Thu. 05/08 – Is AI Eating Into Google Search?

OpenAI has hired Instacart’s CEO to be a kind of CEO. Apple reveals the degree to which AI might be eating into Google Search. Why aren’t people seeing a return on their AI investments yet? And my dream grid gadget is finally coming to the US.

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Links:

• OpenAI hires InstaCart CEO Fidji Simo for major leadership role (Fortune)
• Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is joining OpenAI (TechCrunch)
• Apple Eyes Move to AI Search, Ending Era Defined by Google (Bloomberg)
• Anthropic rolls out an API for AI-powered web search (TechCrunch)
• FYI: Most AI spending driven by FOMO, not ROI, CEOs tell IBM, LOL (The Register)
• Netflix debuts its generative AI-powered search tool (TechCrunch)
• EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes (The Verge)

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