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OpenAI Names Meta Augmented Reality Vet Caitlin Kalinowski to Head Robotics Project

November 05, 2024
Apple Reportedly Weighing Smart Glasses Push
Apple // November 05, 2024

Apple is reportedly exploring the viability of entering the smart glasses market. The tech giant has launched an in-house study of currently available products, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Nov. 4). According to that report, the project — code-named Atlas — began last week and centers...

Big Tech Makes Money by Spending on AI Infrastructure
Artificial Intelligence // November 01, 2024

Tech giants’ investments in cloud infrastructure are reportedly paying off due to the demand for artificial intelligence. The momentum of cloud businesses began to slow in early 2022 as companies completed their migration to the cloud, but it has now picked up because companies need...

Meta and AMD Race to Meet Demand for AI With Infrastructure Push
artificial intelligence // October 31, 2024

Tech giants are pouring unprecedented resources into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as Meta plans up to $40 billion in 2024 spending and AMD rides the wave to record $6.8 billion in revenue. The sector-wide investment surge comes as companies battle to meet soaring demand, with...

Meta’s Zuckerberg Touts AI Progress but Warns of ‘Serious Infrastructure’
Meta // October 30, 2024

The old saying is you’ve got to spend money to make money. For Meta, notching a third quarter earnings report with record revenues, the fact remains that the long-term artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap will require as yet undefined billions of dollars of capital investments in...

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Meta’s Zuckerberg Touts AI Progress but Warns of ‘Serious Infrastructure’

October 30, 2024
The old saying is you’ve got to spend money to make money. For Meta, notching a third quarter earnings report with record revenues, the fact remains that the long-term artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap will require as yet undefined billions of dollars of capital investments in the next year and beyond. The read across might be […]

Meta’s AI Shopping Gamble Tests Virtual Retail

October 25, 2024
Shoppers may soon browse digital clothing racks and try on virtual jewelry from their living rooms with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) as Meta pushes its vision of a...

Meta Goes to the GenAI Movies to Help Retailers Improve Online Sales

October 08, 2024
Meta’s new Movie Gen artificial intelligence (AI) video creation tool could level the playing field for small businesses in the digital marketplace, experts say.  Movie Gen joins an expanding list...

Meta Says It’s Solving AR Experiences — Who Will Solve AR Payments?

September 30, 2024
Will consumers one day wear commerce on their faces? Meta, which last week debuted its highly anticipated Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses, appears to think so. Due to advances in technology and...

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OpenAI Names Meta Augmented Reality Vet Caitlin Kalinowski to Head Robotics Project

November 05, 2024
The one-time head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses project is headed to OpenAI. Caitlin Kalinowski has been hired to oversee the artificial intelligence startup’s robotics effort, according to a Monday (Nov. 4) post on LinkedIn. Kalinowski began leading Meta’s AR glasses team in March 2022, guiding the development of its Orion prototype, according to her […]

Apple Reportedly Weighing Smart Glasses Push

November 05, 2024
Apple is reportedly exploring the viability of entering the smart glasses market. The tech giant has launched an in-house study of currently available products, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Nov. 4)....

Big Tech Makes Money by Spending on AI Infrastructure

November 01, 2024
Tech giants’ investments in cloud infrastructure are reportedly paying off due to the demand for artificial intelligence. The momentum of cloud businesses began to slow in early 2022 as companies...

Meta Reportedly Takes on Google With AI-Powered Search

October 28, 2024
Meta is reportedly creating an artificial intelligence-powered search engine to lower dependence on Google. The tech giant’s web crawler would be able to offer conversational answers to queries about current...