A US SDNY jury finds a digital artist violated Hermès’ rights to the Birkin trademark by creating and selling MetaBirkin NFTs depicting versions of the handbags (Bloomberg Law)

Bloomberg Law:A US SDNY jury finds a digital artist violated Hermès’ rights to the Birkin trademark by creating and selling MetaBirkin NFTs depicting versions of the handbags  —  Luxury brand Hermès International SA won its lawsuit against the digital artist behind “MetaBirkin” …

ChatGPT is everywhere. Here’s where it came from

We’ve reached peak ChatGPT. Released in December as a web app by the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, the chatbot exploded into the mainstream almost overnight. According to some estimates, it is the fastest-growing internet service ever, reaching 100 million users in January, just two months after launch. Through OpenAI’s $10 […]

An interview with Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, using AI in a search engine, the competition with Google, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge:An interview with Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, using AI in a search engine, the competition with Google, and more  —  I’m coming to you from Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, where just a few hours ago, Microsoft announced that the next version of the […]

Synergy Research: enterprise cloud spending in Q4 grew 21% YoY to $61.6B, but that growth was hampered by the strong US dollar and a restricted Chinese market (Dan Robinson/The Register)

Dan Robinson / The Register:Synergy Research: enterprise cloud spending in Q4 grew 21% YoY to $61.6B, but that growth was hampered by the strong US dollar and a restricted Chinese market  —  The big get bigger  —  Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services slowed in the fourth quarter of 2022 […]