AI Versus DIY

This Week in Upgrades: AI Versus DIY

AI barreled full-bore into search engines and news headlines this week, as Microsoft announced it was bringing OpenAI (the tech behind ChatGPT) to its Bing search engine and Edge browser. Then a day later, Google jumped on the bandwagon, demonstrating its own AI-powered Bard bot’s ability to offer up search results (complete with factual errors). …

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Microsoft May Cut 10,000 Jobs This Week

Multiple sources, including Bloomberg and Sky News (opens in new tab), confirm that Microsoft will announce wide-ranging layoffs across “a number of engineering divisions.” Microsoft currently employs over 221,000 workers globally, and this newest round of cuts could see that figure slashed by 5 percent. If true, more than 10,000 workers will, unfortunately, lose their…

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Dutch prime minister to visit White House next week

WASHINGTON (AFP) – United States (US) President Joe Biden will receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House next Tuesday, the two leaders announced. Allies in the NATO defence alliance, the two leaders “will reaffirm our shared efforts to strengthen transatlantic security and economic prosperity”, a White House statement said on Thursday. It…