AI Briefing Room

EP-207 Apple’s Services Surge 🍏, Openai’s $40b Funding Quest 💸, Intel’s Semiconductor Boost 💡

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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, january 31st! explore today's tech highlights:

  • apple's services milestone: apple reports 1 billion subscriptions in the last year, generating nearly $100 billion in revenue from services like the app store, icloud, and apple music, despite declining iphone sales.
  • openai's funding initiative: openai targets a $40 billion funding round with backing from softbank to support their stargate project for ai data centers, aiming to overcome a $5 billion loss with $3.7 billion revenue.
  • google's gemini 2.0 pro rollout: google introduces its gemini 2.0 pro ai model focusing on coding and mathematical capabilities, available in early preview for google one ai premium subscribers.
  • intel's semiconductor boost: intel secures $2.2 billion in federal grants under the u.s. chips and science act to enhance domestic manufacturing, maintaining optimism despite political uncertainties.
  • deepseek's ai claims in china: deepseek claims its new ai model outperforms openai's at a fraction of the cost, challenging traditional ai innovation pathways with its open-source approach.

    • stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!

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