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Qualcomm Reports Earnings

Qualcomm last Wednesday, November 6, released data on its earnings for the last quarter.

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Amazon to Invest $1.3 Billion in Italy

Amazon’s computing unit AWS on Thursday, November 7, announced its intention to invest 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in Italy over the next five years as part of efforts to expand its data center business in the country.

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Prime Video’s X-Ray Recaps Use GenAI to Sum Up TV Shows

Amazon Prime Video’s new X-Ray Recaps feature uses GenAI to help viewers catch up on key plot points of their favourite shows without rewinding or risking spoilers.

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US Lawmaker Urges Investigation Into China’s Chipmaker SMIC

Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged US Commerce Department agents to visit the production sites of China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and check whether this company is involved in making chips for Huawei Technologies.

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Super Micro Shares Demonstrate Decline

Super Micro, a server manufacturer that publishes annual financial statements later than scheduled and currently faces the risk of being excluded from the Nasdaq list, last Tuesday, November 5, shared with the public data on the results of its activities for the last fiscal quarter.

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Chinese Unicorn Zhipu AI Raises $210 Million

Zhipu AI, one of the leading Chinese startups in the area of generative artificial intelligence, has announced the initial closure of its venture capital vehicle.

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Perplexity AI Reportedly Nears $500 Million Funding Round

Media reports that Perplexity AI, a startup that developed an artificial intelligence-based search engine, is currently in the final stages of the process of raising $500 million in funding with a valuation of $9 billion.

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Amazon Bedrock Launches New AI Models

Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Haiku and the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Amazon Bedrock’s latest, smartest and fastest AI models, are now generally available.

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South Korea Fines Meta

South Korea has ordered Meta Platforms to pay a fine of 21.62 billion won ($15.67 million).

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Startup Physical Intelligence Reportedly Raises $400 Million

The media reports that the startup Physical Intelligence, which operates in the area of robotics, was able to raise $400 million in early-stage funding.

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Chinese AI Companies Spend Huge Sums on Ads

In China, local companies that operate in the artificial intelligence area are currently racking up huge advertising bills.

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Shares of SK Hynix Demonstrate Growth

On Monday, November 4, the value of SK Hynix shares showed an increase of 6.5%.

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AWS Launches AI Partner Alliance

Amazon has launched an initiative to expand the reach of its Generative AI Innovation Center.

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Apple Plans ChatGPT Integration

Apple announced the December integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.

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Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Spending Surges to $84B

In Q3 2024, global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services was $84 billion, up 23% from the same period in 2023, with generative AI driving the market acceleration.

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Nvidia to Join Dow Jones Industrial Average

Nvidia is replacing rival microcircuits manufacturer Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is a shakeup in the blue-chip index.

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