AlphaSense is a market intelligence platform that uses generative artificial intelligence (genAI) and natural language processing to help organizations find and analyze insights from sources like financial reports, news, earnings calls, and proprietary documents. The purpose behind the platform is to allow business professionals to access relevant insights and make data-driven decisions. Sarah Hoffman, director…
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that a privacy lawsuit against Google, alleging the company improperly collected personal data from mobile devices, can proceed. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg dismissed Google’s argument that it had sufficiently informed users about its Web & App Activity settings and obtained their consent for tracking, paving the way…
Computers get clogged with digital “stuff” over time, and while we all like to think we’re good at managing all that D-detritus, there’s somehow never quite enough time to clean things up. If you’re new to the Mac, or even if you’ve used an Apple computer for decades, you need to learn these tips to…
Well, I’ll be: It’s a new year! Already. Somehow. I think. (For full disclosure, I’m still at least 77% asleep from my traditional end-of-year hibernation/hiatus. Kindly forgive any mid-sentence snores or nonsensical outbursts.) While most of the world is obsessing over Shiny New Stuff™ for 2025, though — with the avalanche of awkwardly overlapping announcements…
Nvidia has built its generative AI (genAI) business on delivering massive computing capacity to data centers where it can be used to train and refine large language models (LLMs). Now, the company is readying a diminutive desktop device called Project DIGITS, a “personal AI supercomputer” with a lightweight version of the Grace Blackwell platform found in its…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reinvigorated discussion of artificial general intelligence (AGI), boldly claiming that his company’s newest model has reached that milestone. In an interview with Bloomberg, he noted that OpenAI’s o3, which was announced in December and is currently being safety tested, has passed the ARC-AGI challenge, the leading benchmark for AGI. Now,…
Does the rise of artificial intelligence represent more of an opportunity for the world — or a curse? Because for all the clamor about boosted productivity and enhanced human potential, there’s also the rising demand for energy, processor power, memory requirements and ever more bloat on the machine. Just look at Apple Intelligence, which now…
The reintroduction of neutrality rules for network providers is looking increasingly unlikely, at least for the next five years, after a US appeals court blocked efforts by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reinstate them. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit court upheld its earlier stay on the FCC’s May 2024…
In recent months, companies have been forcing workers back into the office with increasing frequency. Annoyingly, many of these are big tech businesses that can most easily enable their workers to work remotely. This trend, likely to continue in 2025, costs workers real money. As Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell succinctly pointed out: “Return-to-office mandates are, effectively, an invisible…
In 2024, the surge in generative AI (genAI) pilot projects sparked concerns over high experimentation costs and uncertain benefits. That prompted companies to then shift their focus to delivering business outcomes, enhancing data quality, and developing talent. In 2025, enterprises are expected to prioritize strategy, add business-IT partnerships to assist with genAI projects and move…