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Apple launched new iPads, but its latest M4 processor stole the show. The M4, and a heavy dose of AI talk, represented the latest effort by Apple to show that it won't be a generative AI laggard.
ServiceNow, which launched a bevy of generative AI and automation tools across its Now Platform, is giving customers the ability to bring their own large language models (LLMs) to use in Now Assist. The company also is targeting manufacturing operations and partnered with Genesys.
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Six of the Magnificent Seven (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet [Google], Amazon, Meta [Facebook]) stocks have entered the four comma club -over $1 trillion in market cap. With a combined market cap of over $13.2 trillion, these six players continue to defy physics with continuous quarters of double digit organic growth. Digital giants by definition have deployed five key strategies:
Generative AI will drive IT budgets, but the spending is likely to be spread around a bevy of business units too. The more likely outcome is that generative AI spending for projects will be spread around business units and be absorbed in the budgets that run the entire enterprise.
Apple's second quarter results were better-than-expected, but revenue fell 4% from a year ago. The company said it plans to buy back an additional $110 billion in shares.
Atlassian launched Atlassian Rovo, a generative AI assistant built on Atlassian Intelligence, which will operate across the company's teamwork platform. In addition, Atlassian said it was combining Jira Software and Jira Work Management into one project management tool.
Anthropic said it will launch a Team plan and iOS app for its Claude large language model for $30 a month with a minimum of five seats.
Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said, "we remain in the early stages of understanding how generative AI will reshape the way we live, learn and work."
ServiceNow posted strong first quarter results and said its genAI offerings are the "fastest selling in the company’s history."
