Robert Hof

Robert Hof is editor in chief of SiliconANGLE. Email: robhof@siliconangle.com

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Beyond OpenAI: The rise of not-too-large language models

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

A flurry of new artificial intelligence models this week illustrated what’s coming next in AI: smaller language models targeted at vertical industries and functions. Both Nvidia and Microsoft debuted smaller large language models too. Also supporting the notion of more customized models …

Regulators tighten their fingers around Big Tech’s neck, but they’re not slowing down AI

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Regulators are circling ever closer to big tech companies — the latest being Google, which the Federal Trade Commission more than hinted this week should be broken up. It’s not at all certain that will happen, since it’s up to the judge in the Google …

At Black Hat, cybersecurity faces an AI conundrum amid a glut of defensive weapons

SECURITY By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Ahead of the annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, we warned that defensive tool sprawl is only likely to get worse. Onsite, the talk was about, of course, the impact of AI. So far, so good, but defenders are bracing for more sophisticated …

Dell lays off thousands of workers in sales reorganization

INFRA By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Updated: Dell Technologies Inc. is laying off an unspecified number of employees in a reorganization of sales and marketing teams, according to sources. According to Bloomberg today, the reorganization includes a new group focused on artificial intelligence services. Update: One source close …

Wait, will generative AI really pay off? Inquiring investors want to know

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Amid a glut of funding for artificial intelligence companies, there’s understandably increasing concern among investors this past week, apparent in disappointment in the earnings results of a number of technology companies, whether all this will pay off. We’re at the point in …

New AI models flood the market even as AI takes fire from regulators, actors and researchers

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Vice President Kamala Harris’ presumed ascension to the Democratic presidential nomination following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal scrambled this week certainly scrambled the race, but it also set everyone in tech wondering what a Harris administration might mean. Bottom line: Nobody knows — …

CrowdStrike breaks the internet and generative AI gets the side eye

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

CrowdStrike Holdings ended the week with a bang, or more like a whimper from system administrators around the world, as it sort of broke the internet by issuing an update to its software with a defect that took down Windows computers everywhere. The …

AWS aims its AI push at enterprises, and the chip industry dreams of an AI boom

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Despite the seeming dominance of OpenAI and Microsoft in generative artificial intelligence, it’s becoming clear that the other cloud providers, not to mention AI startups, will make this anything but a winner-take-all business. Amazon Web Services made it latest bid to be …

The AI money train keeps rolling, but the environmental toll keeps growing too

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

Investors are still betting big on artificial intelligence, as this past week alone they put $450 million in Runway AI, $200 million into Magic AI and $100 million in Harvey, among others. AI also helped Samsung rock its preliminary earnings reported this week. Meantime, …

Generative AI’s big copyright battle commences, and chip upstarts target AI workloads

AI By ROBERT HOF2 YEARS AGO

It’s perhaps the biggest signal yet that generative artificial intelligence model providers aren’t going to get a free content ride: Record labels this week sued two AI music generators, and this one may prove to be the big battle over AI and copyright. Meantime, …

Robert Hof

Latest from Robert Hof

Beyond OpenAI: The rise of not-too-large language models

Regulators tighten their fingers around Big Tech’s neck, but they’re not slowing down AI

At Black Hat, cybersecurity faces an AI conundrum amid a glut of defensive weapons

Dell lays off thousands of workers in sales reorganization

Wait, will generative AI really pay off? Inquiring investors want to know

New AI models flood the market even as AI takes fire from regulators, actors and researchers

CrowdStrike breaks the internet and generative AI gets the side eye

AWS aims its AI push at enterprises, and the chip industry dreams of an AI boom

The AI money train keeps rolling, but the environmental toll keeps growing too

Generative AI’s big copyright battle commences, and chip upstarts target AI workloads

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