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Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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Alexa, why haven’t smart speakers evolved?
Alexa, why haven’t smart speakers evolved?
I’m puzzled by the failure of smart speakers such as Amazon’s Echo, which we all know as Alexa, or Google Assistant, to incorporate the…
Enrique Dans
Apr 17
Not all fabs are equally fabulous….
Not all fabs are equally fabulous….
Covid provided a stark warning about the fragility of the global economy’s supply chains, particularly so in the case of chips, which are…
Enrique Dans
Apr 16
Students are going to use generative algorithms, so let’s make sure they do so properly
Students are going to use generative algorithms, so let’s make sure...
A study conducted by the creators of the leading plagiarism detection service, Turnitin, claims that over the past year, students turned in…
Enrique Dans
Apr 15
Online advertising is a cesspit
Online advertising is a cesspit
A highly recommended article in The Wall Street Journal, “‘Made for Advertising websites’ are the marketing industry’s latest messy…
Enrique Dans
Apr 14
Worker robots of the world unite!
Worker robots of the world unite!
The list of enterprises exploring the potential of combining robotics and generative artificial intelligence grows longer: Tesla’s…
Enrique Dans
Apr 13
The Digital Markets Act gets off to a good start
The Digital Markets Act gets off to a good start
Reuters reveals some early effects of the recently introduced Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union, among them a significant…
Enrique Dans
Apr 12
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Let’s not get lost in translation: why learning a language is a good thing
Let’s not get lost in translation: why learning a language is a good thing
At this point, it may sound redundant to say that Large Language Models (LLMs) can now generate text: by feeding these models with billions…
Enrique Dans
Apr 10
Stopping China and decarbonization: what kind of sense does that make?
Stopping China and decarbonization: what kind of sense does that make?
During her visit to China last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her country is considering imposing heavy tariffs on…
Enrique Dans
Apr 10
Seems like Spotify has been listening to what people are asking ChatGPT
Seems like Spotify has been listening to what people are asking ChatGPT
Spotify has launched a playlist creation feature through generative artificial intelligence using a text prompt for a particular type of…
Enrique Dans
Apr 8
AI companies are desperate for data and they’ll go to any length to find it
AI companies are desperate for data and they’ll go to any length to find it
It’s important to have an idea of the scale of the data that companies working generative artificial intelligence algorithms, and some…
Enrique Dans
Apr 7
Spanish carrier Iberia trials facial recognition system
Spanish carrier Iberia trials facial recognition system
Last Friday I attended the launch of Spanish airline Iberia’s facial recognition system for access to gates and boarding itself, a service…
Enrique Dans
Apr 7
An earthquake in Taiwan sends shock waves around the world
An earthquake in Taiwan sends shock waves around the world
The Hualien earthquake in Taiwan on April 3 not only raises concerns about the impact on the island’s population and infrastructure, but…
Enrique Dans
Apr 5
Google and the costs of generative AI
Google and the costs of generative AI
One of the biggest obstacles preventing Google from incorporating generative artificial intelligence features into its main product, search…
Enrique Dans
Apr 5
Another impossible journey: how do I do it?
Another impossible journey: how do I do it?
I confess: this past Easter, I did it again. Once more, as I do many times a year, I got in my EV with my wife and travelled from my home…
Enrique Dans
Apr 4
Cracks appear in Discord’s corporate culture
Cracks appear in Discord’s corporate culture
Discord, the instant messaging and chat platform that originated in the gamer community, says it is to allow video-game related…
Enrique Dans
Apr 3
The Reddit IPO: too good to be true?
The Reddit IPO: too good to be true?
Reddit’s IPO on March 21, with a launch price of $34 (the high end of the range) was apparently a success: they briefly traded amid great…
Enrique Dans
Apr 2
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