The AI code wars are heating up
…AI even before anyone was really talking about AI. In the spring of 2021, 18 months before the world knew the word “ChatGPT,” Microsoft debuted the very first product of a partnership…
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Why your Whoop might tell you to up your testosterone
…Whoop was one of the first wearable companies to add AI coaching in 2023. Then, both companies added partnerships to help people order blood tests and integrate the data into their platforms…
Uber employees have a Dara AI
…Last year Dara told me he was wide open to partnerships just to see if they were meaningful, but all the AI Uber integrations I’ve seen so far have been pretty…
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
Microsoft first started opening up access to Claude Code in December, inviting thousands of its own developers to use Anthropic’s AI coding tool daily. It was part of an effort to…
Autonomous Cars
…Driverless Digest ’s Harry Campbell is also predicting that Waymo and Uber’s partnership may be running out of steam. Uber and Waymo are partners. They're also starting to sound like…
Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
Last week, Midjourney, an AI startup best known for its image generator, made an unusual pivot: medical imaging. The company announced a futuristic ultrasound scanner that would dunk users into a…
How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV
…It really does look as if it was designed by AI. It’s like a mathematical averaging of many different themes,” Zammit said, adding that, “it’s almost alarmingly vacant…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…Xbox exclusive games or release windows. “We will reevaluate our approach to exclusivity, windowing, and AI, and share more as we learn and decide,” says Sharma and Booty. The memo also touches…
Google Pixel
…In 2024, it seems like the company will be leaning into AI. It’s got the Pixel 9 Pro with plenty of Gemini AI features, plus the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…We spent a lot of time discussing with VW leadership before we engaged in such a partnership. What made [Rivian CEO] RJ [Scaringe] and myself lean heavily into this partnership is, one…