Clicking, navigating, and searching knowledge bases will soon become unacceptable “friction” for consumers. If companies can’t offer their products with natural language interfaces with a zero learning curve, they won’t be able to compete for long.
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition decision timeline revealed
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Amy says she and others gave a presentation on the Activision Blizzard deal to the board over the course of three meetings in December 2021 and January 2022. so the decision to look past Zynga and go bigger came between October 2021 and December 2021
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Microsoft informed of Activision acquisition opportunity in fall 2021
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'I was informed about the opportunity to possibly acquire Activision in the fall of 2021.'
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Microsoft Board Approval Required for $500M+ Transactions
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'Transactions over $500 million require final approval by Microsoft's Board of Directors.' -Amy Hood, in written testimony in FTC-Microsoft-Activision hearing
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Snowflake Restores Confidence at Analyst Day
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Snowflake restores confidence at analyst day with talk of ‘consumption' People are back to consuming SNOW’s software, a relief after last month’s earnings call. https://
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MosaicML’s LLM Development Philosophy: Aggressive vs Conservative Approach
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What is @MosaicML
's philosophical approach to developing LLMs? Is it like OpenAI: throw everything at the wall and see what sticks? More conservative, like Anthropic, Cohere, etc.? Or like FB, which open-sources everything and lets people figure out use cases? @PrajnaPrayas -
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood Appears in Court Tomorrow
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Amy Hood, Microsoft's chief financial officer, will appear in court tomorrow, which is the second to last day of Microsoft's fiscal year
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Meta AI Publishes New Robotics Research in Science Robotics
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Newly published research in Science Robotics from Meta AI today!
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Why Will They Always Stay One Step Ahead?
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curious – why will they always be one step ahead? just asking to learn 🙂
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Microsoft Gaming Goals Questioned in FTC Hearing
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FTC lawyer asks if Microsoft exceeded a particular goal for the gaming business. 'Yeah. We set it low,' Satya says