Open AI snubs Microsoft on GPT-4o launch: Hashtag Trending, Wednesday, May 15, 2024
OpenAI snubs Microsoft in latest offering. A new study finds that top tech companies lost a significant amount of very senior people when they insisted on return to office. Waymo’s milestone of 50,000 rides per week earns them a federal – investigation. All this and more on this “that’s gotta hurt” edition of Hashtag Trending. […]
OpenAI snubs Microsoft, launching GPT-4o only on macOS
OpenAI, despite Microsoft’s substantial $10 billion investment, has chosen to release its new ChatGPT app exclusively on macOS, leaving Windows users awaiting a native version. At a live event where OpenAI showcased updates including GPT-4o—a language model with enhanced real-time voice capabilities—only a macOS app was announced. The absence of a simultaneous Windows app launch […]
Microsoft Places uses AI to ease return to office – at a price
Microsoft is launching “Microsoft Places,” a new AI-driven app designed to streamline the return-to-office process by enhancing coordination among employees who choose to work flexibly. Announced by Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for AI at Work, the app aims to prevent the common scenario of arriving at the office only to find it mostly […]
Study shows return to work lost senior employees at major tech companies
After corporate mandates pushed employees back to the office, a significant number of senior staff at major tech firms like Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX chose to leave, often opting for positions at competing companies, reveals a recent study by the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. The study analyzed résumé data from People […]
