Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
…Already, we’ve found out that Sutskever and others were worried about the success of Stability AI, a then-competitor open-source lab. Sutskever also felt “betrayed” by Reid Hoffman, an early…
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The RAM shortage could get even worse if Samsung labor protests cut production
The RAM shortage caused by demand from AI datacenters is already driving up prices on phones, PS5s, and Raspberry Pis, but it could be about to get even worse. Samsung is facing…
First vacuums — then the world
…While some products feature new innovations (mostly related to AI), some closely resemble competitors’ products — particularly the Dyson Airwrap-inspired line of hair dryers. (Dyson has sued Dreame over the similarities.) [Image…
Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are all teasing Nvidia’s new N1X laptop processors
…We first heard rumors about Nvidia’s laptop processors in 2023, and Dell CEO Michael Dell hinted at the possibility of an AI PC with Nvidia during an interview in 2024. Nvidia…
Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead
…Any other competitor can now join in. Microsoft previously owned about 27 percent (on an “as-converted diluted basis, inclusive of all owners”) in the public benefit corporation. The new terms state…
Allbirds announced a switch from shoes to AI and its stock jumped 600 percent
…What does that have to do with anything Allbirds has ever done, and how much AI compute can $50 million provide to its customers that trillion- and billion-dollar competitors can’t…
The Stepback
…Tina Nguyen Apr 19 The AI code wars are heating up OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are eating the software world alive. David Pierce Apr 12 Grammarly’s sloppelganger saga AI-generated ‘Expert…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Coupled with these changes, Amazon — one of Microsoft’s biggest competitors — recently announced internal changes that turn its software developers into “Builders” that are expected to use AI agents daily. Software management…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…AI tools and government contracts may make it competitive with Palantir, the current AI standard-bearer in assembling government data so the secret police can stalk their victims. This vision is, obviously…
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…At the time, Canva had escaped a lot of the criticism being leveled at its competitors for adding AI tools. Melanie attributed that both to how much Canva users love the product…