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Following a seven-month investigation, the European Commission has reached a preliminary decision that Amazon’s and Microsoft’s cloud platforms — AWS and Azure, respectively — should be classified as “gatekeepers” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Reuters reports. The DMA, also known as the Digital Markets Regulation, aims to limit the market power of dominant players. For cloud services, this would entail, among other things, requirements for increased interoperability and data portability, as well as restrictions on how these services might favor their own products and services. The Commission pointed, among other things, to AWS and Azure’s large market shares, extensive investments, large customer bases, and high costs for customers who wish to switch providers. If the decision is approved, the companies would be subject to the same type of regulations that apply to several of the largest technology platforms. Both Amazon and Microsoft were critical of the assessment. Amaz
Read full articleAmazon has announced a further $13 billion investment in India’s AI and cloud infrastructure, bringing its total committed spending in the country to $48 billion. The announcement was made following a meeting between CEO Andy Jassy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, and will fund the expansion of Amazon Web Services data centre […]
Other tech giants have also planned multi-billion-dollar AI investments in the large and fast-growing Indian AI market.
For years, Microsoft has hyped Windows 11 cas an OS with AI, and the company is finally putting the building blocks in place for that transformation. Microsoft execs shared examples of how the company is integrating AI in Windows 11 at its Build event earlier this month, highlighting how AI models and agents will make the OS smarter, allowing users to interact with it using natural language and intent. Specifically, Windows 11 PCs will provide unmetered intelligence so users can run AI for free without a network connection. “No token cost. No sensitive data leaves the device. It also reduces latency,” Anastasiya Tarnouskaya, product manager for Windows ML, said during a Build session. Hardware makers introduced AI-capable hardware before the applications were available. But Tarnouskaya said more than 500 million PCs are already running local AI workloads. “Thanks to recent advancements in AI models, hardware, and the software stacks that run them, today, every Windows PC is becoming in
Rising AI-driven chip costs may slow consumer electronics sales, impacting tech giants' revenue and prompting shifts in market strategies. The post Apple and Microsoft raise prices as AI-driven memory chip costs quadruple appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
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Amazon-owned MGM Studios’ decision to drop the OpenAI movie is just part of AI and film industries becoming increasingly intertwined. On Uncanny Valley, we take a look at where this is all headed.
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