Alphabet’s Google has announced that it will be updating its generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Bard, to assist people in writing code and developing software. This move is an attempt to compete with Microsoft in the race to advance AI technology. Details of the update Google introduced Bard last month to keep up with Microsoft’s
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German software firm SAP has announced its first-quarter earnings report, which showed a 10% year-on-year revenue growth to €7.44 billion, beating the company’s expected consensus. The growth was driven by the company’s cloud business, which grew by 24% year-on-year. However, SAP has lowered its outlook for 2021 after divesting its subsidiary, Qualtrics, last month. SAP
Google has requested a federal court to dismiss allegations made by Epic, Match and US state attorneys general about the running of its app store for Android phones. The tech giant is taking steps to end the costly and time-consuming antitrust lawsuits it faces. Google has also requested that claims in a 2020 antitrust lawsuit
A study conducted by researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU) and 186 other institutions revealed that students outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in accounting exams, scoring an average of 76.7% against the AI’s 47.4%. Despite this result, ChatGPT’s performance was still deemed “impressive” and a “game changer” for the future of education. The study was published in