Microsoft Puts the PR in AI (Premium)

Overly reliant on OpenAI and facing a coming generation of on-device AI that it can’t control, Microsoft’s latest small language model (SLM) is most notable for the PR offensive that accompanies it.
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Intel Claims Big AI Performance Gains in Next Core Ultra Chips

At its Vision 2024 event today, Intel talked up AI acceleration for the enterprise. But the big focus outside the company was on a single slide onstage.
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Can AI Save the PC Industry? (Premium)

Microsoft and its chipset and PC maker partners offer bullish predictions about a future in which AI innovations drive a new wave of PC upgrades. But the PC market is in freefall right now, and it’s only getting worse. Can AI save the PC industry? Or i… Continue reading Can AI Save the PC Industry? (Premium)

Intel Reveals New 288-Core Sierra Forest CPU, Core Ultra Processors at Intel Innovation 2023

Plus, Intel makes progress on its plan to revolutionize manufacturing with the 18A process node slated for 2024. Continue reading Intel Reveals New 288-Core Sierra Forest CPU, Core Ultra Processors at Intel Innovation 2023