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Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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What’s the real reason Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg want to do away with the hyperlink?
What’s the real reason Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg want to do awa...
This excellent article discussing a podcast by former LA Times journalist Matt Pearce further reinforces the impression that social media…
Enrique Dans
Oct 8
How Amazon has taken one step back and two steps forward with its Just Walk Out technology
How Amazon has taken one step back and two steps forward with its J...
Amazon opened its first Go stores in December 2016, moving from two decades of online retail to neighborhood convenience shops. Since then…
Enrique Dans
Oct 7
AI: how China is doing more with less
AI: how China is doing more with less
State-owned China Telecom has managed to train a one-trillion parameter AI model using only domestically made chips.
Enrique Dans
Oct 7
Who needs a brush to paint a masterpiece?
Who needs a brush to paint a masterpiece?
On Thursday, at the invitation of my longtime friend and IE University colleague Julian de Cabo, I attended the presentation of…
Enrique Dans
Oct 6
How much is OpenAI prepared to spend to hold on to its talent?
How much is OpenAI prepared to spend to hold on to its talent?
OpenAI’s lavish $6.6 billion financing round, which now puts the value of the company at no less than $157 billion, temporarily allows it…
Enrique Dans
Oct 5
It’s worrying: there are still so many people out there who don’t get AI
It’s worrying: there are still so many people out there who don’t g...
Seen from the perspective of how previous technical innovations were initially received by wider society, I have to say that I’m concerned…
Enrique Dans
Oct 2
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An electrifying podcast
An electrifying podcast
A recent US podcast discusses my work on EVs, looking at the reasons more and more people are buying them, China’s role in driving…
Enrique Dans
Oct 2
Watch out for the evil twins when you’re out and about
Watch out for the evil twins when you’re out and about
Australian police arrested a cybercriminal at the country’s Perth airport in June allegedly responsible for an evil twin attack using fake…
Enrique Dans
Sep 30
LAION case could leave a lasting imprint
LAION case could leave a lasting imprint
LAION, the German not-for-profit company that collects online images to train its own AI algorithms and allows the public to use them for…
Enrique Dans
Sep 29
Another EV myth bites the dust
Another EV myth bites the dust
One of the most enduring myths the anti-EV brigade like to trot out to anyone thinking of going electric is: “wait until you have to change…
Enrique Dans
Sep 29
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision, and it’s not pretty
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision, and it’s not pretty
Mark Zuckerberg, attired in a t-shirt emblazoned with Aut Zuck, Aut Nihil (Zuck or nothing) was omnipresent at Meta Connect 2024, an event…
Enrique Dans
Sep 27
What the heck is going on at OpenAI?
What the heck is going on at OpenAI?
The announcement of a new wave of key management departures at OpenAI, among them Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Chief Research…
Enrique Dans
Sep 27
How do you feel about talking to a robot?
How do you feel about talking to a robot?
Anybody who has recently made a reservation at a hair salon, restaurant, or many other services in the United States is likely to have…
Enrique Dans
Sep 25
AI could already solve so many of our problems, so how is “superintelligence” going to improve…
AI could already solve so many of our problems, so how is “superintelligence” going to improve…
The article published on Monday by Sam Altman, “The Intelligence Age”, which argues that superintelligence will be within our reach in “a…
Enrique Dans
Sep 25
Does the world need a new device to use AI?
Does the world need a new device to use AI?
In an interview with The New York Times, Jony Ive, the legendary designer who left Apple five years ago, confirms rumors dating back at…
Enrique Dans
Sep 23
AI: we’ve come a long way in a short time, and we’ve barely started
AI: we’ve come a long way in a short time, and we’ve barely started
The evolution of AI from the early copilots designed to simply respond to prompts or execute predefined tasks, to ones that based on…
Enrique Dans
Sep 22
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