Cue pushes Apple to splash cash on AI startups
Cook still doesn’t fancy doing anything bold or expensive
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s services overlord Eddy Cue is apparently desperate to blow some cash on big-name AI firms, though his past ideas, like snapping up Netflix and Tesla, were promptly exterminated by supreme dalek Tim Cook.
Nguyen realises the Pixel 10 actually works
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s grip on reality is slipping, and not even its favourite tame journos are buying the hype anymore. Nicole Nguyen [pictured] at the Wall Street Journal appears to have broken ranks after playing with Google’s Pixel 10.
CEO deepfakes scam millions from gullible staff
AI cons get dangerously slick
Crooks have discovered they don’t need to hack your network when they can just pretend to be your CEO and ask nicely.
AI stocks take a kicking
Tech investors run scared after MIT says most AI projects are useless
Tech investors got spooked on Tuesday after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggested most AI projects were about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
ARM poaches Amazon chip guru for AI push
Ramps up in-house CPU plans
Chip designer ARM has poached one of Amazon’s top silicon brains, Rami Sinno [pictured], to spearhead its in-house AI chip efforts, in a move that looks suspiciously like a direct shot at Chipzilla, AMD, and Nvidia's datacentre turf.