After equipping some Mac computers with M3 AI chips late last year, the company will now power all Macs with Apple’s proprietary next-generation M4 chips, people familiar told Bloomberg.
Category: TRENDS IN AI – Apr 16 2024
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FAST FOOD TURNS TO AI TO CUT STAFF, MAINTAIN PROFITS
Yum Brands—the Kentucky company that owns KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and the Habit burger chain—has nearly doubled its investment in technology from $11 billion in 2022 to $21 billion now.
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OPENAI UNVEILS NEW VOICE-CLONING PROGRAM
On 5 April, OpenAI unveiled “Voice Engine,” an AI that can clone a person’s voice and speech patterns after hearing a 15-second sample, the company said. The program also can read text aloud in the borrowed voice and enable the cloned voice to speak in foreign languages.
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GOOGLE MULLS AI-POWERED “PREMIUM” SEARCH FEATURES FOR A FEE
Google already charges for AI-driven special services in its Docs and Gmail programs. Now it may do the same with its iconic search engine. It would be the first time the company has put any of its search capacities behind a paywall.
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BUSINESS SCHOOLS ARE SUDDENLY ALL OVER AI
Business schools are weaving AI into their classes because they know that future executives will need skills in the technology as much as they need to know how to read profit-and-loss statements.
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AI IDENTIFIES TUMORS THAT RESIST CHEMOTHERAPY
In AI’s latest contribution to medical treatment, researchers at the University of California San Diego have taught a bot to predict which cancer tumors will defy chemotherapy, a problem that often causes false starts in treating the illness.
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AI WILL CUT WORKFORCE, EXECUTIVES FORECAST
Executives at 41 percent of 2,000 large companies around the world expect to cut their payrolls over the next five years and replace humans with AI, according to a new survey by Adecco Group, a Swiss global recruiting firm.
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MICROSOFT AND OPENAI WILL BUILD “STARGATE” SUPERCOMPUTER
OpenAI and Microsoft, OpenAI’s chief stockholder with 49-percent ownership, will collaborate to build a supercomputer dubbed “Stargate” that could cost as much as $100 billion, people familiar told Business Insider.