Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is confident that Google will find a way to make money selling access to generative AI tools. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says his company is already doing it. Both companies reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profit on Thursday. And the stock prices of both soared on the results, with Alphabet further … Read more
Jerome Pesenti has a few reasons to celebrate Meta’s decision last week to release Llama 3, a powerful open source large language model that anyone can download, run, and build on. Pesenti used to be vice president of artificial intelligence at Meta and says he often pushed the company to consider releasing its technology for … Read more
With multiplayer pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves about to launch on PlayStation 5, Microsoft has announced plans to take the game offline for server maintenance. Sea of Thieves will go offline for maintenance at 10am BST UK time on the morning of April 25. According to Microsoft, the server maintenance is for the Xbox … Read more
Microsoft has announced plans to bring Star Wars Jedi Survivor to Xbox Game Pass later this week. The superb Star Wars Fallen Order sequel launched to critical acclaim in 2023, making it another fantastic addition to the Game Pass library. Almost a year since launch, Jedi Survivor has been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate … Read more
In a surprising turn of events, a man who dedicated over three decades of his career to Microsoft found himself abruptly terminated from his position in February. Jeff Bogdan, who served as the Director of Learning and Development (L&D) at Microsoft Windows, took to LinkedIn to reflect on his “incredible” journey with the tech giant … Read more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday confirmed previous reports that Russian-linked hackers tapped into correspondence between federal agencies and Microsoft. The agency publicly issued an emergency directive Thursday in which it told agencies that were affected by the breach to take actions including taking “steps to identify the full content of the … Read more
By Raphael Satter Reuters Posted April 11, 2024 5:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Russian government-backed hackers have used their access to Microsoft’s email system to steal correspondence between officials and the tech giant, an emergency directive by the U.S. … Read more
On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the model for everyone. If you have an account and are logged in through a web browser, select ChatGPT, Settings, Data Controls, and then turn off Chat History & Training. If you’re using ChatGPT’s mobile apps, … Read more
Tesla investors are getting tired of Elon Musk’s antics (just like would-be buyers), and they are not a fan of another record payday for the CEO if he continues to be a “part-time” CEO. Shareholders are soon expected to vote on a new compensation deal for Musk at this year’s annual meeting after a Delaware … Read more
Chinese and North Korean actors are “likely” to work towards targeting upcoming elections in the United States, India and South Korea, a new report from Microsoft is warning. The Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), the computing giant’s security research group, warns the two countries’ cyber and influence abilities are growing. “China will, at a minimum, … Read more
