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Byron Acohido
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Journalist and Web Producer, The Last Watchdog
Seattle
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My Take: Is Amazon’s Alexa+ a Gutenberg moment — or a corporate rerun of history’s greatest co-opt? | The Last Watchdog
By Byron Acohido Verified| The Last Watchdog@ By Byron V. AcohidoLast Friday morning, April 11, I was making my way home from NTT Research’s Upgrade 2025 innovation conference in San Francisco, when it struck me that we’re at a watershed moment. I was reflecting on NTT’s newly launched Physics of Artificial Intelligence Lab when a GeekWire article crossed my LinkedIn feed, touting a seemingly parallel initiative by Amazon. But while the surface resemblance is easy to draw, the underlying intent—and trajectory—sets the two efforts worlds apart.
My Take: NTT’s physicists confront the mystery Big Tech keep dodging — what are we really creating? | The Last Watchdog
By Byron Acohido Verified| The Last Watchdog@ By Byron V. AcohidoSAN FRANCISCO — If large language AI models are shaping our digital reality, then who—exactly—is shaping those models? And how the heck are they doing it? Related: What exactly is GenAI? Those are the questions Dr. Hidenori Tanaka wants to answer in an effort to put GenAI on solid scientific footing. And it’s the guiding ethos behind NTT Research’s launch of its newly spun-out Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group, which Tanaka will lead as founding director.
My Take: Is Amazon’s Alexa+ a Gutenberg moment — or a corporate rerun of history’s greatest co-opt? | The Last Watchdog
By Byron Acohido Verified| The Last Watchdog@ By Byron V. AcohidoLast Friday morning, April 11, I was making my way home from NTT Research’s Upgrade 2025 innovation conference in San Francisco, when it struck me that we’re at a watershed moment. I was reflecting on NTT’s newly launched Physics of Artificial Intelligence Lab when a GeekWire article crossed my LinkedIn feed, touting a seemingly parallel initiative by Amazon. But while the surface resemblance is easy to draw, the underlying intent—and trajectory—sets the two efforts worlds apart.
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The Last Watchdog
Classic journalism analysis of privacy and security news and trends
Seattle, United States
+1 360-271-4881
Founded: 2006