On Wednesday, Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres urged world leaders in politics and business to give global strategy addressing the twin challenges of artificial intelligence and climate change top priority. Guterres issued a warning about the potential “serious unintended consequences” of AI’s rapid development during a special talk at the World Economic Forum…
According to Microsoft, the Copilot virtual assistant is now available for small businesses to subscribe to through the company’s productivity tools. Customers who purchase Microsoft 365 software have the option to subscribe to a new Copilot paid edition. The upgrades will assist Microsoft in introducing generative artificial intelligence to a larger number of its clientele.…
The world’s largest electric car manufacturer, BYD, unveiled its AI-powered smart car system on Tuesday in an effort to better compete with rivals on cutting-edge technologies like autonomous parking. According to a statement released by the company on Tuesday, the Xuanji smart car technology “perceives changes inside and outside the vehicle in milliseconds,” so “enhancing…
In order to provide generative AI, digital, enterprise, and cloud services to over 300 million organisations and customers throughout its European and African regions, Vodafone and Microsoft have reached a 10-year cooperation. The British corporation announced that it will replace physical data centres with more affordable and scalable Azure cloud services, as well as invest…
The latest layoffs at the search giant Google began on Tuesday, when the Alphabet-owned corporation announced that hundreds of workers in its advertising sales team will be let go. The action adds to indications that businesses intend to use automation and artificial intelligence technologies to reduce labour costs this year. Google announced last week that…
BMW’s chief financial officer stated in a media roundtable that the company has passed the turning point for sales of combustion engine vehicles and that electric cars are now responsible for the majority of sales growth. “The tipping point for the combustion engine is already there,” CFO Walter Mertl said, adding that in his view…
Microsoft has surpassed Apple and is now the world’s largest corporation by market capitalization, spurred by its substantial concentration on generative artificial intelligence (AI), an area that has attracted increasing investor favour. The IT behemoth has seen notable market increases over the past year, and it, along with Nvidia and Amazon, placed a great deal…
Even though its quarterly earnings decreased, JPMorgan Chase announced its highest-ever annual profit and projected higher-than-expected interest income for 2024. In addition, the biggest US lender paid about $3 billion to top up a government fund that insures deposits. After purchasing the bankrupt First Republic Bank in May, JPMorgan was able to increase its net…
In posts on social networking site X on Friday, EU antitrust commissioner Margrethe Vestager claimed she met with CEOs of Qualcomm, Apple, and Alphabet to talk about compliance with regulations and competition policies. Vestager’s communications advisor said last week that she would address US CEOs of Apple, Alphabet, Broadcom, and Nvidia on European digital legislation,…
With prices rising over 200% last year—the greatest level in three decades—Argentina has unsulliedly surpassed Venezuela to become the Latin American nation with the highest inflation rate in 2023. The South American grain producer said on Thursday that prices had increased by 25.5% in December alone, for an annual inflation rate of 211.4%. The Venezuelan…
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