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Enrique Dans
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Developing AI could be turning into a zero-sum game with some major losers
Developing AI could be turning into a zero-sum game with some major...
It seems increasingly apparent that the companies developing generative AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the like face a long…
Enrique Dans
Aug 20
Could open source provide a better, more accessible AI?
Could open source provide a better, more accessible AI?
The Open Model Initiative, recently created by three artificial intelligence companies, Invoke, Comfy Org and Civitai, as a…
Enrique Dans
Aug 19
Nvidia and the nature of copyright
Nvidia and the nature of copyright
In March of this year, three writers, Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O’Nan began legal proceedings against Nvidia because some of…
Enrique Dans
Aug 18
Google and the nature of the beast
Google and the nature of the beast
As the discussion continues about where the data used to train generative algorithms should come from and how much the companies developing…
Enrique Dans
Aug 17
US police recognize the arresting qualities of the EV
US police recognize the arresting qualities of the EV
A well-documented article in The Atlantic, “Get ready for Tesla cops”, is about how more and more police departments in the United States…
Enrique Dans
Aug 16
Are you more likely to buy a property if you can first take a virtual tour of it?
Are you more likely to buy a property if you can first take a virtu...
A study just published in one of the best information systems journals, Information Systems Research entitled “Does virtual reality help…
Enrique Dans
Aug 15
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Self-driving cars: slow but steady progress, at least outside Europe
Self-driving cars: slow but steady progress, at least outside Europe
The autonomous vehicle revolution continues quietly in the United States and China, with self-driving cars an increasingly regular site in…
Enrique Dans
Aug 15
Invasive anti-theft measures in stores are driving customers online
Invasive anti-theft measures in stores are driving customers online
The shoplifting epidemic that has hit big retail outlets and supermarkets is prompting more and more stores to place many of their products…
Enrique Dans
Aug 14
Conspiratorial algorithms! Whatever next?
Conspiratorial algorithms! Whatever next?
As a growing number of algorithms take over more tasks in companies of all kinds, we are starting to see some interesting consequences that…
Enrique Dans
Aug 12
Something is rotten in the state of OpenAI
Something is rotten in the state of OpenAI
There has been increasing media interest in the fact that only two of OpenAI’s 11 founders remain with the company, suggesting that all is…
Enrique Dans
Aug 11
Apple’s aid to saying adios to annoying ads could be a game changer
Apple’s aid to saying adios to annoying ads could be a game changer
Finally, a feature in Safari that makes me consider using it: Apple has not talked much about it to try to avoid inevitable controversy…
Enrique Dans
Aug 10
There are ways to curb fake news on social networks, so why aren’t we using them?
There are ways to curb fake news on social networks, so why aren’t we using them?
Two completely unrelated news stories about social networks: first: Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro decreeing a ten-day block on X…
Enrique Dans
Aug 10
Google is a monopoly, so what happens now?
Google is a monopoly, so what happens now?
A US federal court has ruled that Google acted illegally to maintain its monopoly on internet searches, something we have all known since…
Enrique Dans
Aug 8
What happens when you suddenly find yourself replaced by a machine?
What happens when you suddenly find yourself replaced by a machine?
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has called a new strike after negotiations over the…
Enrique Dans
Aug 8
Since when did Apple become a services company?
Since when did Apple become a services company?
A close look at Apple’s latest quarterly results, presented on August 1, raises some interesting questions about the growing role of…
Enrique Dans
Aug 7
Software developers are showing the way forward in the use of generative AI: let’s follow their…
Software developers are showing the way forward in the use of generative AI: let’s follow their…
A macro-survey carried out by the programming Q&A site Stack Overflow among more than 65,000 developers shows that code development…
Enrique Dans
Aug 5
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