs. Nvidia – No competition

Meta is still tinkering with silicon.  Meta’s new AI chip is being taken as a competitor to Nvidia but the fact that it does not even remotely compare to Nvidia’s...

Artificial Intelligence – Missing Link

The link is still missing.   Meta and OpenAI are claiming that their next models will be capable of reasoning which, if true, will be a key step forward in...

China vs. USA – Insurance Policy

Higher costs are a necessary insurance policy.   The announcement of $11.6bn in government assistance for TSMC is not really new news but it does further highlight that higher-priced chips...

Xiaomi – Silver lining

Xiaomi’s love of low margins makes an EV viable. Xiaomi can succeed where Apple failed because its hardware is already very unprofitable meaning that adding an EV into the product...

Samsung Q1 24 – AI side effect

2024 starts with a predictable bang. Samsung reported results that beat expectations confirming that the boom in demand for AI is affecting more than just Nvidia, while a modest recovery...

Google AI – Penny Pincher

Gen AI is clearly very expensive to operate. Google is toying with the idea of putting new features of its flagship search service behind a paywall which indicates that the...

Electric Vehicles – Unready for Reality

EVs have run out of well-heeled early adopters. While the long-term proposition of electrical vehicles remains unchanged, the realities of delivering on that proposition are really starting to tell as...