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Intuit debuts generative AI for QuickBooks, TurboTax, and other major products
Financial services and small-business software provider Intuit will be rolling out an “Intuit Assist” feature to all of its major product lines, including TurboTax and QuickBooks, building on the development of its own generative AI operating system.GenOS, as the...
UK rolls back controversial encryption rules of Online Safety Bill
The UK government has conceded one of the more controversial parts of its Online Safety Bill, stating that the powers granted by the legislation will not be used to scan encrypted messaging apps for harmful content until it can be done in a targeted manner.Companies...
Apple saves its chips with multi-year Arm IP deal
If you had any remaining doubt about Apple’s long-term plans for processor development, you should note the significance of a newly revealed chip technology deal the company has reached with Arm. The deal extends beyond 2040.Arm docs reveal Apple deal News of the deal...
Slack unveils ‘lists,’ a work management tool for team project tracking
Slack is building a work management tool designed to allow users to track team projects directly from the collaboration app. The “lists” feature, announced Wednesday ahead of parent company Salesforce’s Dreamforce event next week, provides functions similar to the...
EU lists ‘gatekeepers’ to be regulated, opens iMessage and Bing investigations
The European Commission has published a list of so-called gatekeeper companies that will be regulated by its Digital Markets Act (DMA), simultaneously announcing it will open investigations into the arguments put forward by Microsoft and Apple that claim iMessage and...
Otter.ai launches new OtterPilot for Sales
AI transcription company Otter.ai on Wednesday launched OtterPilot for Sales, an AI sales assistant that helps employees with non-selling tasks such as note-taking and CRM data entry.The sales-specific product launches seven months after Otter.ai released OtterPilot,...
Q&A: What ChatGPT Enterprise means for AI business adoption
OpenAI recently announced the first of its B2B product portfolio, ChatGPT Enterprise, arguably the most significant upgrade to the generative AI (genAI) platform since it launched last November.The Enterprise version aims to address two major concerns users have had...
Apple and Microsoft challenge regulatory scope of EU’s Digital Markets Act
Apple and Microsoft are attempting to circumvent the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) by arguing that neither iMessage nor Bing are sufficiently popular enough to be regulated by the legislation.The DMA was approved in July 2022 and is designed to rein in...
Is that a Chromebook killer in your pocket, Tim Cook?
“An iPad, a Mac, a personal productivity device, an iPad, a Mac, a personal productivity device, can you see what it is yet?”Apple may be planning a cheaper portable Mac to rival Chromebooks, according to DigiTimes. If that claim is true, then might this device be the...
Baidu CEO’s remarks put LLMs in focus as US-China trade war escalates
Baidu CEO Robin Li on Tuesday said Chinese institutions and technology companies have released over 70 large language models (LLMs) with over one billion parameters, further escalating the ongoing US-China trade war that has seen both the nations vie for supremacy in...
GenAI in productivity apps: What could possibly go wrong?
We’re in the “iPhone moment” for generative AI, with every company rushing to figure out its strategy for dealing with this disruptive technology.According to a KPMG survey conducted this June, 97% of US executives at large companies expect their organizations to be...
UK government outlines five objectives for AI Safety Summit
The UK government has laid out its five ambitions for the upcoming AI Safety Summit, due to be held at Bletchley Park at the start of November.First announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in June during a visit to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden, the...