Tag: competitive landscape

  • The Register: Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe’s tech independence

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe’s tech independence Feedly Summary: Brad Smith commits org to facing off with US govt in court to protect them Microsoft is responding to mounting “geopolitical and trade volatility" between the US administration and governments in Europe by pledging privacy safeguards for…

  • The Register: Vector search is the new black for enterprise databases

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/database_vector_search/ Source: The Register Title: Vector search is the new black for enterprise databases Feedly Summary: Software slingers from Redis to Teradata are bolting on smarts to stay relevant in GenAI era About two years ago, popular cache database Redis was among a wave of vendors that added vector search capabilities to their…

  • Slashdot: Google Gemini Has 350 Million Monthly Users, Reveals Court Hearing

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/211229/google-gemini-has-350-million-monthly-users-reveals-court-hearing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Gemini Has 350 Million Monthly Users, Reveals Court Hearing Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s court disclosure highlights significant growth in its Gemini AI chatbot usage, which surged to 350 million monthly active users as of March 2025, an increase from 9 million daily users…

  • Slashdot: Google Says DOJ Breakup Would Harm US In ‘Global Race With China’

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/22/0137218/google-says-doj-breakup-would-harm-us-in-global-race-with-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Says DOJ Breakup Would Harm US In ‘Global Race With China’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is contending that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to break up its Chrome and Android businesses could undermine national security and hinder America’s competitive edge in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Note on 20th April 2025

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/janky-license/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Note on 20th April 2025 Feedly Summary: Now that Llama has very real competition in open weight models (Gemma 3, latest Mistrals, DeepSeek, Qwen) I think their janky license is becoming much more of a liability for them. It’s just limiting enough that it could be the…

  • Slashdot: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/2339227/us-chipmakers-fear-ceding-chinas-ai-market-to-huawei-after-new-trump-restrictions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s restrictions on AI chip sales to China, particularly affecting major U.S. companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. The regulations…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: Integrations as Competitive Advantage

    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/integrations-as-advantage/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: Integrations as Competitive Advantage Feedly Summary: Software systems work best when they’re connected to each other. For years, incumbents use deep integrations as a competitive moat. But AI upends this dynamic. A few of our portfolio companies are starting to develop integrations with AI in a matter of…

  • The Register: Congress wants to know if Nvidia superchips slipped through Singapore to DeepSeek

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/congress_demands_nvidia_explain_deepseek/ Source: The Register Title: Congress wants to know if Nvidia superchips slipped through Singapore to DeepSeek Feedly Summary: As Huang jets to Middle Kingdom after H20 ban forces $5.5B hit Nvidia’s troubles with the US government have just begun: The day after the Trump administration’s export restrictions on its AI chips triggered…

  • Slashdot: Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology

    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/0050203/apple-to-analyze-user-data-on-devices-to-bolster-ai-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple’s new initiative to analyze data on customers’ devices aims to enhance its AI platform while prioritizing user privacy. This novel approach seeks to improve the effectiveness of AI models…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-4.1: Three new million token input models from OpenAI, including their cheapest model yet

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/14/gpt-4-1/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-4.1: Three new million token input models from OpenAI, including their cheapest model yet Feedly Summary: OpenAI introduced three new models this morning: GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini and GPT-4.1 nano. These are API-only models right now, not available through the ChatGPT interface (though you can try them out…