If you blinked last week, you may have missed a flurry of major AI developments.
What happened: Tech giants unleashed a blizzard of updates and announcements last week in the race to create the next big thing in the AI space.
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OpenAI announced it was buying famed Apple designer Jony Ive’s startup for US$6.5 billion, reportedly part of a plan to ship a new line of pocket-sized AI “companions.”
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Anthropic launched a new version of its Claude Opus model that it claimed was its most powerful yet, requiring new safety controls.
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Google launched Veo 3, an advanced video generation model that can create extremely realistic videos.
- Bloomberg reported that Apple is planning to launch AI-enabled smart glasses by 2026.
Why it matters: AI innovations are coming fast and furious, and could begin to reshape business, the economy, and culture faster than many anticipated.
- Ironically, software developers may be the canary in the coal mine when it comes to AI’s impact on the job market — entry-level programming jobs are increasingly being replaced by AI coding tools, making landing a job in tech more challenging.
Bottom line: With the largest companies in the world shovelling huge piles of cash into AI research and development, there’s a good chance the technology will continue to improve quickly.