Google is implementing AI-driven enhancements to its software and collaboration tools that could translate to big productivity gains. Google CEO Sundar Pichai started his keynote at the Google I/O developer conference this week with one of those features: real-time language translation in Google Meet, which was until now in research. The feature uses Google’s AI…
This week, more than 140 civil rights and consumer protection organizations signed a letter to Congress opposing legislation that would preempt state and local laws governing artificial intelligence (AI) for the next decade. House Republicans last week added a broad 10-year ban on state and local AI regulations to the Budget Reconciliation Bill that’s currently being…
On a week like this, it’s hard not to feel like you’re living in dueling realities. On one side, you’ve got the futuristic vision Google is telling you about at its annual developer event, Google I/O. The company waxed on for nearly two hours about how its Gemini generative AI assistant will help provide even…
How much would your company pay for a focused AI system built by your own experts, one that brings in the best of all available genAI systems within an integration that works via iCloud Private Compute and Apple Intelligence? I ask this because, if you stretch your neck and use your imagination just a little…
China has launched 12 satellites, which experts describe as the world’s first operational space-based computing network, applying edge computing principles to orbital operations in a development that could reshape how enterprises manage global data. The satellites, launched by Guoxing Aerospace of China, are equipped with AI systems, advanced inter-satellite communication capabilities, and onboard computing power….
At its Build developer conference this week, Microsoft announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source. Developers can download the code, contribute bug fixes and new features, and participate in its development. “We’ve seen how much the community has contributed to WSL without access to the source code, and we can’t wait…
Microsoft took the covers off a new open protocol that will allow enterprises to turn their websites into AI-based applications. Announced at its ongoing Build developer conference, NLWeb, short for Natural Language Web, is designed to help enterprises build a natural language interface for their websites using the model of their choice and data to…
Microsoft Word’s spell check can already suggest words in real time, but imagine an “idea check” future in which AI suggests ideas on the fly as users type. This is how Microsoft is evolving Copilot — as an AI assistant predicting ideas in real time by tapping into unique corporate and user data. That’s an…
As AI shifts from experimental to essential, tech executives say that more than half of AI deployments will be functioning autonomously in their company in the next two years, according to a new survey by professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY). While generative AI (genAI) technology has captured the attention of business leaders for…
The Trump administration is apparently now putting pressure on Apple to stop developing an iPhone manufacturing ecosystem in India and bring the iPhone factories to the US instead. With that in mind, let’s do a little thought experiment: What would happen if Apple decided to move iPhone manufacturing to the US today? Nothing much to start with The first thing, of…