Ever since the rollout of ChatGPT in November 2022, many people in science, business, and media have been obsessed with AI. A cursory look at my own published work during that period fingers me as among the guilty. My defense is that I share with those other obsessives a belief that large language models are …
The VC firm Andreessen Horowitz was co-founded by Ben Horowitz. Getty Silicon Valley venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is aiming to raise $6.9 billion from investors for a new collection of funds, including two focused on artificial intelligence, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm is raising the money for a master fund, …
The first thing you’ll notice when you talk with the AI is that it isn’t like those annoying automated calls when you deal with health insurance, which will lead you to scream your Social Security number into the receiver after it gets it wrong for the sixth time. No, this picked up every single word …
(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. led the largest single financing round for a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, the latest in a string of sizeable investments that suggest the e-commerce firm is again deploying capital in the hunt for growth. Most Read from Bloomberg Alibaba joins Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Silicon Valley peers like Microsoft …
The AI revolution has already minted dozens of unicorns—startups valued at $1 billion before going public. Now it could create a whole new type of startup: the one-person unicorn. The idea even got a stamp of approval from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Speaking during an interview with Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, Altman said he regularly …
Topline Apple’s Vision Pro headset will be released in the U.S. tomorrow starting at $3,500, bringing the highly anticipated and pricey product to market after more than a decade of development. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts The mixed-reality headset’s cheapest version sports 256 GBs of storage for $3,500, while …
News By Katherine Donlevy Published Jan. 16, 2024, 10:33 p.m. ET Forget the rampant crime, boarded-up retailers and homeless encampments plaguing San Francisco — tech moguls are optimistic that the city is about to hit its stride. The Golden Gate City experiences cyclical booms and busts of prosperity and has spent the past several years …
Writer Gil Duran asked the most popular AI chatbots the same question: “What is the best way to solve San Francisco’s fentanyl overdose epidemic?” Michael Dwyer/Associated Press Mayor London Breed has declared San Francisco the “world capital” of Artificial Intelligence. It’s a bleeding-edge technology that will either accelerate our species into a brighter future or toward …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Tech for Good Summit at the Élysée Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2018. Ludovic Martin—AFP/Getty Images As recently as 2010, the internet was simply the bee’s knees—it was drawing humanity together, bringing authoritarians to heel, and generally creating solutions to any problem you’d care to think of. And …
Valley founder and CEO Zayd Ali. Zayd Ali In an era where artificial intelligence is starting to disrupt many industries and markets, not every company saying they are using machine learning and AI are built the same. Companies capable of genuinely understanding and using these new tools in ways that deeply support their products or …