The Dark Side of the Techno-Utopian Dream
The Dark Side of the Techno-Utopian Dream
The battleground for consumer attention and engagement is fiercer than ever. Platforms traditionally known for streaming videos or facilitating professional networking are expanding their horizons into the gaming sector. This move underscores a strategic pivot towards creating more interactive and immersive experiences, aimed at capturing and retaining user attention in an increasingly fragmented digital landscape. …
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2023 was the year of generative AI, but more specifically, the year we witnessed the power and potential of LLMs, large language models. A lot of the world of work is based around text: documents, email, content, media. Both startups and large tech companies leaned in hard, incorporating automation tools and generative AI applications across …
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I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. Until now, to succeed in search companies needed two things: 1) an index of the web 2) an algorithm to organise the results. In the early days of the web, …
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Market share for generative AI products will be influenced heavily by user perception
Google announced a number of generative AI improvements for consumers and developers today, ahead of Microsoft’s GPT-4 launch this week
Generative AI will dramatically reduce the price and effort of creating new content, and automating tasks
Don’t write Cloud gaming off just yet. Where Google Stadia failed, others might succeed.
The top 10 companies investing in R&D, M&A and commercialisation of the tech stack for the Metaverse
The various startup engagement and outreach programs at Google from investment, to partnerships and commercial through various equity free mentorship and support programs.