Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.
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WhatsApp Is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why
The leading global messaging app is having its breakout moment in the U.S. with some help from Tim Cook and a bit of planning
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The First Hit Generative AI Product After ChatGPT? Somehow, It’s Snapchat+
Snapchat users are flocking to its new AI-powered subscription. But is generative AI a feature or something more?
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7 Predictions for Tech in 2024
The next steps for generative AI, the year of mixed reality, OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, Waymo and Elon Musk’s X.
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The Competition is Coming for Nvidia
After a long, largely unimpeded run, the chipmakers’s challenge has finally arrived.
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Google’s Gemini Marketing Trick
The world saw a jaw-dropping demo of Gemini this week. It just wasn’t the real deal.
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After OpenAI’s Chaos, Anthropic Has An Opportunity (And Its Own Untraditional Board)
A long-term benefit trust will eventually pick most of Anthropic’s board members. Can we trust the structure?
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Sam Altman Returns To OpenAI: How The Chaos Changes The AI Field
Not everything goes back to ‘normal’ after Altman return. Microsoft wins via stability.
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Sam Altman to Microsoft: 8 Quick Implications
What Altman’s move to Microsoft means for OpenAI, Microsoft, the rest of the AI field, and AI safety. Plus, will he actually go?
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In The Age Of AI, Google Experiments With Bold Changes To Search
Google is testing and releasing a bunch of new features that amount to real change at a critical time.
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AI Doomers Are Finally Getting Some Long Overdue Blowback
They might’ve arrived at their AI extinction risk conclusions in good faith, but AI Doomers are being exploited by others with different intentions.
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OpenAI Is A Lot More Vulnerable Than You Think
All the press, money, and awards in the world won’t prevent OpenAI from having to face the cold reality of competition.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Coming for Sam Altman and OpenAI
A fierce, underrated, and full-contact battle is brewing between the social networking company and the formidable AI upstart.
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Exclusive Data: Twitter Is Shrinking Under Elon Musk
Twitter’s lost 13% of its daily users and its rebrand has failed. But those remaining on the app are still engaged, according to new data from Apptopia. Threads, meanwhile, is a nonfactor.
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At the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial, It’s Clear FTX’s Collapse Was No Accident
SBF’s top lieutenant and ex-girlfriend testified that criminality, not carelessness, destroyed billions in value. So why is a different narrative circulating?
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Google’s AI Business Finds Itself at a Crossroads | PRO Insight
Engineers at Google Cloud Platform are working weekends to ensure a key AI partner can build effectively — a less than pleasant exercise in a high-stakes game
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