Topic: corporate competition
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Amazon's War on AI Shopping Browsers
Amazon has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, demanding the shutdown of its AI-powered Comet browser's purchasing capabilities for violating Amazon's conditions of use and allegedly harming customer relationships. Perplexity responded by accusing Amazon of stifling innovation to prot...
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Amazon's War on AI Shopping Browsers
Amazon has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity, demanding it stop its AI shopping browser, Comet, from operating on its platform due to violations of its terms of use and disruption to customer relationships. Perplexity responded by accusing Amazon of bullying and straying from innovat...
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AI Companies Are Over the AGI Hype
Tech industry leaders are actively abandoning the term "artificial general intelligence" (AGI) due to its hype, vague definitions, and public fear, dismissing it as a marketing term. Companies are now promoting a confusing array of new branded labels like "personal superintelligence" and "humanis...
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Google: Use Workspace When Microsoft 365 Fails
Google's Business Continuity plan provides a parallel Workspace environment that activates during Microsoft 365 outages, enabling seamless transitions to Gmail and Google Meet with synchronized data. The service is positioned as essential preparation for inevitable Microsoft disruptions, using re...
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OpenAI's Path: Catastrophe or Utopia?
OpenAI envisions superintelligent AI could lead to widespread prosperity through advancements in healthcare, education, and science, but also warns of potential catastrophic risks. Significant concerns include the alignment problem, where AI may not act in human interests, prompting calls from ex...
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Meta Hires OpenAI Scientist to Head AI Lab
Meta has recruited Yang Song from OpenAI to lead its Superintelligence Labs, part of an aggressive hiring campaign that has attracted top researchers from firms like Google and Anthropic. Song specialized in enhancing AI models for complex datasets at OpenAI and contributed to the development of ...
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Researchers Flee Meta's New AI Super Lab
Meta's AI Superintelligence Lab is experiencing high-profile departures, with at least three researchers leaving shortly after joining, including returns to OpenAI. The lab faces internal instability due to frequent reorganizations and bureaucratic hurdles, despite offering competitive compensati...
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Meta Hires Apple's Top Designers to Revamp Its Software UI
Meta has hired two top Apple designers, Alan Dye and Billy Sorrentino, to lead a major overhaul of its software and hardware design, aiming to fix its fragmented user experience. This strategic move is seen as critical for addressing Meta's fundamental software weaknesses and improving user reten...
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AlphaFold's Future & Chatbot Privacy Risks
A new executive order from Donald Trump aims to accelerate AI innovation through the "Genesis Mission," pushing government agencies to adopt AI for scientific breakthroughs and reduced energy costs. India's expanding AI infrastructure relies heavily on coal power, worsening pollution issues in ci...
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Meta Hires Apple Design Exec Alan Dye to Lead Reality Labs Studio
Meta has hired former Apple UI design chief Alan Dye to lead a new creative studio in its Reality Labs division, focusing on enhancing AI in consumer hardware like smart glasses and VR headsets. This move is part of Meta's strategic push into AI-powered devices and follows a pattern of recruiting...
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