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Meta Platforms Q1 24 – Bad habits

Zuck returns to a bad habit. Meta reported reasonable results but Meta’s habitual tendency to spend resurfaced spooking the market which sent the shares down 15% which I can understand...

Meta Platforms & AI – Size Does Matter

Meta Platforms is implying its models are the most efficient. In the ever-expanding, world of huge AI models, Meta is hinting that it is going the other way with Llama...

Baidu – China AI Ecosystem

Baidu leads the way. Baidu has launched a series of tools that allow developers to create generative AI services based on its ERNIE foundation model in yet another sign that...

Artificial Intelligence – Missing Link

The link is still missing.   Meta and OpenAI are claiming that their next models will be capable of reasoning which, if true, will be a key step forward in...

Google AI – Penny Pincher

Gen AI is clearly very expensive to operate. Google is toying with the idea of putting new features of its flagship search service behind a paywall which indicates that the...

Artificial Intelligence – Magic Money Tree

Money grows on trees until it doesn’t. Capital continues to pour into the AI sector with very little attention being paid to company fundamentals in a sure sign that when...

Telegram – The Paradox

Its greatest strength is also its greatest weakness. There is little doubt that Telegram has emerged from the background of the technology industry to drive publicity for an IPO but...

China vs. USA – TikTok War II

ByteDance is back in the crosshairs. The fuss over TikTok which seemed to have died down following the change of administration in 2021 is back on but simply divesting TikTok...

The Metaverse – The halo effect

Meta is back on top as Apple reignites interest. Meta has correctly positioned the Quest 3 for the market that is available today, but it has been greatly helped by...

Meta vs. Google – Spurned proposal

Meta jilts Google for good reasons. Meta’s decision not to partner with Google to create a Metaverse platform makes complete sense confirming my view that Meta Platforms is determined to...