Abubakar Idris is a Technology Journalist at The Information. He specializes in topics such as AI, social media, and the influence of business leaders like Elon Musk, often exploring the intersection of technology and its societal impact. Abubakar's work has been featured in prominent publications including The Messenger, TechCabal, and Media Industry Observer.
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A screening at the 2023 AI Film Festival. Photo via Runway/AI Film Festival.
By: Abubakar Idris
Waymo, Google’s autonomous car unit, said it now completes more than 50,000 driverless rides per week in three cities, up from 10,000 in May last year. The growth in the paid service, Waymo One, should help the 15-year-old project reduce the heavy cash burn that’s raised the ire of Alphabet investors. It also extends its lead over rivals such as General Motors’ Cruise and Tesla, whose CEO Elon
Zoom said revenue in the first quarter ended in January 31 rose 3% to $1.14 billion, above its forecasts, but said it expects growth to slow in the current quarter. Free cash flow grew 44% to $570 million. Zoom’s shares rose 1.5% in after hours trading. They’ve declined 6% so far this year.After riding a pandemic explosion in demand for video conferencing, Zoom’s growth has cooled. The
By: Abubakar Idris
Scale AI said it has raised $1 billion at a $13.8 billion valuation in a new funding round led by venture firm Accel. New investors include the venture arms of several large tech firms, including Amazon, Meta Platforms, Cisco Investments, Intel Capital, ServiceNow Ventures and AMD Ventures. The Information reported in March Accel was in talks to lead the investment .The funding round follows
TikTok's Culver City, Calif. office. Photo by Bloomberg via Getty Images.
By: Becky Peterson, Abubakar Idris
Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images.
When OpenAI teased its new text-to-video generator Sora earlier this year, it upped the ante in the race to develop artificial intelligence applications to create art. Since then, Google has unveiled AI video generator Veo, and Erin has reported TikTok is working on an AI feature to create virtual influencers for advertisers, as well.
Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham said the famed startup accelerator did not fire Sam Altman as president in 2019, debunking a report from The Washington Post and other outlets. “People have been claiming that YC fired Sam Altman,” Graham said in a post on X, formerly Twitter . “That’s not true.”Altman became president of Y Combinator in February 2014 and co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit a
By: Julia Hornstein, Abubakar Idris
In the past two years, almost 200 venture capital firms have invested in young generative artificial intelligence companies without knowing exactly how those bets would pay off. Now it seems likely that several won’t.
By: Abubakar Idris
Share Jumia's share price has surged 55% over the last five days suggesting growing investor confidence in the e-commerce company in recent months.
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