Uber employees have a Dara AI
…We started really pushing this idea of consumer-side platform, driver-side platform. To the extent we could get consumers to use both Rides and Eats, we had a hypothesis that we…
Search
CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…And I know Canva has a big consumer base and a lot of people have fun with it. This feels like a work product. Is AI fundamentally enterprise software? To me, I…
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…David DeSanto, CEO of software company Anaconda, recently returned from a five-week trip around the world speaking to customers. He said that many were moving to self-host AI models — …
Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them
…I don’t think consumer AI products are very good. I don’t think there’s a great consumer AI product, and I think a ton of the angst we hear about…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
…The idea that Search is going to build custom software for everybody seems like an idea in software engineering, a first impression. The idea is that you’re going to ask the…
Vivo’s X300 Ultra has the best cameras in any phone
…The phone runs on Vivo’s OriginOS, much improved on its older software but still the weakest of the major players, with a bland design and too many preinstalled apps and ads…
Transportation
…We look at how self-driving hardware and software make the automobile better or, in some cases, deeply flawed. We cut through the hype and empty promises to tell you what’s…
User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
…Here’s hoping its phones come next, currently only available for US buyers through open-source software company Murena at a hiked up price. * It’s probably no coincidence that Apple released…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
…Microsoft is willing to use the best AI model for the job, in an effort to keep businesses hooked to its enterprise software offerings and fend off competition from AI startups and…
Inside the return of Xbox
…That could be why there’s an increased focus on the underlying software platform from Sharma, including improving both the Xbox and PC sides. Microsoft has never really delivered on its Xbox…