Martin Peers

Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t often see eye to eye, as they made clear in their recent legal dispute. But when it comes to making outlandish projections about future growth, the two men seem to share a common philosophy.As we reported earlier on Thursday, SpaceX’s lead bank on its upcoming IPO, ...

This promises to be an action-packed week. On Monday, Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC for short, where the tech giant is expected to unveil a new operating system for its mobile devices, complete with more advanced AI features. And then later in the week, ...

A German court ruled that Google was responsible for the accuracy of content in AI Overviews, the AI-generated answers that appear in Google search’s AI Overviews, in a potentially far-reaching ruling.The ruling, reported by the German publication The Decoder which linked to the judgement, concerned two businesses that sued Google over AI Overviews answers that described them as scams. The

We got big news in the past couple of days concerning a European court ruling against Google. But bear with me, this is not one of those knee-jerk anti-U.S. tech decisions we often see coming out of Europe. This ruling makes some sense—and could have broader implications for the AI sector. A ...

Roku is in discussions to be acquired by another company, Bloomberg reported, sending shares of the streaming device maker up 20%. At the higher price, Reddit has a market capitalization of $21 billion.The idea that Roku might be acquired isn’t new. Roku’s ability to survive as a standalone entity has long been a question, particularly given that most of its revenue comes from selling ads

What a weekend! Set time aside this coming Thursday for the New York City ticker tape parade celebrating the victorious Knicks. The joy flowing from that game Saturday night tops even the plaudits flowing from SpaceX’s successful IPO (read down for more on that subject.)Still, SpaceX was quickly ...

Investing in AI really is not for the faint of heart. Leaving aside all the worries about risks of huge investments in data centers and the uncertainties about demand, there’s also the unpredictable government moves that can upend things. Case in point: the Trump administration’s warnings to ...

Here’s a suggestion for Mark Zuckerberg: Maybe you should ditch AI model development and spend even more on smart glasses! Meta Platforms on Tuesday unveiled its latest selection of smart glasses, devised with eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, and it’s hard not to be impressed with the way they ...

OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled a new chip the two companies have developed for inference, a big step forward in OpenAI’s effort to reduce its reliance on Nvidia chips and control its own hardware.The companies are calling the new chip Jalapeno, and they said in a blog post that “early testing” showed it would “deliver performance per watt substantially better than current state-of-the-art.”