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The Metaverse is chugging along, but does anyone care?
Twelve months is a long time in the technology sector, and while no one is interested in the Metaverse anymore, the developments continue. Read more…
Articles by Richard Windsor
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Microsoft should probably just go ahead and buy out OpenAI
Microsoft is putting OpenAI’s tech into almost everything it makes. This is creating a single-source risk that can only be resolved by buying OpenAI outright. Read more…
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What Micron ban really says about China’s chipset situation
China has banned Micron products from critical infrastructure. It’s a safe move that clearly demonstrates just how weak its hand is in semiconductors. Read more…
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AI debate – could it make your job better, not worse?
The AI debate continues to dominate public discourse, with emphasis now on the job market, which is unlikely to result in millions of workers being out of work. Read more…
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Relax – AI is still too stupid to start Armageddon
The exit of Geoffrey Hinton from Google has caused a stir and reignited the AI safety/Armageddon debate, but the reality remains that humans are at much greater risk from humans than they are from machines, Read more…
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Google vs Microsoft – a tale of two AI search engines
Google and Microsoft report good results but take different lines on what AI is doing to search. Google: all is well. Microsoft: everything is about to change. Read more…
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Now is the time to make LLMs cheaper to run and less crazy
As large language models (LLMs) reach their limits, the next step to making them useful is to find ways to implement them cheaply and make them less crazy. Read more…
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China’s new LLM chatbots still useful despite clampdown
AI proponents may look aghast at Beijing’s clampdown on large language model (LLM) chatbots. But in terms of viable use cases, it won’t make much difference. Read more…
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New Japan chip export controls are bad news for China
Japan has entered the US-China semiconductor fray with tough restrictions on exports that could hinder China’s ability to manufacture chips below 20nm. Read more…
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Alibaba restructure is driven by state oversight, not value
The Alibaba reorganization will help it recover, but a primary goal is providing the state with better visibility and control over all of its activities. Read more…
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Apple is risking its brand chasing the metaverse
It seems Apple is going to press ahead with the launch of a metaverse device this year. But without the guiding hand of Steve Jobs, it’s a risky proposition. Read more…
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GPT-4 is here: lots more monkeys, still no Shakespeare
Open AI has launched GPT-4, but despite performance gains, there’s lots we don’t know about it, and we’re still no closer to general AI than we were with GPT-3. Read more…
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Generative AI is a bubble – we know what happens next
Generative AI has ‘bubble’ written all over it. The signs are everywhere, and sooner or later, the house of cards will fall. The 4th AI winter beckons. Read more…
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Big tech and 5G – why subsidising failure is a bad idea
Debate doing the rounds at MWC last week was the idea that Big Tech should pay some of the cost of rolling out 5G as it disproportionately benefits from it. Read more…
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Subscription models won’t make digital ecosystems more money
In response to slower growth, digital ecosystems like Facebook and Twitter are experimenting with subscription models. Here’s why they’re likely to flop. Read more…
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BharOS: here’s why consumers won’t want to use it
New Indian smartphone OS BharOS may appeal to government entities and enterprises, but not consumers who have long since sold their digital souls to Google. Read more…
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Google pays the price for panicking over AI race
Google held an AI event in Paris last week with live demos so full of gaffes and errors that you’d never know how good their AI actually is. Read more…
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More evidence the consumer metaverse is a distant dream
The reduction in Sony’s PlayStation VR2 volumes for 2023 is the latest indication that the metaverse remains very far from being ready for the consumer market. Read more…
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ChatGPT fiascos remind us that AI is still stupid
ChatGPT and AI in general had a bad month, demonstrating yet again that AI is far too stupid to do anything that could be remotely described as intelligent. Read more…
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Whatever happened to 3D TV and wireless power?
The hype over 3D TV and wireless power is long gone, but both are still attracting funding. Here’s where we are and who’s doing what. Read more…