Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.
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7 Predictions for Tech in 2025: TikTok Stays, Bluesky Fades and AI Hits a Speed Bump
AI’s ups and downs, a potential C-suite shakeup and a TikTok surprise – what might be coming in the new year?
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What Is Sora For? | Commentary
OpenAI’s new video generator is high on cool factor but low on utility, at least for now.
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Enterprise AI is Moving Fast, and Other Takeaways From a Week With Amazon
We may not get an AI phone anytime soon, but generative AI is solving real business problems, a promising sign for the technology’s future.
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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That. | Commentary
Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here’s what’s needed to make academia relevant in AI research.
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Rough Times Ahead for News Business as Trump Bump Gives Way to Trump Dump | Commentary
Cancellations and disinterest hit news business hard as second Trump term approaches.
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The AI Story Will Roll On in Trump’s Second Term | Column
History often repeats itself, but the AI story is now too consequential to take a backseat again as Trump returns to the White House
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Tech’s Winners and Losers From Trump’s Election | Commentary
Prediction markets thrived, Elon got his wish, Facebook sat out, podcasts dominated and Silicon Valley mattered.
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Trade War? Tariffs? How A Trump Election Would Change Tech
Breaking down how Trump might impact Apple, semiconductors, and ecommerce should he be elected and implement the tariffs he’s proposed.
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Four Truths About OpenAI’s Wild Financial Position
A peek inside OpenAI’s books shows a company losing money fast and coming up with novel profitability calculations. Is it sustainable?
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Where’s The Generative AI ROI? Start With The Supply Chain | Commentary
An industry that communicates with unstructured documents turns to generative AI to clean up its processes. And it’s delivering real returns.
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Meta’s Quiet Election | Commentary
Separating politics and social media is a good thing.
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Hands On With Meta’s New Orion Augmented Reality Glasses | Commentary
Meta’s moonshot device arrives. Will this justify the billions of dollars that Meta has spent on its Reality Labs?
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Meet the Editor Who Turned Himself Into an AI News Anchor
Elihay Vidal’s AI avatar looks pretty darn human, and it will read you the latest news from a convincing synthetic media set. But why did he do it?
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Is OpenAI’s New ‘o1’ Model The Big Step Forward We’ve Been Waiting For? | Commentary
The new AI model can reason through really hard problems. Some will see its promise before others.
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The Russia-Funded YouTuber Story Will Only Get Bigger | Commentary
YouTube has removed Tenet Media, a political network allegedly funded by Russia. But who’s next?
