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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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Generative AI investment skyrockets While corporate investment was down overall last year, investment in generative AI went through the roof. Another chart in the report shows that most of that private investment in generative AI is happening in the United States. Google released the most in 2023.

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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as the International Business Machines Corp. From the 19th century, through the 20th, and into the 21st, IBM was there, making HP, Microsoft, and Apple appear more like children or grandchildren of the IT world; Facebook, Google, and Twitter/X more like great-grandchildren. For the 1890 U.S. But at least three survived.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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dollar as the dominant medium for exchange in the United States? Here I outline the rationale for such a private digital currency and explain how one might soon take off in the United States. This exchange points to the vital importance of reputation in inducing corporations to use a private digital currency.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Begun, who was likely something of a competitor to Pfleumer: Also a German, he had moved to the United States and developed a steel-based magnetic tape. BASF, a German chemical manufacturer, has a somewhat similar corporate history and logo design to fellow thick-Helvetica enthusiast 3M. That firm, the Brush Development Co.,

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Louis , Mo.

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How EV Charging Boosts Value at Commercial Real Estate

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According to research firm Nareit, commercial real estate in the United States was valued at nearly $21 trillion in the second quarter of 2021. Being seen as an environmental leader Finally, installing EV charging stations at your commercial property can boost your corporate image and marketing. million by 2028.

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Shipt’s Algorithm Squeezed Gig Workers. They Fought Back

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Its corporate photographs present idealized versions of happy Shipt shoppers. It collected details about the worker’s pay from Shipt, any tip from the customer, and the time, date, and location of the job, and it put everything in a Google spreadsheet.

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