I look up: “That poor sap. How is he ever going to make his way in the world?” Well, it turned out. Mosen has been driven through a variety of private sector and not-for-profit roles and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2019 for her work in advocacy and …
Hoping to land a job in finance, Andre Ponik spent hours rehearsing what he was going to say. He uses keywords from job listings, makes eye contact — and follows advice he’s received from recruiters. But Bonnick, a University of Warwick student, wasn’t prepared to speak to a human resources manager. He tackles the initial …
I saw a diagram in the FT by John Burn-Murdoch that really distills what I’m trying to convey. AI creates more output (which fits many people’s informal perception of productivity), but for many companies (according to studies by MIT, McKinsey, Bain, etc.) it doesn’t deliver much in the way of RoI, and doesn’t change GDP. …
The failed Apple Intelligence initiative and the battle to rework Siri stemmed from a fateful meeting of executives that prompted a major overhaul of Apple’s AI efforts. Here’s what happened when it all went down. Monday’s WWDC keynote is expected to be heavy on AI features in iOS 27 and Apple’s other operating systems. This …
Two years ago, at its own Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced a suite of AI features under “Apple Intelligence”. Not everyone was impressed by Genmoji, the picture playground, or the writing tools. It’s an updated and more intelligent Siri with “contextual awareness” capabilities, a technological way for the assistant to understand what’s happening on …
Now a major driver of the stock market and a major contributor to economic growth is massive investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure — primarily AI data centers — by so-called hyperscalers. Hyperscalers are the largest technology companies that borrow and spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year to build AI data centers, including …
The Starbucks Tank Day fiasco in South Korea deserves a place in future editions of the best branding books as an example of what can happen when a major global brand operates without a keen awareness of the cultural and political context. It’s devastating to the coffee chain’s reputation in the third-largest market by number …
The semiconductor sector experienced a brutal selloff last week, and it began Broadcoms (AVGO 7.49%) The latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday evening. Despite posting a strong result, the company’s forward guidance fell short of Wall Street’s expectations, sending its stock down 20%. Broadcom is a high-profile business with a strong demand pipeline for its …
When a 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters and Sam Altman’s home, authorities found an anti-AI manifesto with his lighter and a jug of kerosene. It was one of the attacks that raised alarm among researchers, the technology industry and law enforcement about the …
Humanoid robots made in China are making waves with the ability to make back turns, direct traffic and make coffee as the companies that make them look for ways to expand and dominate the market. Robot makers in China say they have thousands of orders for humanoids that can do things like sort parcels at …
