Saturday, November 2, 2024

Amazon's plan to rearchitect Alexa around LLMs could finally help Alexa understand what users actually want and reduce the awkward syntax needed to use Skills (David Pierce/The Verge)

David Pierce / The Verge:
Amazon's plan to rearchitect Alexa around LLMs could finally help Alexa understand what users actually want and reduce the awkward syntax needed to use Skills  —  Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future beyond apps — and it had the idea basically right.  But the perfect ambient computer remains frustratingly far away.



A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, a budget hawk who has been in the position for 11 years and is at the center of the company's AI spending spree (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal)

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, a budget hawk who has been in the position for 11 years and is at the center of the company's AI spending spree  —  Amy Hood is at the center of Microsoft's bet-the-company dive into AI



US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP "probably will" try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may "further streamline" the bill (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)

Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation …



A Chainalysis study based on digital wallet use data from January 1, 2024 to October 8, 2024 suggests Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
A Chainalysis study based on digital wallet use data from January 1, 2024 to October 8, 2024 suggests Tether's USDT has gained traction in EMEA time zones  —  - Some data signal USDT activity moved toward EMEA time zones  — US officials are reportedly stepping up probes into the token



Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in data center financing decisions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...