Just_super | E+ | Getty Images “AI is not a place where money makes more money,” Calkins told CNBC in an interview at its London bureau on Tuesday. Calkins was referring to the high-profile deals companies like Microsoft and Amazon are agreeing with ambitious and fast-growing foundational AI model makers, like OpenAI and Anthropic. Microsoft …
The tech market has come a long way since 2022, when macroeconomic headwinds caused a market downturn that saw the Nasdaq-100 Technology index plunge 40%. The same index has since risen 68%, driven by easing inflation and advances in budding markets like artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) has been a major growth driver in the …
Even with all that investment, Microsoft has a shortage of data center infrastructure, specifically for deploying artificial intelligence models. “We do have demand that exceeds our supply by a bit,” Microsoft CFO Amy Hood told analysts on the company’s earnings call. Companies need an ever-increasing amount of compute to run hefty workloads, adding human-like generative …
Alphabet topped analysts’ estimates, reporting revenue growth of 15% for the quarter, the fastest rate of expansion since early 2022. Ad sales at YouTube jumped 20%, also beating expectations. Questions have been swirling about the future of Google’s online ads, because the biggest revenue driver remains search, which is under pressure as new generative AI …
Elon Musk’s Big Bet: Tesla to Ramp Up AI Development with Nvidia’s Powerful Chips Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) may install 85,000 Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) H100 chips by year-end to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. If CEO Elon Musk proceeds with this plan, Tesla will surpass tech giants like Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google as a significant Nvidia customer. During Tesla’s …
The launch of Intel ‘s latest artificial intelligence chip is expected to benefit three global semiconductor companies, according to Morgan Stanley. Intel unveiled its third-generation AI accelerator, Gaudi 3 , earlier this month. The semiconductor giant said the latest chip is twice as power-efficient and can run AI models one-and-a-half times faster than Nvidia’s H100 GPU …
Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI, speaks during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beleaguered artificial intelligence startup Stability is laying off employees after the exit of its controversial former CEO Emad Mostaque. Stability, which is behind …
The Cisco logo is on display at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 26, 2024. Charlie Perez | Nurphoto | Getty Images Enterprise technology titan Cisco Systems on Thursday unveiled a new security architecture product aimed at securing data centers, clouds, and other IT environments with the help of AI. Called HyperShield, …
The artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush is in full swing, and Nvidia has been one of the biggest winners thus far. Its chips power the most advanced AI systems, including ChatGPT from OpenAI, and its share price rocketed 230% over the past year. But Goldman Sachs thinks software and services companies could be the biggest …
Under Jassy, Amazon has morphed into a leaner version of itself, as slowing sales and a challenging economy pushed the company to eschew the relentless growth of the Bezos years. Beginning at the end of 2022 and continuing through 2023, Amazon initiated the largest layoffs in its history, cutting more than 27,000 jobs. Those cuts …