Nat Rubio-Licht

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Nat Rubio-Licht (they/them) is Lead Reporter at The Daily Upside and the lead journalist behind CIO Upside, a newsletter about innovation and development at Big Tech companies. They previously worked at Protocol as a writer for the Source Code newsletter, and at the Los Angeles Business Journal as a technology and aerospace reporter.

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The Less You Know, the Better: Tech Moves Toward Data Minimization

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‘At the end of the day, wherever that data is, it has to be protected’

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Patent Drop

The Time and Place for AI Code Generators

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Though chatbots do code’s heavy lifting, humans need to be in charge.

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Why Small AI Models Are Winning In Enterprise

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The adage “go big or go home” may not always apply to AI.

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Patent Drop

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel

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What the years of writing about Big Tech’s IP has taught us.

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Technology

The Costs and Benefits of Quantum Computing

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Big Tech and startups alike are making strides in the race to supplant classical computers, but a few roadblocks remain.

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Patent Drop

Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

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Today, a patent application for making Amazon’s voice assistants more personal highlights the race – and roadblocks – to creation of an AI-powered…

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Semiconductors

Google Wants to Keep Data Centers Cool Amid AI Cloud Boom

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Finding ways to efficiently keep server farms cool benefits more than just Google’s cloud services business.

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Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Strength Could Boost AI Bet

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Cybersecurity is a substantial part of Microsoft’s business — and a growing one.

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Meta To Try Out AI Business Tools as Enterprise Market Heats Up

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A patent for AI chip architecture from Meta could make model development more robust as it builds AI tools for businesses.

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Why Salesforce Might Be Eying AI Image Generation

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The tech could make graphics generation more intuitive as the company continues its push towards AI agents.

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As Cars Get Smarter, Personalization Presents Privacy Problems

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Ford may want to authenticate your face when you get behind the wheel.

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Nvidia May Take Humans out of the Data Center Equation

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The filing signals that the company wants to be a thought leader in the data center space.

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Google May Be Giving Glasses Another Go. Will It Succeed?

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Despite its initial fumble with Google Glass, there are a few reasons it may be able to avoid another “glassholes” situation.

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Patent Drop

Snap Boosts Digital Ad Platform to Compete with Meta, TikTok

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The company’s ad overhaul has largely worked in its favor based on its recent earnings report

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Patent Drop

Can Microsoft’s Bing — or Anyone Else — Ever Overtake Google?

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Microsoft wants to get up close and personal to make its search results better.

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JPMorgan Chase May Use Blockchain to Check Facts

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Core blockchain technologies themselves are being adopted at a more gradual pace.

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Adobe Wants to Fix When AI Starts to Drift

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Adobe wants to stop AI models from losing their trains of thought.

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Ford EV Slowdown Signals a Market “Inflection Point”

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Charging infrastructure remains a barrier in EV adoption.

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Disney Doesn’t Want to be Left Behind in AI

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The company’s recent patent signals that AI is coming both for the world of advertising and entertainment at large.

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Salesforce Wants an AI That Can do it All

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Salesforce’s patent for a multi-talented AI assistant signals that language models need to be more than just chatbots to be useful.

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