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Apple to Let Users Choose Rival AI Models
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-06 18:16
Is it trying to be agnostic here in some way. In some ways it's trying to be agnostic, but what it's really trying to do is understand where it's at in artificial intelligence. And if you look at Siri, you look at the Apple intelligence capabilities, they're nowhere up to par.What you're seeing on Android, what you're seeing from competing devices, what you're seeing from chatbots cloud, you name it. So they recognize that. So the name of the game is making the default offerings, Right.Siri, Apple intellige ...
Why China Blocked Meta’s $2 billion Acquisition of Manus AI
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-06 13:00
How do you think this madness episode changes the way that VC's work. You know, on the ground in China, but as well as as as voices from from the U.S., you know, are there at this point. Options for American companies but still want to invest in China.Yeah, there there's still options. One of the structures that is becoming increasingly popular right now is so-called parallel structure. So if U.S. investors this would be like pensions, endowments, institutional LPs, if they still want to gain exposure to Ch ...
Thoma Bravo Is `Model Agnostic,' Says Boro
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 19:50
Thoma Bravo is model agnostic when it comes to AI models and has relationships with OpenAI and Anthropic as well as Google, says the company’s managing partner Seth Boro. Boro discusses AI cybersecurity and deployment costs with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles. -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM7B7SL_g1edFOnmj-SDKg Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline H ...
Pinterest Sees Payoff From Custom AI
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 19:13
Pinterest's first-quarter sales topped analysts' estimates as the platform leaned into the use of its own custom AI models to drive down costs and increase user engagement. Pinterest CEO Bill Ready joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM7B7SL_g1edFOnmj-SDKg Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfAX25ZLr ...
How Chinese EV Makers Are Winning Over Consumers
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 19:06
Here's a question for you from the Beijing Auto Show 2026. Is globalization over. Well, that's debatable.You still have the legacy Western automakers coming here to China, but they're up against a completely different competitive environment. It is EVcentric, highly innovative, and in the middle of a brutal price war. So, yes, it's still a global industry, but I guess you could say the country in the driver's seat has changed.One of the more high-profile domestic players is Xiaomi, which definitely is not a ...
Tech Earnings Show AI Is Driving A Massive Spending Race
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 18:59
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, all reporting quarterly earnings in a 71 second window. And they're all telling the same story. AI demand is exploding and it's driving a massive spending race.Capex, that's the money going into data centers and chips. Microsoft's capex around $190 billion this year. Alphabet planning $180 to $190 billion.Meta raising its guide for capex to a range of 125 billion to 145 billion. and Amazon spending $44 billion in just one quarter and 151 billion over the past year on infrast ...
Apple Explores Intel and Samsung as TSMC Backup
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 18:55
Apple is looking for a new chipmaker, and that may be a good thing for the tech industry. The company has long been dependent on TSMC to manufacture the semiconductors that power its iPhones, its iPads, and its Macs, but it has now held preliminary talks with Intel and Samsung to see if they can step in as additional producers of the made to order chips in the United States. Apple executives have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas, though neither effort has resulted in any concrete or ...
What’s Tech’s Next iPhone Moment?
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 18:49
As a gadget person, what are you waiting for. What's the next iPhone moment. The next true iPhone moment is — have you used the Vision Pro, the VR goggles.No, I've never actually tried VR goggles. I don't think anyone has, Mark. Max, you haven't used the Vision Pro. No, I haven't.I've tried VR goggles, but I haven't tried the Vision Pro. Our producer Jazmine raised her hand. She has tried it.Okay. Okay. So ask Jazmine this: How high quality are those displays.Like you're using those displays and it feels li ...
Apple Weighs Using Intel, Samsung to Build Device Processors
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 17:39
Apple has held exploratory talks about using processors from Intel and Samsung in the iPhone maker’s devices. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman explains why Apple is looking for a secondary option beyond longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. He joins Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrM7B7SL_g1edFOnmj-SDKg Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow he ...
Apple Weighs Using Intel, Samsung Processors | Bloomberg Tech 5/5/2026
Bloomberg Technology· 2026-05-05 17:36
>> "BLOOMBERG TECH" IS LIVE FROM COAST-TO-COAST WITH CAROLINE HYDE IN NEW YORK AND ED LUDLOW IN SAN FRANCISCO. CAROLINE: THIS IS "BLOOMBERG TECH." APPLE HOLD EXPLORATORY TALKS WITH INTEL AND SAMSUNG TO BUILD PROCESSES FOR ITS U.S. DEVICES. ALPHABET, AMAZON, XAI HAVE GIVEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT EARLY ACCESS TO THEIR MODELS FOR REVIEW BEFORE PUBLIC RELEASE.PINTEREST SHARES JUMPING AFTER POSTING STRONG RESULTS AND REVENUE FORECASTS. WE SPEAK EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE CEO BILL READY. A LITTLE BIT OF A TECH ISSUE, BUT ...