Anirban Ghoshal
Senior Writer
Anirban Ghoshal is a senior writer, covering enterprise software for CIO and databases and cloud infrastructure for InfoWorld.
Apple set to open its 4th iPhone factory in India in a China+1 strategy
The new plant could be a clear indication of India’s growing importance for Apple’s supply chain network and could be key to the company’s strategy to diversify beyond China.
AWS blames Microsoft for anti-competitive practices in the UK
Last month, AWS, in a letter to the UK’s competition watchdog, alleged that Microsoft was involved in cloud licensing practices that restrict customer choices and make switching between cloud providers difficult.
AI Alliance, led by IBM and Meta, to promote open standards and take on AWS, Microsoft, and Nvidia
Reminiscent of the recurring battle between open source and proprietary ecosystems, the AI Alliance includes about 50 members and is expected to help IBM, Meta and AMD challenge the largest players in generative AI.
Here's what AWS revealed about its generative AI strategy at re:Invent 2023
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky and other top executives at the company’s annual re:Invent conference revealed updates and new products aimed at challenging offerings from Microsoft, Oracle, Google, and IBM.
Amazon Q: AWS' answer to Microsoft’s GPT-driven Copilot
Amazon Q can do all the tasks that Copilot can and is expected to appeal to IT managers who want to limit the number of generative AI assistants in use at their enterprises.
Amazon Braket Direct program to help reserve quantum computers
The new program allows researchers to cut through waiting queues or wait times while providing the option to connect with experts to seek guidance on quantum workloads.
AWS turns Fire TV Cube into Thin Client for enterprises
The cloud-based Thin Client, which uses the same hardware as a Fire TV Cube, is targeted at enterprises, including call centers and payment processing centers, which deploy large numbers of PCs.
Applied Materials faces probe in the US for shipping chip equipment to China
The largest US maker of chipmaking machinery said it is under investigation from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Microsoft to use Oracle’s OCI Supercluster for Bing conversational searches
Microsoft and Oracle have entered into a multiyear agreement to support inferencing of AI models that are being optimized to power Bing’s conversational searches.
Elon Musk to take on ChatGPT with Grok AI
xAI team has warned that the chatbot is a “very early beta product” and has been unveiled with just two months of training.
China, US, and EU agree to work together on AI safety
The Bletchley Declaration, signed at the UK AI Safety Summit, will form a common line of thinking that would oversee the evolution of AI and ensure that the technology is advancing safely.
Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images
But the fight may not be lost as the court allowed the artists to claim copyright infringement against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DevianArt, on workpieces that the artists had filed a copyright for.
OpenAI readying team to prevent AI from starting a nuclear war
The voluntary commitments are part of the company’s efforts to promote safety, security, and trust in AI.
US expands chip export curbs to China to throttle AI, supercomputer development
Chinese officials said that the new US chip restrictions contradict fair trade principles, while immediate response from vendors is muted.
India aims to play catchup in supercomputing to support AI in government services
IndiaAI, an agency created by India’s IT ministry, has laid down a plan to bolster supercomputing infrastructure and create a data framework to support AI to improve government services and research initiatives.
Qualcomm to lay off 1,258 employees from its California offices
The impacted staff includes engineers, analysts, software developers, administrative staff, and staff from the financial, legal, and human resources employees.
AMD to acquire Nod.ai to boost open source AI software capabilities
The acquisition is expected to help AMD compete better against chipmaker Nvidia.
Why are OpenAI, Microsoft and others looking to make their own chips?
As demand for generative AI technology grows, chip shortages are not the main reason behind developing custom silicon, experts say.
Taiwan to investigate suppliers aiding Huawei in chipmaking: Report
The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to check if Taiwanese suppliers in business with Huawei for its Chinese chipmaking factories have violated any US sanctions.