In recent times, ASX-listed companies are increasingly adopting cost-cutting measures to navigate the challenging economic landscape – whilst its effect on companies bottom lines is possibly a reason to be quite bullish heading into reporting season. This trend has been driven by a combination of issues, namely; global economic uncertainties, inflationary pressures, and the need
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After having its contract with Google terminated, artificial intelligence company Appen (ASX: APX) has been kicked while down after getting trapped between rock and hard place, with leading data company Innodata to withdraw its takeover bid, citing a confidentiality breach. On March 12, 2024, Appen received a letter from the ASX inquiring about its price
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Upon entering January 2024, Google employees likely felt an eerie sense of deja vu as they received emails from their CEO Sundar Pichai, warning them of impending layoffs. Last year, during the same period, Pichai sent out an email informing employees about the “difficult decision” to reduce headcount. Big tech companies have become synonymous with
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Machine intelligence company Appen (ASX: APX) must be having Covid flashbacks as its share price is tanking once again. Once an ASX dreamboat, falling demand for the Company’s products has left it to take on cost reduction initiatives. In February 2023, in its annual report, Appen stated that it expects a soft start to FY23
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That people are using ChatGPT to generate flirty messages for their Tinder matches is evidence that the generative AI tool has more of a human edge than one can imagine. And that’s possible thanks to the large language models (or LLMs) that go into its making. To get at the forefront of the action, machine
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