Category: Tech
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Ivo Vegter: Stop fearing Artificial Intelligence. Start fearing its would-be masters
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the defining technology of our age, promising extraordinary gains in productivity, knowledge and innovation. Yet the greatest questions it raises may have little to do with machines themselves. In this thought-provoking analysis, the author cuts through both the utopian hype and apocalyptic fear surrounding AI, exploring its impact on truth,…
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Cambridge historians see SpaceX and think East India Company — and the parallels are alarming
When SpaceX lists on the Nasdaq this week at a record $1.75 trillion valuation, investors will be pricing the world’s dominant rocket company, its vast Starlink satellite network, and Elon Musk’s bundled AI venture. But in this powerful piece from our partners at Project Syndicate, two Cambridge academics see something else entirely: the monopolistic East…
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Kenneth Rogoff on BizNews: AI gold rush has winners and losers — Africa not in the running
Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard economist and former IMF chief economist, has seen enough financial booms and busts to know who gets left behind. Writing from San Francisco — where AI billboards jostle for space and engineers contemplate retirement at 35 — he turns his gaze outward. The AI revolution, he argues, is not just widening inequality…
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Is the AI arms race about to outrun human judgment? The Economist thinks so
When Anthropic — whose Claude chatbot has become indispensable to coders worldwide — files for what could be one of history’s biggest IPOs later this year, it will do so after calling for a global slowdown in AI development. Cynical? Perhaps. But its co-founder, Jack Clark, puts the odds at 60% that by 2028, an…
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Dell takes aim at Apple with a $699 touch-screen laptop
Key topics: Dell XPS 13 challenges Apple MacBook Neo on price and design More config: up to 32GB RAM, better display, Wi-Fi 7, longer battery Tradeoffs: no headphone jack; Acer also launches $699 rival laptop By Chris Welch Dell Technologies Inc. introduced a redesigned XPS 13 laptop, positioning the device as a direct answer to Apple…
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AI’s reality check: The “never-ending utility bill” bites
Key topics: AI IPO hype and trillion-dollar valuations face rising ROI skepticism Companies hit AI cost overruns as usage caps follow massive token bills Debate grows: productivity gains vs runaway AI costs and unclear returns By Parmy Olson In the coming months, some of the world’s biggest AI labs — including OpenAI and Anthropic PBC — will…
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Parmy Olson: Google’s AI overhaul, the death of traditional SEO, and the future of digital advertising
Key topics: Google AI search replaces blue links with Gemini, AI ads inside answers SEO shifts to GEO; online chatter and Reddit sentiment drive AI results Advertisers face uncertainty as AI reshapes search and may shrink ad market By Parmy Olson When Google recently announced radical changes to its search tool that will overshadow the page…
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Ivo Vegter: Why AI job destruction is the ultimate engine of human prosperity
Key topics: AI unlikely to cause mass unemployment, history suggests growth Automation destroys jobs but creates new industries and prosperity Human skills, adaptation, and innovation remain vital in AI era By Ivo Vegter* With every wave of automation, there are those who cry wolf about mass unemployment. Yet it has always been the engine of…
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Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ to reinvent Windows PCs – big challenge to Apple, Intel
Key topics: Nvidia launches RTX Spark chips for AI-powered PCs New Windows Arm laptops challenge Intel’s PC dominance Dell and Lenovo to debut premium AI-ready devices this fall By Ian King Nvidia Corp. is entering the PC market with a new chip aimed at loosening the stranglehold of Intel Corp. technology in that arena and modernizing…