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Enterprises are rapidly moving from an artificial intelligence that answers questions and generates content to one that performs tasks and takes actions. According to Google Cloud Chief Executive Thomas Kurian, this shift requires a fundamentally different approach to infrastructure and software. Google’s view is that only a tightly integrated portfolio – spanning silicon to applications and everything in between – can effectively support this transition. A linchpin of this transition is the emergent data and AI platform, what we call the system of intelligence and what Google is initially exposing as its Knowledge Catalog. This capability ultimately abstracts and harmonizes…

DeepSeek V4 is here to break the bank, not your budget. 🇨🇳 1.6T parameters, Huawei-powered, and 7x cheaper than Claude. Is the AI crown moving East? If you thought the AI arms race was strictly a Silicon Valley affair, China just dropped a 1.6-trillion-parameter reality check. DeepSeek V4 is here, and it’s not just a model- it’s a geopolitical statement wrapped in code. A year after they stunned the world by matching Western benchmarks at a fraction of the cost, DeepSeek is doubling down. The new V4 lineup, featuring Pro and Flash versions, is a technical marvel that shouldn’t technically…

BYD may be known for its affordable all-electric cars, but that doesn’t mean it won’t dabble in the occasional hypercar under one of its subsidiary brands. Through its Denza subbrand, BYD unveiled the Denza Z, a hypercar that can push out more than 1,000 horsepower with an all-electric motor, at the Beijing Auto Show. According to CarNewsChina, the Denza A can hit 0 to 60 mph in less than two seconds, rivaling the likes of the Rimac Nivera.BYD first showed off the Denza Z as a concept during the Shanghai Auto Show in 2025. A year later, the Chinese EV…

A subtle but potentially significant shift may be coming to the iPad lineup, and it has less to do with hardware and more to do with identity. In a recent interview with John Ternus and Greg Joswiak from Tom’s Guide, the company could rethink how it names future iPads – moving away from the familiar generation-based system. A Naming Reset That Signals A Bigger Strategy Shift The report stems from insights shared in a recent interview with Apple’s hardware leadership, where the idea of simplifying product naming surfaced. Instead of continuing with labels like “10th generation” or chip-based identifiers such…

Be careful delegating your work to that chatbot: A new peer-reviewed study published this month by the American Psychological Association found that people who heavily rely on AI tools for work tasks reported feeling less confident in their abilities and had less ownership over their work.There has been growing research on how our brains function when we use AI tools. A landmark study from MIT in 2025 found that our brains don’t retain as much information or employ necessary critical thinking skills when writing tasks are outsourced to AI chatbots. This new study aimed to understand how our human behavior, specifically…

when you’re trying to stay focused on something, there’s no shortage of distractions on your phone, through your web browser, or out the window. And with attention spans crumbling in the TikTok era, we now have an entire category of apps dedicated to helping you stick to what you’re supposed to be doing.These apps all work more or less in the same way, giving you a straightforward method of tracking how long you’re spending on a task, and offering some sort of incentive to keep going for the allotted amount of time. Sometimes you get a few extra features as…

Both tech firms outlined cost-cutting plans in separate internal memos dated Apr 23 Meta and Microsoft are taking significant steps to reduce their workforces as they streamline operations and manage the rising costs of artificial intelligence (AI) investments, according to recent media reports. In an internal memo dated Apr 23, Meta said it plans to cut about 10% of its workforce—roughly 8,000 employees—beginning May 20. The company also intends to leave around 6,000 open roles unfilled. On the same day, Microsoft issued its own memo, announcing a large-scale voluntary buyout programme for its US employees. Around 7% of its US…

Artificial intelligence startups Cohere Inc. and Aleph Alpha GmbH today announced that they intend to merge. The transaction is backed by Schwarz Group GmbH, Germany’s largest retailer. It plans to lead a funding round into the combined company by making a $600 million “structured financing commitment.” CNBC reported that the Series E deal, which is also expected to draw other investors, will close later this year. Toronto-based Cohere has raised about $1.6 billion in funding from Nvidia Corp. and other backers since launching in 2019. The company offers several AI model families that are each optimized for a different set…

Qualtrics is based in Provo, Utah, and downtown Seattle (above). (GeekWire File Photo) Qualtrics CEO Jason Maynard shook up the company’s senior leadership team on Friday at its dual headquarters in downtown Seattle and Provo, Utah, less than three months after taking the helm of the experience management technology company. Five executives are no longer with the company, Maynard told employees in an internal email viewed by GeekWire, calling the moves “a difficult but important step” designed to “simplify our structure and ensure we are positioned for our next phase of growth.” The impacted leaders span Qualtrics’ business, engineering, IT, …

Marketing has spent years producing dashboards that impress leadership and inform almost nothing. Clicks. Impressions. Follower counts. Social engagement. These numbers create the illusion of momentum while the CFO sharpens their pencil. The shift to outcome-based measurement is not a trend. For most marketing teams, it is a survival question. There is a particular kind of meeting that CMOs dread. Not the budget review, exactly. The one before it. Where someone on the finance team asks what marketing actually produced last quarter, and the answer begins with the word “impressions.” The number that follows is always large. It is always…