As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
…Well before consumer AI entered the scene, productivity exploded while wages failed to keep pace. Nobody is working less, they’re just earning less. And as more AI-related companies reap trillions…
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Google’s super expensive AI plan is getting cheaper.
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PlayStation sees AI as a ‘powerful tool’ to help make games
…vision in the realm of video production.” Through their “explorations,” the companies have identified “massive gains in speed and productivity per person” and opportunities where “AI can produce highly sophisticated and realistic…
Would you let robots spend your money? Google is betting on it
…Amazon sued AI company Perplexity in November for allowing users to buy products through its Comet AI browser. OpenAI’s efforts at checkout features within ChatGPT were disappointing. As more shoppers use…
Netflix’s new studio will produce animated shorts with generative AI
…INKubator is just Netflix’s latest push to use AI for production. Earlier this year, it acquired InterPositive, an AI startup founded by Ben Affleck. But while InterPositive is primarily focused on…
Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic
…In February, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote, “Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people.” Read Dresser’s memo in full below. > The System That Will Win Enterprise AI > As…
The AI code wars are heating up
…Even in those early days, it was also obvious why AI coding tools might one day be a good business. Developers are expensive; product creation takes a long time. Any tool that…
Jeff Bezos’ AI startup aims to build an ‘artificial general engineer’
…The startup, called Prometheus, aims to develop AI-powered engineering tools to aid in the design of physical products. The NYT first reported on Prometheus last November, but now Bezos is sharing…
AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
…She wipes a tear off her cheek. But Aliyah isn’t real, and neither are her supposedly handmade products — she’s one of many AI-generated influencers created to sell mass…
AI video is moving beyond clip slop
…The gist? Don’t just use AI for video — use it for everything. Luma has been working on AI agents that can help with the entire production process. Jain compares this transition…