Alexa, Amazon’s smart assistant enters a new era with GenAI
Five years of Alexa and big numbers seal the interaction between people and Amazon’s smart speaker. To celebrate the anniversary, Amazon Italy organised a party meeting with the press at…
Meet the talent: Matteo Forte, a digital entrepreneur who grew up fast
Place of residence: Rome, Italy Position: Founder, CEO @SWITCH – Street WITCHer / Board Member and Partner at ADPM Drones, Co-founder BeLoud. Please describe a day in your life: Meet the Talent…
Businesses, tech groups warn EU against over-regulating AI foundation models
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Businesses and tech groups on Thursday warned the European Union against over-regulating artificial intelligence systems known as foundation models in upcoming AI rules…
OpenAI’s new-look board as Altman returns
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on Tuesday said it reached an agreement for Sam Altman to return as CEO days after his ouster, and also agreed in…
EU mulls wider scope for cybersecurity certification scheme
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering broadening the scope of proposed cybersecurity labelling rules that would affect not just Amazon, Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft…
Travelling with Oppo to discover Shenzhen, the tech capital of China
I have always wanted to visit China to see if and how true the many stereotypes spread in the West about the country and the Chinese are. I was able…
Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI: tracking the Silicon Valley upheaval
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) – OpenAI said late on Tuesday Sam Altman would return to the company as CEO, capping days of high drama and marathon discussions about the future…
OpenAI appoints new boss as Altman joins Microsoft in Silicon Valley twist
By Stephanie Kelly, Jeffrey Dastin and Anna Tong SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman is set to join…
AI Pin, the wearable that wants to replace the smartphone
The wearable will replace the smartphone. This concept, repeated for months before the official presentation, was enough to create uncommon hype for AI Pin, the mini-device made by Humane, which attaches to the…
Ousted OpenAI CEO Altman discusses possible return, mulls new AI venture
By Anna Tong, Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Sam Altman, the just ousted CEO of OpenAI, is discussing a possible return to the company behind the ChatGPT bot…