Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips
Malaysia is introducing new export restrictions on U.S. AI chips in an attempt to prevent these chips from being smuggled into China.
The Download: how your data is being used to train AI, and why chatbots aren’t doctors
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data Millions of images of passports, credit cards, birth certificates, and other documents containing personally identifiable information are likely included in…
NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others
Google is adding notebooks from various authors, publications, researchers, and nonprofits to its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant NotebookLM.
Most Entrepreneurs Approach Culture the Wrong Way. Here’s What They’re Missing.
Entrepreneurs who treat culture as an add-on rather than the foundational context that shapes all business rules and behaviors are setting themselves up for failure.
‘Consumers Deserve Better’: How Superstar QB Patrick Mahomes Is Brewing a Better Future for Coffee Drinkers
Backed by lead investor and 3-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes, Throne SPORT COFFEE is disrupting the $5B ready-to-drink coffee market.
Prime Day event drove over $24B in U.S. e-commerce sales, gen AI traffic was up 3,300%
Amazon’s Prime Day, which leads to an overall boost to U.S. e-commerce thanks to competitive sales, saw a significant increase in retail traffic driven by generative AI products, including chatbots and browsers. According to a post-Prime Day analysis by Adobe Analytics, gen AI traffic to U.S. retail sites increased by 3,300% year-over-year — which was […]
Value-Based Pricing Has Gotten Popular — But It Doesn’t Always Work. Here’s How It Could Derail Your Business.
Value-based pricing can be effective, but there are significant downsides every founder needs to consider.
No More ‘Press 1 for Service’ — Here’s How to Bring Phone Systems into the Age of Personalization
AI phone agents are revolutionizing customer service by replacing outdated, impersonal phone systems with intelligent, personalized and efficient conversations that boost satisfaction and business success.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center
Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Monday post on Threads. The announcement marks Meta’s latest move to get ahead of OpenAI and Google in the AI race. After […]
Weekly subscriptions dominate iOS app revenue, report finds
Weekly subscriptions have now become one of the most popular ways iOS apps are earning revenue, with these plans contributing 46% to the bottom line, according to a new report by app revenue management platform Adapty. The study, which observed $1.9 billion in revenue across more than 11,000 apps, noted that weekly plans have grown […]
GM to challenge China’s LFP monopoly with upgraded battery factory
The factory’s overhaul will give U.S. LFP production a significant boost.