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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That.

Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here’s what’s needed to make academia relevant in AI research.

Nov 25

Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That.

Nov 25

How Spotify Will Handle — And Harness — Generative AI

Spotify’s Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström talks about AI music, Notebook LM podcasts, and the nuance of building better…

Nov 14

How Spotify Will Handle — And Harness — Generative AI

Nov 14

Notes On The Bezos Debacle At The Washington Post

A tech mogul obsessed with customers disappoints the newspaper’s subscribers. Oversight or typical billionaire move?

Oct 30

Notes On The Bezos Debacle At The Washington Post

Oct 30

Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor

Elihay Vidal’s AI avatar looks pretty darn human, and it will read you the latest news from a convincing synthetic media set. But why did…

Sep 24

Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor

Sep 24

Is OpenAI’s New “o1” Model The Big Step Forward We’ve Been Waiting For?

The new model can reason through really hard problems. Some will see its promise before others.

Sep 16

Is OpenAI’s New “o1” Model The Big Step Forward We’ve Been Waiting For?

Sep 16

The Podcast Beginner’s Fast Start Guide — Big Technology Edition

Everything you need to know about starting a podcast, from a veteran podcast host and producer.

Jul 29

The Podcast Beginner’s Fast Start Guide — Big Technology Edition

Jul 29

AI Employees Should Have a “Right To Warn” About Looming Trouble

Reasonable rules allowing employees at AI research houses to warn about impending problems are sensible given the technology’s increasing…

Jul 3

AI Employees Should Have a “Right To Warn” About Looming Trouble

Jul 3

Elon Musk’s Plan For AI News

Musk emails me with details on AI-powered news inside X. An AI bot will summarize news and commentary, sometimes looking through tens of…

May 7

Elon Musk’s Plan For AI News

May 7

WhatsApp is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why.

The leading global messaging app is having its breakout moment in the U.S. with some help from Tim Cook and a bit of planning.

Jan 16

WhatsApp is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why.

Jan 16

The First Hit Generative AI Product After ChatGPT? Somehow, It’s Snapchat+

Snapchat users are flocking to its new AI-powered subscription. But is generative AI a feature or something more?

Jan 16

The First Hit Generative AI Product After ChatGPT? Somehow, It’s Snapchat+

Jan 16

Alex Kantrowitz

Alex Kantrowitz

Veteran journalist covering Big Tech and society. Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://bigtechnology.com.

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