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28 Jun 2024

AI is eating software development

Source: FRED, GBR LLC on X

27 Jun 2024

Electricity consumption has skyrocketed, and this is just the beginning.

As highlighted by Otavio (Tavi) Costa, the surge in electric cars, electric heating, and new AI advancements is dramatically increasing our electricity needs. Among the questions raised? 1) Is the global economy prepared for these changes? 2) Could AI be inflationary in the short run and deflationary in the long run? The extensive infrastructure necessary to harness AI requires hardware expansion, while commodities (particularly metals) remain historically constrained. Source: Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

27 Jun 2024

Amazon enters elite $2tn club as AI optimism fuels rally.

Amazon up ~27% this year, driven by improving growth trends as AI re-accelerates its cloud-computing business. The milestone puts Amazon into an exclusive club of comps worth $2tn or more: Alphabet crossed the level in April, while Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple are all worth north of $3tn. (via BBG)

27 Jun 2024

Jensen Huang said that the next wave of AI is set to automate $50 TRILLION heavy industries

He also said, "The Blackwell architecture platform will likely be the most successful product in our history and for the entire history of computers." Source: Stocktwits

20 Jun 2024

⚠️ JUST IN: *DELL, NVIDIA AND SMCI COLLABORATE TO POWER ELON MUSK'S GROK AI FACTORY

$SMCI and $NVDA, rose over 4% in overnight trading after Elon Musk says they are working on AI supercomputer for xAI. $DELL has announced a partnership with hashtag#NVIDIA to construct an AI Factory designed to boost the capabilities of Grok, an AI model developed by Elon Musk's company, xAI. Source: www.investing.com, www.msn.com

20 Jun 2024

Is AI taking jobs away from Software Developers? 🤔

Source: Barchart

12 Jun 2024

Apple is #2 again with a market cap of $3.17tn after Tuesday's AI rally.

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

11 Jun 2024

Chief executive Tim Cook said the iPhone maker’s 'next big step' will be driven by generative AI and large language models.

Apple on Monday said it has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its devices, as chief executive Tim Cook set out the iPhone maker’s “next big step” driven by generative artificial intelligence and large language models. Cook and his team outlined upgrades to the company’s software ecosystem coming this year at Apple’s annual developer conference on Monday, aiming to leverage the power of AI to provide a smarter Siri voice assistant and more personalised features on its devices to enhance productivity and tap into more advanced computer intelligence. This year’s Worldwide Developers Conference has been watched especially closely as investors waited to see how Cook will position the company to take advantage of generative AI, amid concerns it is falling behind its Big Tech competitors. Link >>> https://lnkd.in/eNQdmDW9 Source: FT

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