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OpenAI ‘Blueprint’ Calls on US to ‘Act Big’ on AI
artificial intelligence // January 14, 2025

OpenAI has issued what it calls its “economic blueprint” for artificial intelligence (AI). The document, published Monday (Jan. 13), includes the tech company’s argument for how and why the U.S. must “win on AI.” “Today, while some countries sideline AI and its economic potential, the...

What Is Artificial General Intelligence and Why It Matters to Business
artificial intelligence // January 13, 2025

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) represents what many consider the Holy Grail of AI: machines that can understand, learn and apply knowledge across different situations and tasks, at or exceeding the human level. Today’s AI systems consist of what’s called “narrow AI,” which excels in specific...

Amazon and General Catalyst Launch AI-Focused Health Partnership
Healthcare // January 13, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has formed an artificial intelligence (AI)-centric health partnership with General Catalyst. AWS says the collaboration, announced Monday (Jan. 13), combines its tech expertise with General Catalyst’s history of healthcare investments. “AWS and General Catalyst believe that AI has immense potential to [effect] meaningful change in...

The Big GenAI Time and Money Shift
artificial intelligence // January 13, 2025

The average consumer spends about 3 seconds when opening an app on their smartphone. Most open 10 different apps a day. Over the course of a year, the time people spend just opening apps, not engaging with them, adds up to nearly half a typical...

Interviews & Exclusives
Meta Chief AI Scientist Slams Quest for Human-Level Intelligence

January 08, 2025
Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on Wednesday (Jan. 8) criticized prevailing definitions of artificial general intelligence (AGI), arguing that continued scaling of text-based large language models alone will not suffice. During a fireside chat at CES in Las Vegas, the Frenchman, winner of the Turing Award — computing’s Nobel Prize — disagreed with OpenAI […]

Travelers Increasingly Trust Their Travel to AI Assistants

January 07, 2025
Generative AI is making its mark in various industries, particularly in the travel and hospitality sectors, where it is increasing customer engagement, improving operational efficiencies and providing personalized experiences. According...

Move Over GenAI. Google Says Get Ready for GenWorld

January 06, 2025
Google DeepMind announced Monday (Jan. 6) that it is creating a new team to work on “massive” generative models that would “simulate the world.” These models represent the next stage...

55% of Companies Have Implemented AI-Powered Cybersecurity

January 02, 2025
The share of chief operating officers (COOs) who report that their companies have implemented artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automated cybersecurity management systems has increased threefold since earlier this year. The increase...

Quick Reads
OpenAI ‘Blueprint’ Calls on US to ‘Act Big’ on AI

January 14, 2025
OpenAI has issued what it calls its “economic blueprint” for artificial intelligence (AI). The document, published Monday (Jan. 13), includes the tech company’s argument for how and why the U.S. must “win on AI.” “Today, while some countries sideline AI and its economic potential, the U.S. government can pave the road for its AI industry […]

Amazon and General Catalyst Launch AI-Focused Health Partnership

January 13, 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has formed an artificial intelligence (AI)-centric health partnership with General Catalyst. AWS says the collaboration, announced Monday (Jan. 13), combines its tech expertise with General Catalyst’s history of healthcare investments....

Wayfair Deploys Google AI to Scale and Enrich Product Catalogs

January 12, 2025
Wayfair has reduced the time needed to curate product listings by 67%, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars and improved some conversion rates by 2% by deploying Google’s artificial intelligence...

Elon Musk Startup xAI Launches App Offering Access to Grok Chatbot

January 09, 2025
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has launched a stand-alone consumer app called Grok that offers access to the company’s chatbot of the same name. Grok Beta for iOS...