Last update: 11/13/23

Welcome to our TL;DR summary + podcast about the past week's top AI stories on our "Useful AI News" page: 1) Open AI's first-ever developers conference, (2) "Grok" (Elon Musk's sardonic chatbot), and (3) Humane's new AI pin.
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Last update: 11/3/23
This week's top stories covered two related developments. The first played out onstage in three of the grandest global venues; whereas the second unfolded backstage ... Note: The current edition of "Useful AI News" can be found ➡ HERE
Last update: 10/27/23
Consider the image for this blog note. Question: Why is that man smiling? Answer: He is smiling because he is Satya Nadella, the very well paid CEO of Microsoft. As described in the articles reporting our first top story, Nadella's huge investment bets in AI have yielded substantial quarterly earnings, earnings that have convinced Wall Street that AI will soon become a highly productive and highly profitable money maker for Microsoft. Microsoft’s growth in the most recent quarter stemmed from the business unit the company labels “Azure and other cloud services,” which houses its investments in AI ... Note: The current edition of "Useful AI News" can be found ➡ HERE