This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Google’s still not giving us the full picture on AI energy use
—Casey Crownhart
Google just announced that a typical query to its Gemini app uses...
Over the past 20 years building advanced AI systems—from academic labs to enterprise deployments—I’ve witnessed AI’s waves of success rise and fall. My journey began during the “AI Winter,” when billions were invested in expert systems that ultimately underdelivered. Flash forward to...
Google just announced that a typical query to its Gemini app uses about 0.24 watt-hours of electricity. That’s about the same as running a microwave for one second—something that, to me, feels virtually insignificant. I run the microwave for so many more seconds than that on most...
Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry.
Using AI to improve our health and well-being is one of the areas scientists and...
Across industries, enterprises are increasingly adopting an on-demand approach to compute, storage, and applications. They are favoring digital services that are faster to deploy, easier to scale, and better integrated with partner ecosystems. Yet, one critical pillar has lagged: the...
Salesforce launches CRMArena-Pro, a simulated enterprise AI testing platform, to address the 95% failure rate of AI pilots and improve agent reliability, performance, and security in real-world business deployments.Read More
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Introducing: the Security issue
It would be naïve to think we are going back to a world without AI. We’re not. But it’s only one of many urgent...