August 15, 2023
Google Set to Launch Next-Generation AI Model This Fall
Google is ready to launch its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, Gemini, this fall. The tech giant aims for Gemini to become the force that powers chatbot Bard, which competes with the...
August 15, 2023
FinTechs Look to M&A for Profitability as Economic Shake-Up Continues
The economy stands to make for some unlikely unions in the financial technology space over the next 24 months. Banks have traditionally viewed FinTechs as agile rivals in the digital...
August 10, 2023
AI Adds Fresh Parameters to Open- vs Closed-Source Software Debate
Since the dawn of software, there have been two types of development: open source and closed source. A simple binary with complex ramifications, it is from these two varietals that...
August 09, 2023
UK Retailer John Lewis Launches $127 Million Google Cloud Partnership
British department store company John Lewis Partnership is the latest retailer investing in artificial intelligence (AI). The company has undertaken a 100 million pound (about $127 million) partnership with Google Cloud as it moves to push...
August 04, 2023
Alphabet Reduces Stakes in Robinhood, Duolingo and 23andMe
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has sold off portions of its shares in several publicly traded companies. Among them are the trading platform Robinhood, in which Alphabet sold more than 4.3 million...
August 03, 2023
Top CFOs Take Positive Macro View While Doubling Down Digital
Where a firm spends its money tends to be highly correlated to its business strategy. That makes the chief financial officer (CFO) role crucial for sustainable success – and underscores...
August 02, 2023
Google Wants to Employ AI for ‘Supercharged’ Smart Assistant
Google’s Assistant is getting an AI-powered upgrade that will cost some workers their jobs. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug. 1) by CNBC, citing an internal email to employees from Peeyush Ranjan, Google’s...
July 31, 2023
BigCommerce and Google Team on AI-Powered Features for eCommerce
BigCommerce is leveraging Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to add new AI-powered features to its open Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform. With these additions, which will begin their global rollout by the...
July 27, 2023
Zuckerberg Sees Three AI Categories Driving Meta’s Growth
Meta’s investments in tomorrow are running up tens of billions in losses today. But while the tech giant’s Reality Labs segment, responsible for the metaverse and other longshot bets, has...