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Podcast: Amazon, AI, and the cloud — a reality check, with Corey Quinn of ‘Last Week in AWS’

GeekWire

Amazon and other tech giants are boosting their capital spending on cloud infrastructure for anticipated AI demand. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sounded more bullish than ever about the potential for artificial intelligence on the company’s earnings call this week. “We think virtually every application that we know of today is going to be reinvented with AI inside of it, and with inference being a core building block, just like compute and storage and dat

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Meta used pirated books to train its AI models, and there are emails to prove it

TechSpot

The lawsuit filed by Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, and other writers and rights holders against Meta may be entering its most critical phase. The authors have obtained internal company emails in which Meta employees openly discussed "torrenting" well-known archives of pirated content to train more powerful AI models.

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Obsidian's fantasy RPG Avowed is the first to enable Microsoft Store, Xbox, and Battle.net cross-buy

TechSpot

Microsoft's Game Pass subscription has garnered praise for offering relatively low-cost access to a consistent stream of new and popular titles. However, PC subscribers have long expressed frustration with the Xbox app used for installing games through Game Pass. Blizzard's games still rely on the company's well-regarded Battle.net launcher, and.

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Nvidia DLSS 4 Ray Reconstruction Analysis: Fixing Ugly Ray Tracing Noise

TechSpot

Nvidia's DLSS 4 Ray Reconstruction tackles the issue of image noise with ray tracing. By improving stability and texture preservation, it minimizes the visual trade-offs and makes ray tracing look far better.

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The Ultimate Contact Center Buyer's Guide: A Crucial Decision

Harness the True Power of your Contact Center In today’s fast-paced business environment, selecting the right contact center solution is critical for enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and optimizing costs. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the essential factors to consider when choosing a contact center software that aligns with your business needs.

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YouTube rakes in record $10.4 billion from ads even as users grumble about aggressive strategy

TechSpot

YouTube's advertising model has long been a source of frustration for its vast user base. The platform's approach to monetization, which often involves interrupting videos with unskippable ads, is seen by many as intrusive and detrimental to the viewing experience.

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Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta push AI spending to new heights, set to surpass $320 billion this year

TechSpot

Amazon has set the bar exceptionally high, announcing an unprecedented investment of over $100 billion in infrastructure, primarily focused on expanding its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services. This massive outlay represents a significant increase from the company's already substantial $77 billion expenditure in 2024, which itself was more than.