So Let’s Have a Recap, Shall We? Day 1. First, AI media superstar Sam Altman leaves the company he started. The Board of OpenAI says he was ‘less than candid’ with them, but offers nothing more by way of explanation. Day 2. The technology chief, Mira Murati – a staunch acolyte of Mr. Altman, was […]
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Emmet Shear Takes Over From Sam Altman The co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitch TV has taken on the OpenAI seat vacated by Sam Altman and Mira Murati. Admittedly, the latter didn’t last 48 hours and Emmet’s position has been communicated to the media as an ‘interim’ appointment. Nonetheless, it’s still a statement of intent from […]
SPILL is a community platform app started by Alphonzo Terrell for the ‘marginalized’ amongst us. After being unceremoniously dumped as the main Twitter Social Media Marketing Guy in the early days of the Musk regime, Alphonzo put into play this idea that had been percolating for some time. An online community hall away from the […]
So Rishi and his lovely wife Murty were in the mood to watch a movie together on the eve of his Bletchley Park adventure. Rishi voted for the thirty year old classic Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger, his all-time favourite film. Murty wanted to watch Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning. Rishi , ever the gentleman, […]
A few weeks ago, Beta Technologies flew its amazing looking EA (that’s Electric Aircraft, I thought I’d get in first with it) from Vermont to Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. Apparently the miliary wanted to test it out for cargo-carrying purposes. Cargo-carrying purposes. Now there’s a lame duck bit of truth camouflaging that I’ve […]
A division of a major auto manufacturer, which provides the tech for self-driving taxis on the West Coast, has lost its license. Why? Because one of its vehicles ‘misinterprets’ a command from a would-be passenger and runs her over, then reverses back over her, then drags her along the road for a while. Oh sure, […]
Giga-project launches NEOM Investment Fund (NIF) NEOM should no longer be considered a Saudi Arabian project, but a global flag bearer for a sustainable future. That’s the message the Kingdom is sending out with the establishment of the NEOM Investment Fund. Another message might be: we can no longer think of NEOM as just a […]
It had to happen. Trump and Biden turn up in Detroit at about the same time and give their pitch to striking members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW). “Here’s the big difference between Democrats and Republicans”, proclaims Trump. “We want to know why Detroit aren’t making cars that are going to sell, cars that […]
They had a party last week in Beijing. Even Putin was invited. In fact, over 100 leaders went to the same party. It was billed as a forum to celebrate a decade since the Belt and Road Initiative was launched. But actually, this little soirée was really about China sending out a message about global […]
A seamless UX enabler In its Top 7 trends shaping digital transformation in 2022 report, Mulesoft claimed the 2020s as the era of seamless digital experiences, enabled by modular software design. All more often, consumers are expecting the same quality of user experience (UX) from their service provider (SP) as they receive from tech giants like Amazon […]
