Welcome to this week's edition of the TekTonic newsletter, where we review the latest and most impactful AI and tech news for the first week of July 2024. Amidst growing skepticism towards OpenAI, Salesforce's "Tiny Giant" model shows that innovation isn't always about the size of models. The cybersecurity news…

This week's TekTonic dives into news of advancements in AI and technology, highlighting significant stories. The landscape is rapidly evolving from Apple's underwhelming AI unveilings at WWDC to OpenAI's impressive financial growth and strategic board additions. Noteworthy developments include Shreds' promising coding automation technology, Lumn Labs' Dream Machine outpacing OpenAI's…

This week, the seismic shifts in the tech landscape are evident, with Nvidia surpassing Apple in market value. Meanwhile, significant concerns around AI's societal impact were raised as Google faces privacy breach accusations and AI-generated search threatens a billion-dollar industry. Microsoft's innovative AI weather forecasting system highlights a positive development.…

This week's tech and AI news had my head spinning. This time, rather than big headlines, we saw lots of intermediate news exhibiting even more visible progress. For example, Perplexity.ai released its web page generator that performs research, cites sources, and generates a web page reminiscent of Wikipedia. We also…

This week in tech, we've seen a dizzying array of innovations that expand our understanding of what's possible with artificial intelligence. From Microsoft's moves to integrate AI more deeply into personal computing to AI applications in education and public safety, it feels like we are moving up the steep innovation…

This was an AI-meter melting week in Tech and AI. So much news was announced and discussed that it was hard to cover. From releasing a real-live "Her" to JFK suing Mark Zuckerberg for election interference, to Elon explaining that humanity will have a city on Mars, this week's tech…

AI and tech news keeps getting more significant and impactful. As we wait for big news from Google I/O and OpenAI, this week we learned of AlphaFold 3's groundbreaking drug discovery biotechnology, potentially revolutionizing healthcare and agriculture. Additionally, we learned that AI has discovered where Plato was buried, OpenAI is…

The recent launch of the Rabbit R1 reminds me of an earlier era in tech, reminiscent of the period following the dot-com boom, known as the beginning of Web 2.0. This was when now-giant companies like Facebook, YouTube, and Y-Combinator were in their infancy, and Twitter and Uber had not…