AI hype is soaring, with billions being spent, but much of it isn't translating into real business value, warns @DigEconLab Director @erikbryn
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AI Investment Hype Not Delivering Real Business Value
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Duolingo’s Internal Handbook Shares Product Building Strategy
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The @duolingo team just published their internal handbook sharing how they build product, hire, experiment, and build a brand around "wholesome and unhinged" Lots of good ideas to borrow/steal for your own team. Check it out: https://
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Sundar Pichai announces the golden age of AI innovation for health
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Voilà @sundarpichai, CEO de @Google qui annonce qu’avec l’IA, on est à l’âge d’or de l’innovation, avec notamment le monde de la santé ❤️😀 pic.twitter.com/XBbCUkIqsy
— Ludo Salenne (@LudoSLN) 10 février 2025Here is @sundarpichai, CEO of @Google, announcing that with AI, we are in the golden age of innovation, particularly in healthcare.
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DataRobot Acquires Covalent Distributed Computing Platform
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We’re excited to announce that DataRobot has acquired Agnostiq and its open-source distributed computing platform, Covalent. Read more: https://
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EU Commission investigates Shein over illegal products recommender system
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Commission requests information from Shein on illegal products and its recommender system | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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DeepSeek AGI: Ethical Concerns and Long-termism Questions
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I guess eugenics knows no borders?
They write "Unravel the mystery of AGI with curiosity. Answer the essential question with long-termism" https://
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France announces $100bn AI investment to strengthen European tech
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Macron announces $100bn + in AI investment.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 10 février 2025
France finally wakes up! Perhaps a silver lining to prevent the curious death of Europe?
Some of the best European AI talent is France, it also still has nuclear power (critically.)
Fascinating to note that this is *not* being… pic.twitter.com/ZmbfCDM49KMacron announces $100bn + in AI investment. France finally wakes up! Perhaps a silver lining to prevent the curious death of Europe? Some of the best European AI talent is France, it also still has nuclear power (critically.) Fascinating to note that this is *not* being
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Super Bowl advertisement campaign
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Here’s @OpenAI
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Yahoo airs Bill Murray Super Bowl bumper ad campaign
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Didn’t expect to see Yahoo air a #SuperBowl bumper ad starring Bill Murray!
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OpenAI’s First Super Bowl Ad Features ChatGPT Prominently
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OpenAI's ad for ChatGPT — it’s first ever Super Bowl ad — just ran in the 2nd quarter shortly before halftime. Interesting that it didn't mention OpenAI or ChatGPT until the very last second of the ad. Until then it was mostly animated visuals and a few audio prompt examples.