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Could Elon Musk Upend NASA’s Return to the Moon? Astronaut Weighs In

Elon Musk has called NASA's plan to return to the Moon "a distraction."

11.01.2025 7

Observer

Aaron Mok

Waymo Co-CEO Is Optimistic About Self-Driving Regulation Under Trump and Musk

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana called Trump’s focus on self-driving vehicles “very forward-leaning.” 

10.01.2025 8

Observer

Aaron Mok

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Defends Elon Musk, Predicting ‘Overwhelming Success of DOGE’

The X CEO predicts DOGE will be "one of the single biggest unifiers that will bring this country together.” 

09.01.2025 10

Observer

Aaron Mok

Nvidia Is Officially on the A.I. Agents Train With New Family of LLM Models

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via...

07.01.2025 8

Observer

Aaron Mok

Inside Amazon Web Services’ Ambition to Train Two Million A.I. Workers: Q&A

An interactive exhibition at the AWS Skills Center in Arlington, Va. Aaron Mok for Observer As Big Tech invests billions into the expansion of...

17.12.2024 3

Observer

Aaron Mok

Inside Freepik’s A.I. Ambition To Replace Photoshop and Figma: CEO Interview

Amid the A.I. boom, Freepik is transforming from a stock image library to a one-stop platform for graphic design. Nejc Soklič/Unsplash In just 14...

10.12.2024 6

Observer

Aaron Mok

Despite Creative Hubris, Artists Are Quietly Embracing A.I. in Their Work

Artists across the entertainment, art and design industries are biting their nails over the rise of generative A.I. Many argue the technology...

05.12.2024 3

Observer

Aaron Mok

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Assures Investors Expensive A.I. Infrastructure Is Worth It

Amazon (AMZN) kicked off the holiday season with steady growth as Amazon Web Services, its cloud division, continues to boom amid the A.I. craze....

01.11.2024 2

Observer

Aaron Mok

A.I. Unicorns Have Good Reasons Not to Go Public

Unicorns, or startups valued at $1 billion or more, are hardly a rare sight in generative A.I. In fact, leading players like OpenAI and Anthropic...

29.10.2024 2

Observer

Aaron Mok

Amid an A.I. Chip Shortage, the GPU Rental Market Is Booming

GPUs, or graphic processing units, have become increasingly difficult to acquire as tech giants like OpenAI and Meta purchase mountains of them to...

24.10.2024 4

Observer

Aaron Mok

Inside Revel’s Plan To Solve New York’s EV Charging Problem: CEO Interview

Last year, Revel canceled its moped rental business in New York City and San Francisco following a drop in ridership and a string of fatal...

04.10.2024 20

Observer

Aaron Mok

A.I. Office Workers Are Saving Companies Millions—They’re Also Threatening Entry-Level Jobs

Last week, Salesforce unveiled Agentforce , a suite of A.I. agents that its business clients could deploy to automate multi-step tasks across their...

24.09.2024 2

Observer

Aaron Mok

From Meta to Startups, A.I. Is Reviving Tech Companies’ Interest in Smart Glasses

The market of A.I.-powered glasses appears to be heating up as tech giants race to create the next best personal A.I. devices. Later this month,...

10.09.2024 4

Observer

Aaron Mok

This Startup Has Built an Algorithm to Pay Creators for Their Work Used to Train A.I.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has come under fire from publishers and artists who alleged the company scraped their work from the internet to...

03.09.2024 1

Observer

Aaron Mok

Behind the A.I. Boom, the U.S. Semiconductor Sector Is Facing a Looming Talent Crisis

The rapid expansion of the U.S. semiconductor industry could potentially be stifled by a looming talent crisis. A new McKinsey study found there...

12.08.2024 2

Observer

Aaron Mok

Despite Revenue Miss, Amazon’s Cloud Business Is Booming Thanks to A.I.

Amazon (AMZN)’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), continues to see growth for its third consecutive quarter as customers go all in on A.I....

02.08.2024 4

Observer

Aaron Mok

Can Synthetic Data Help Solve Generative A.I.’s Training Data Crisis?

The supply of quality, real-world data used to train generative A.I. models appears to be dwindling as digital publishers increasingly restrict...

02.08.2024 3

Observer

Aaron Mok

Google’s Bet on A.I. Search and Cloud Is Paying Off

Alphabet (GOOGL) finished its second quarter strong as Google (GOOGL)’s parent company goes all-in on A.I. The tech giant generated $84.74 billion...

24.07.2024 1

Observer

Aaron Mok

A.I. Computers Are Here—Can They Revive the Slumping PC Market?

Earlier this month, HP launched its OmniBook Ultra laptop and OmniStudio X desktop with built-in A.I. features—joining the likes of Microsoft...

19.07.2024 1

Observer

Aaron Mok