Apple’s big AI rollout at WWDC will reportedly focus on making Siri suck less

Apple will reportedly focus its first round of generative AI enhancements on beefing up Siri’s conversational chops. Sources speaking with The New York Times say company executives realized early last year that ChatGPT made Siri look antiquated. The company allegedly decided that the large language model (LLM) principles behind OpenAI’s chatbot could give the iPhone’s … Read more

After Nvidia, Samsung vows to abandon consumer focus and concentrate on lucrative enterprise market instead — surge in HBM, enterprise SSD, DDR5 server memory chip expected to drive margins

Nvidia has transformed into an AI superpower, becoming the third most valuable company in the world off the back of it, so it’s perhaps no surprise other tech giants are looking on in envy and shifting their focus to follow suit. During its recent earnings call, Samsung reported a consolidated operating profit of $4.8 billion in … Read more

Apple’s M4 chip arrives with a big focus on AI

Today at its “Let Loose” event, Apple detailed its new M4 chip featuring a major focus on improved AI and machine learning capabilities. Built on a new second-gen 3nm process, Apple’s M4 chip features four performance and six efficiency cores along with a 10-core GPU. On top of that, Apple says it’s maintaining class-leading energy … Read more

It’s time for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to call a truce on the performance arms race and focus on sustainability and efficiency

Today is Earth Day, and it’s as good a time as any to think about the way we use technology and how we can use it better and more sustainably given the myriad challenges it represents to our environment. Major computer manufacturers like Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and many others have all started moving … Read more

Intel unveils flurry of new Arc GPUs — however serious graphics users will have to wait for more powerful models, as these focus on a completely different and more lucrative market

Two years after the debut of its Arc Alchemist GPUs, Intel is launching six new Arc products, but these are designed for edge/embedded systems.  These edge systems, which process data near the source to reduce latency and bandwidth use, are becoming increasingly essential in areas such as IoT, autonomous vehicles, and AI applications. As Intel … Read more

Lack of focus doesn’t equal lack of intelligence — it’s proof of an intricate brain

Imagine a busy restaurant: dishes clattering, music playing, people talking loudly over one another. It’s a wonder that anyone in that kind of environment can focus enough to have a conversation. A new study by researchers at Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science provides some of the most detailed insights yet into the brain … Read more

ChatGPT alternative Groq focus on high-speed responses

In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, a new ChatGPT alternative has emerged, promising to transform the way we interact with AI chatbots. Groq, a platform that’s gaining traction and on a mission to set the standard for GenAI inference speed, helping real-time AI applications come to life. Groq offers users a breakthrough in response … Read more

2024 Toyota Corolla range to focus on technology

Toyota has revealed that it will focus on technology with the new 2024 Toyota Corolla, there will be various models in the range including a new Corolla Hatchback, Touring Sport, and Sedan. Toyota has focused on new, advanced technologies in its programme of upgrades for the 2024 Corolla range, adding further convenience and sophistication to … Read more