Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated
here's the key upgrades Adam Davidson / Pocket-lint : Siri is outdated, but a better version might be coming The Economic Times : iOS 18: Your iPhone may soon have ChatGPT Griffin Eckstein / Salon : A...
ChatGPT and other generative ML systems represent a step change in AI use cases, prompting questions on content for pattern generation and tolerances for error
A decade or so ago, systems based on something called ‘machine learning’ started producing really good results in Imagenet, a contest for computer vision researchers. Tweets: @benedictevans , @damianb...
Substack plans to launch a native video player in beta next week that will let creators upload or record a video and embed it directly in a Substack post
Writers can chose to make videos available to everyone or only paid subscribers only. Substack authors More on @axios : https://www.axios.com/... Erick Schonfeld / @erickschonfeld : In other news, I h...
An explainer on cryptocurrencies, decentralized applications and their potential uses, and the current crypto market mania
And anyone else still struggling to understand cryptocurrencies — My name is Adam Ludwin and I run a company called Chain. I have been working in and around the cryptocurrency market for several ye...
Condé Nast's Wired Media Group is launching the Emerging Tech Council, a $4K/year membership program for executives who want to stay ahead of tech trends
the emerging tech council is a membership … Chris O'Shea / Adweek : Wired Media Group Launches Subscription Program Tweets: Om Malik / @om : Also 4 million isn't enough for the collective costs to run...
If users prioritize big-data AI services, like those offered by Google, Amazon, Facebook, then Apple will be in a position similar to BlackBerry was in 2007
Before the iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry was the king of smartphones. They seemed unstoppable, because by most accounts … Tweets: @hunterwalk , @bryfitz , @craigmod , @benthompson , @benbajarin , @ericksc...
Startup L. Jackson revealed to be Parker Thompson, a VC who works for AngelList
Unmasking Startup L. Jackson, Silicon Valley's Favorite Twitter Persona — The anonymous tech personality is a venture capitalist but not any of the ones people thought. — Startup L. Jackson didn't...
Former TechCrunch Editor Erick Schonfeld To Run DEMO
The technology conference wars just got a bit more dramatic. Former TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld is taking over the management of DEMO from VentureBeat editor in chief Matt Marshall, who is retu...
Goodbye Erick, Hello Eric
TechCrunch has been through a lot lately, and we need to focus on what truly matters: covering startups and innovation. So, this post is going to be short. — But here is what's going on: Erick Scho...
(Founder Stories) Houston: “In 18 Months, You Are Going To See Little Dropbox Buttons Everywhere”
By any measure Drew Houston and his Dropbox team are having a hugely successful run. In Houston's final Founder Stories episode with TechCrunch editor, Erick Schonfeld …