Google criticized as AI Overview makes errors, like saying President Obama is Muslim

Google criticized as AI Overview makes errors, like saying President Obama is Muslim

It’s been less than two weeks since Google debuted “AI Overviews” in Google Search, and public criticism has mounted after queries have returned nonsensical or inaccurate results within the AI feature — without any way to opt out. AI Overviews show a quick summary of answers to search questions at the very top of Google … Read more

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth swells by $87 billion in 5 years

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth swells by  billion in 5 years

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on March 19, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Five years ago, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang owned a stake in his chipmaker worth roughly $3 billion. After Thursday’s rally, which pushed the stock to a … Read more

Advertisers boost retail media spending as TV dwindles

Advertisers boost retail media spending as TV dwindles

An M&M’s advertisement seen on a gas pump. Courtesy: GSTV The next frontier for the ad market isn’t on TV — it’s in stores and on your phone. Television had long been the key target for advertisers, until tech companies like Alphabet and Meta-owned platforms like Facebook began to gobble up market share. While ad … Read more

Jim Cramer warns against trading Nvidia after blowout quarter

Jim Cramer warns against trading Nvidia after blowout quarter

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said he thinks it’s unwise to trade Nvidia, saying investors should keep the AI darling. “Until the AI revolution runs on something else — and despite what you hear, nobody else comes close to these chips — you should just own it, do not trade it,” he said. “Just don’t … Read more

Amazon’s new cloud boss inherits a business at crossroads over AI

Amazon’s new cloud boss inherits a business at crossroads over AI

Attendees walk through an expo hall during Amazon Web Services’ Reinvent conference at the Venetian in Las Vegas on Nov. 29, 2022. Noah Berger | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images In May 2023, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was asked by an attendee at the annual shareholder meeting how the company was innovating in generative … Read more

Alibaba bets on AI to fuel cloud growth as it expands globally

Alibaba bets on AI to fuel cloud growth as it expands globally

Alibaba Offices In Beijing Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba on Thursday said it expanded its global cloud computing availability, while the head of the unit’s international arm touted the company’s AI products as a way to fuel growth. The Chinese technology giant said it has expanded the availability zone of its cloud computing … Read more

Big Tech goes on AI charm offensive in Europe as regulators circle

Big Tech goes on AI charm offensive in Europe as regulators circle

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images PARIS, France — U.S. technology giants this week have talked up the benefits of artificial intelligence for humanity, turning on the charm at one of Europe’s largest industry events as regulators globally work to curb the harms associated with the tech.  At the Viva Tech conference in Paris … Read more

Nvidia crushes earnings expectations, charts continued AI dominance

Nvidia crushes earnings expectations, charts continued AI dominance

In what was the most anticipated quarter this earnings season, Nvidia far outpaced lofty expectations on the top and bottom lines. Even better was a big revenue guide and a broader vision from CEO Jensen Huang that reinforced the notion that companies and countries are partnering with the AI chip powerhouse to shift $1 trillion … Read more

Nvidia shows no sign of AI slowdown after data center soars over 400%

Nvidia shows no sign of AI slowdown after data center soars over 400%

Nvidia‘s historic rally is being driven by its data center business, which grew at a whopping 427% in the latest quarter as companies keep snapping up its artificial intelligence processors. Now, Nvidia is signaling to investors that the customers spending billions of dollars on its chips will be able to make money off AI, too. … Read more

AI firm Appen loses more executives, months after Alphabet cut ties

AI firm Appen loses more executives, months after Alphabet cut ties

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Appen, the embattled artificial intelligence firm that once helped train AI models for tech giants including Microsoft, Nvidia and Google, has lost its executives in charge of revenue and marketing. Andrew Ettinger, who was the Australian company’s chief revenue officer, and Alicia Hale, who was marketing chief, stepped … Read more