The recent earnings season has made it abundantly clear that the AI revolution is not just knocking on the door but has forcefully entered the tech world. The impressive results from tech giants such as Microsoft Corp. (NYSE:MSFT), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOG) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) underscored this transition, according to Daniel Ives, an equity analyst at Wedbush. These companies have reported “eye-popping capital expenditure numbers,” initiating an “AI tidal wave” in s
Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft's Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft's voice-recognition technology violates IPA's patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is a subsidiary of patent-licensing company Wi-LAN, which is jointly owned by Canadian technology company Quarterhill and two investment firms.
Artificial intelligence announcements are expected at Google I/O next week but startup OpenAI could strike first with search engine news.