This week in artificial intelligence, shopping assistants emerged across major tech platforms. Meanwhile, recycling firm AMP secured $91 million for sorting robots, FlexPoint sped up payment processing, and Puma released its first AI-designed sneaker. The tech developments signal shifts in how consumers buy, businesses process...
Silicon Valley is unleashing artificial intelligence agents that can surf online stores, swipe digital credit cards and buy goods without a human lifting a finger — forcing eCommerce players to grapple with a future where the shoppers aren’t people. Tech heavyweights and startups are racing...
Microsoft handed its artificial intelligence (AI)- powered assistant a pair of digital eyes, letting it peek over users’ shoulders as they browse the web and weigh in on everything from paint colors to wedding shoes. The tech giant’s rollout on Dec. 5 of Copilot Vision could...
In artificial intelligence (AI) news this week, new partnerships highlight intensifying competition in enterprise AI infrastructure. Oracle’s cloud revenue surged 52% amid a Meta partnership, while C3 AI deepened its Microsoft alliance with a new multi-year deal that opens up direct access to the Azure...
December 13, 2024
Silicon Valley is unleashing artificial intelligence agents that can surf online stores, swipe digital credit cards and buy goods without a human lifting a finger — forcing eCommerce players to grapple with a future where the shoppers aren’t people. Tech heavyweights and startups are racing to crack the code of automated buying, a development that […]
November 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence — specifically, AI companies that have been riding the wave of simulating human cognition — powered the CE 100 Index 5.2% higher through the past week. All pillars...
September 30, 2024
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is reportedly considering transitioning to a for-profit model. This strategic pivot is reshaping the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, raising questions about the future of AI...
September 09, 2024
The holiday-shortened week was action-packed, at least in terms of market volatility, and for the CE 100 Index the overarching theme might be summed up with the phrase “look out...
December 16, 2024
Venture capital in the U.S. has moved to artificial intelligence (AI) companies at an “unprecedented” rate, HSBC Innovation Banking said Monday (Dec. 16). The scale of capital invested in AI companies by U.S. venture investors is approaching that allocated to the rest of the venture market, the firm said in a Monday press release outlining […]
December 11, 2024
Google reportedly asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to end Microsoft’s exclusive agreement to host OpenAI’s technology on its cloud servers. The company did so after the agency asked it...
December 08, 2024
OpenAI could reportedly give Microsoft access to its as-yet-unrealized artificial general intelligence (AGI). As it stands now, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup has a provision that blocks Microsoft from accessing...
December 01, 2024
Elon Musk has reportedly taken legal action to halt OpenAI’s transformation to a for-profit company. The billionaire and his artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI have filed for a preliminary injunction...
