All articles by Kurt Robson
Kurt Robson
Senior reporter at Verdict.
Former OpenAI chief scientist to start new AI company
Ilya Sutskever left OpenAI after playing a central role in the controversial firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman.
PayPal hires former Walmart senior executive to lead AI push
PayPal CEO Alex Chriss called 2024 a “transition year” for the company.
Explainer: Why did Apple abandon buy-now-pay-later?
Apple’s ambition to enter the world of financial services failed in just one year. What did the iPhone maker get wrong?
UK watchdog to probe Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14bn Juniper Networks acquisition
HPE said the acquisition would double its networking business.
Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company as AI demand continues to surge
Nvidia joined the one-trillion-dollar club of companies in 2023 as its value more than tripled.
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Snap launches GenAI tools for advanced augmented reality
Snap considers augmented reality one of the company’s three strategic priorities, alongside revenue growth and community growth.
Salesforce opens its first ever AI hub in London following $4bn UK investment
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the investment a “ringing endorsement” of the country’s economy.
US regulator accuses Adobe of ‘hidden cost’ subscription plans
Adobe’s subscription revenue totalled $4.92bn, making up 95% of its total $5.18bn revenue, in the quarter ending at the beginning of March.
DeepMind is working on AI that generates sound and dialogue for videos
The new AI model is trained on a combination of video clips, sounds and dialogue transcripts.
Explainer: Microsoft’s AI PC ships without Recall feature – can the company fix its privacy problem?
Recall will not be widely released as part of the company’s planned AI PC launch today.