Upcoming quarterly reports from US tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its services, attracted by a clutch of generative AI features that are powered by OpenAI’s technology. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has beaten rivals Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet to the market with AI services including the Copilot, a set of genAI tools that work in Microsoft’s business apps, which was rolled out in November for $30 a month. Its earnings on Thursday will be an indicator of AI adoption and could influence the movement of technology…
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Google Play Store now lets you download two apps simultaneously | Technology News
Google Play Store is one of the best app stores available for Android devices, but installing multiple apps can be a pain-taking process as only one can be downloaded and installed at a time. Google has been testing the ability to install multiple apps at once for a while now, and now the functionality is live for everyone. While it may be a small change, if you are someone who often sets up new phones, the ability to download and install more than one app parallelly can help you save a lot of time in the long run. The feature…
OpenAI could release GPT-5 in a few months: Report | Technology News
Sam Altman-led OpenAI could release GPT-5, the next generation of its multimodal large language model, in the next few months. The company could introduce GPT-5 sometime in mid-year during summer, according to a BusinessInsider report citing two people familiar with the company. OpenAI has reportedly offered demos to enterprise customers. “It’s really good, like materially better,” said one CEO who recently saw a version of GPT-5, according to the report. Sales to enterprise customers is one of OpenAI’s main revenue streams and it makes the sense that the company is offering these features to these customers. In the meantime, the…