Sam Lessin, a general partner at Slow Ventures, revealed on social media that his venture capital firm is successfully using Google’s AI application NotebookLM in place of a traditional customer relationship management (CRM) system. According to an article by VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen, Lessin uploaded 10 years worth of internal emails to NotebookLM and can now …
IBM plans to replace thousands of jobs with artificial intelligence. But according to insiders, the company’s AI is not yet up to the task. Instead, it appears that experienced employees will be laid off and jobs will be outsourced to India, reports Thomas Claburn for The Register. Several IBM employees have complained that the company’s …
Artificial intelligence could revolutionize the world of work in much the same way that the first computers did, writes Ben Thompson in his blog Stratechery. He compares the current situation to the introduction of mainframe computers in the 1960s, which replaced many accountants and clerks. He argues that in the long run, AI systems such …
AI is enabling new careers for deceased celebrities and millions in revenue for today’s rights holders. According to a report by Mia Dawkins for Bloomberg, the estates of stars such as James Dean, Judy Garland and others can continue to make money thanks to AI technology. For example, these celebrities are lending their voices to …