Inceptive CEO Jakob Uszkoreit says AI will transform pharmaceuticals

Inceptive CEO Jakob Uszkoreit says AI will transform pharmaceuticals

Before co-founding biotech startup Inceptive, Jakob Uszkoreit had an idea that would eventually make generative artificial intelligence possible. As a researcher at Google in 2017, Uszkoreit was trying to speed up the training of neural networks. He suggested using a new way to interpret data called self-attention. That idea gave way to the transformer, the … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 27, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You … Read more

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

S&P retreats, yen surges, Tesla sinks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know … Read more

Samsung is developing AI features specifically for China

Samsung is developing AI features specifically for China

TM Roh, head of Samsung’s mobile business, talks about Galaxy AI at the Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris, France. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC But China, the world’s biggest smartphone market, has been a struggle for Samsung over the last few years. Its market share for smartphones sits under 1%, with local players like Huawei dominating. … Read more

Microsoft giving up OpenAI board observer seat doesn’t settle concerns

Microsoft giving up OpenAI board observer seat doesn’t settle concerns

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Microsoft has given up its observer seat on OpenAI’s board. Apple, which was reportedly expected to take a similar observer position, will no longer … Read more

Google DeepMind’s Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution

Google DeepMind’s Chatbot-Powered Robot Is Part of a Bigger Revolution

In a cluttered open-plan office in Mountain View, California, a tall and slender wheeled robot has been busy playing tour guide and informal office helper—thanks to a large language model upgrade, Google DeepMind revealed today. The robot uses the latest version of Google’s Gemini large language model to both parse commands and find its way … Read more

AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era

AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era

Right now, generative artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore online. An AI-generated summary may randomly appear at the top of the results whenever you do a Google search. Or you might be prompted to try Meta’s AI tool while browsing Facebook. And that ever-present sparkle emoji continues to haunt my dreams. This rush to add … Read more

A true bull market — it’s not the U.S.

A true bull market — it’s not the U.S.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on October 04, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

A true bull market — it’s not Wall Street

A true bull market — it’s not Wall Street

Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2023, in New York City.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they … Read more

OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion

OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion

Earlier this week, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of the health company Thrive Global, published an article in Time touting Thrive AI, a startup backed by Thrive and OpenAI’s Startup Fund. The piece suggests that AI could have a huge positive impact on public health by talking people into … Read more