A comparison between Microsoft and Google’s quarterly results leaves few doubts as to which is benefiting most from the innovation of the moment, generative algorithms. While Microsoft has increased its turnover 13% and profits by 27% year-on-year, consolidating the growth of its cloud computing business, Azure, thanks to features using…

Ending the use of fossil fuel technologies is the only way to tackle the climate emergency we have created.Let’s be clear: burning coal, oil and gas got us into this mess, and the only way to get out of it is to stop doing so. The chronology of the climate…

As the virtues of using generative algorithms for more and more tasks become evident, Big Tech is positioning itself, prompting a flood of initiatives. Apple, which has largely kept silent since generative algorithms such as ChatGPT and others burst onto the scene, has announced plans to incorporate generative algorithms into…

A Harvard working paper, “Navigating the jagged technological frontier: field experimental evidence of the effects of AI on knowledge worker productivity and quality” (pdf) examines the performance implications of AI on realistic, complex, and knowledge-intensive tasks: in eighteen different tasks selected to be realistic samples of the types of work…

Solar energy is, by far, the cheapest and most efficient way to generate electricity today. …

Amazon has announced that its humanoid robot, Digit, is joining the army of more than 700,000 automatons already used in its warehouses, unleashing speculation that it intends to automate all its processes, potentially replacing humans. The new, two-legged robots will be tasked with moving containers with orders between racks and…

Elon Musk has confirmed his intentions to turn X, formerly Twitter, into a complex web of interested-based subscriptions, along with a small payment to prove that the user is not an automated account or a spam bot. The idea is to launch two new subscription tiers, one below the current…

The disruption AI and generative algorithms is causing has sparked a collective brainstorming session in the media. Below are three articles I would recommend as a starting point. Sam Altman’s response on WSJ Tech Live on the impact of AI on the future of work. His argument is pretty much…

A European Tech Insights report by IE University’s Center for the Governance of Change (CGC) about the attitudes of Europeans towards artificial intelligence (AI) and technology shows that 68% of those surveyed want governments to restrict the use of AI to protect their jobs. In short, for almost three quarters…