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Apple’s AI progress has been significantly hampered, with a prominent analyst identifying John Giannandrea’s 2018 hiring as a major misstep. Once a leader in voice assistants, Siri reportedly declined under his watch, leading to internal turmoil and a talent drain. Now, Apple is reportedly paying Google $1 billion annually for AI technology, a stark admission…
Cristiano Amon, president & CEO, Qualcomm Technologies. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has predicted the winner of the AI device race. At a time when tech titans like Meta (AI Glasses), Google (AI Glasses + ecosystem), Apple (contextually aware personal assistant and Apple Intelligence) OpenAI (not disclosed) and Amazon (Alexa+) are developing consumer-centric devices to integrate…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has a warning for Google, Microsoft, Amazon and other tech giants. In an interview with Axios recently, Amodei warned fellow AI titans that “you’re going to get a mob coming for you if you don’t do this in the right way.” “You can’t just go around saying we’re going to create…
Billionaire Peter Thiel argues European tech founders are too risk-averse, cashing out early instead of pursuing global scale. He contrasts this with Silicon Valley’s embrace of failure, citing Mark Zuckerberg’s rejection of a $1 billion Facebook offer. Venture capital data shows the US significantly outpaces Europe in funding and large investment funds, highlighting a persistent…
Google rolled out artificial intelligence (AI) powered JEE Main mock tests on Gemini. Sharing a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Google CEO Sundar Pichai celebrated the roll out. An IIT Kharagpur alumni, Pichai wrote “If I could turn back time…”, referencing his own experience as an engineering aspirant while welcoming the rollout…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis revealed Gemini 3’s launch caused OpenAI to declare a ‘Code Red,’ with ChatGPT losing millions of users. Hassabis credits Google’s pre-training team for its competitive edge. Despite significant growth in generative AI market share, he emphasizes the race for AGI is far from over, with focus now on Gemini 4….
Apple has chosen Google’s Gemini AI for its foundation models, a multi-year deal reportedly worth around $1 billion annually. This partnership, confirmed this month, signifies a major shift for Apple, which previously favored in-house development. The revamped Siri, powered by Gemini, is expected with iOS 26.4, aiming for a March/April rollout. Google DeepMind CEO Demis…
Microsoft is rolling out its second-generation artificial intelligence chip, Maia 200 AI chip. The all-new AI chip aims to be a potential alternative to leading processors from Nvidia and to offerings from cloud rivals Amazon and Google. The Maia 200 chip comes two years after Microsoft said it had developed its first AI chip, the…
Yann LeCun, former Chief AI Scientist at Meta and the “Godfather of AI”, has crticised the Silicon Valley giants, describing the industry as “LLM-pilled”. He warned that LeCun warned that the talent war between tech giants where they are hiring AI researchers is being used as a strategic weapon to stifle innovation as they are…
Sundar Pichai (Image credit: BBC interview/ Youtube) Google CEO Sundar Pichai has sold a portion of his shares in parent company Alphabet. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Pichai offloaded 30,521 shares of Class C Capital Stock on January 21, 2026. The share sale was executed at prices ranging from…
