All posts tagged: AI

Apple compromises on its winning strategy

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Apple compromises on privacy in its AI debut Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-06-11. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple’s AI debut revealed a crack in the facade of the tech giant. The desire to keep pace with the AI frenzy appears to be pushing the company to abandon the privacy-first strategy that made it so successful. It was the worst-kept secret in the tech […]

Nvidia’s big problem: things are going too well

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 23rd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. As the world invests in AI, the money flows heavily into Nvidia’s pockets. The world’s hottest company is now approaching a point where expectations become very hard to live up to — and the drop if they fall short is enormous. Jensen Huang has the […]

Three challenges for an identity-crisis Roblox

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 12th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Despite Roblox’s enormous success with its players, its journey on the stock market has been tough. The share has fallen 55 percent since its IPO in March 2021. If it cannot get profitability under control, the risk of game over increases. Plain speaking is rarely […]

Sweden hopelessly behind in the global AI race

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 15th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Countries and regions are racing to stake their position in the explosive AI development. But when it comes to infrastructure, Sweden appears to have already given up. It looks like a circuit board in a desert — at least when you view the satellite images. […]

The strategy that gave the AI giant a head start

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 19th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A supremely confident Jensen Huang presented Nvidia’s plans to the world. The message was unmistakable: without Nvidia, there is no AI development. But on the horizon, competition is stirring from a troubling direction. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, walks onstage to bombastic orchestral music that […]

Embarrassing AI mistakes could knock out top executive

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This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 8th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. It is one of the world’s largest and most influential tech companies. Despite this, Google’s AI launches are marked by embarrassing mistakes. Now questions are being raised if it’s time for its leader to step down. Fire. Described by many as the most important discovery in […]

Musk’s new path to power reeks of desperation

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 4th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. OpenAI is being sued by co-founder Elon Musk. He claims to want to preserve the company’s original non-profit ambitions. But Musk has other reasons to want to slow down what has now become his competitor. The complexity of the case is revealed immediately in the […]

This is the cruel AI irony for tech workers

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on February 16th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Tech giants are laying off thousands of employees even as they invest massively in AI. The irony is that the very tools they are building may be what makes those cuts permanent. In January 2023, Google announced it would lay off approximately 12,000 employees — […]

The stock market’s dependence on tech giants is at a record high

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 30th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Ten trillion dollars in market cap is reporting its quarterly results this week — and just five tech companies account for all of it. The stock market’s dependence on the tech giants has never been greater. In 2011, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote the now-famous […]

The risk he took has now exploded

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This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 20th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The drama around Sam Altman and OpenAI has clearly shaken Microsoft. Now CEO Satya Nadella is taking AI development into his own hands. Our current era of AI development can be traced back to a single decision made around four years ago. It was not […]