What Snowflake’s deal with OpenAI tells us about the enterprise AI race
Snowflake is the latest enterprise to sign multi-year deals with multiple AI companies in what could be a sign to come of a future trend.
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Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features
Starting with Firefox 148 arriving later this month, users will find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings.
Linq raises $20M to enable AI assistants to live within messaging apps
Linq offers an API that lets companies offer their AI assistants via iMessage, RCS and SMS.
Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says
Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.
Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Microsoft gained $7.6B from OpenAI last quarter
Microsoft, one of OpenAI’s major investors, is benefiting greatly from the AI lab’s growth.
ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic
ServiceNow partners with Anthropic just a week after announcing a partnership with OpenAI as the company takes a multi-model approach.
The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down
ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers.
Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees
This is Amazon’s second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October.
Risotto raises $10M seed to use AI to make ticketing systems easier to use
Designed to autonomously resolve help desk tickets, Risotto has raised $10 million in seed funding in a round led by Bonfire Ventures.