Jon Gold
Senior Writer
Jon Gold covers IoT and wireless networking for Network World. He can be reached at jon_gold@ifoundrycodg.com.
OpenAI jettisons CEO Sam Altman for dishonesty
The chairman of the board of ChatGPT’s parent company also stepped down in a surprise shakeup.
Samsung jumps on the generative AI bandwagon with Gauss
Named for a German mathematician, Gauss AI technology — including a large language model (LLM), coding capabilities, and art generation features — could debut on upcoming Samsung devices.
Splunk cuts 7% of workforce ahead of Cisco acquisition
The layoffs are happening in the wake of a market retraction, Splunk CEO Gary Steele said.
UK government earmarks $122 million on AI for healthcare
Dementia care and mental health are first on the list of targets for a new grant program from the British government toward the use of AI in the healthcare sector.
Intel shows recovery in PCs but faces competition in AI, data centers
Intel’s traditional PC dominance looked to be approaching its former rude health, but that good news in its earnings report was offset by ongoing weakness in servers.
Generative AI training data sets are now trackable – and often legally complicated
A new tool, Data Provenance Explorer, lets users pick through the questionable provenance of many large data sets used for AI training.
ChatGPT can now look at the web — for real this time
Generative AI chatbot ChatGPT can keep up with current events thanks to a new update, and is also getting direct access to the DALL-E 3 image-generation system.
AI bias poses danger to the financial sector, Bank of England warns
A new report from a financial technology expert at the Bank of England says that inherent biases in AI systems makes it dangerous to entrust them with too much decision-making at present.
Bing, Bard updates fuel AI search war
Microsoft brings DALL-E 3 into Bing AI lineup, while Google adds Bard AI to Assistant, bringing generative artificial intelligence to a wider audience than ever.
Will the FTC's Lina Khan succeed in breaking up Amazon?
The US Federal Trade Commission under legal star Lina Khan has charged Amazon with illegally maintaining a monopoly and seeks "structural relief," which could mean breaking off parts of its business.
Microsoft’s data centers are going nuclear
A job posting suggests that Microsoft is planning to explore the use of small nuclear reactors for its major data centers.