**Microsoft's AI Future: Qualcomm Inside Dominates?** 🤖💻

Microsoft will host its annual *Build conference* in May, featuring sessions on building new AI PC features. This could potentially give Qualcomm an advantage in the AI market. 🚀🧠

#Microsoft #AI #Qualcomm #Technology

🛒 *Kroger Shopper Upset Over Self-Checkout Change* 🛒

Shopper demands better service from Kroger as receipt scanners and checks, along with carts equipped with 🔒 locking technology, cause inconvenience.

#shopping #Kroger #customerexperience #technology

**Stocks Tumble as AI Falters**: 📉 Tesla Hit by Price Cuts 🚗

The stock market endured significant losses, with *Nvidia*, *Tesla*, *Meta*, *Dexcom*, and *Google* among the affected companies. 📊 AI and chip stocks stood strong 💪, while *Microsoft* and *Ark Invest* also suffered. 😞

#stocks#market#technology#investment

*Asian Chipmakers Stumble as TSMC Drops 6% amid Demand Concerns* 📉  
Tokyo Electron Ltd., a third-party advertiser in Japan, serves as an example, like NVIDIA Corporation, showcasing the importance of transparency. 🇯🇵💡

#technology#stockmarket#TSMC#NVIDIA

📈 **SLB Profit Rises on International Drilling Demand**

- SLB's international revenue increased by 18% to $7.06 billion, driven by its acquisition of ChampionX. 🌍💼
  
- The company plans to return $7 billion to shareholders in the next two years. 💸🔄

- Q1 earnings were $1.07 billion, or 74 cents per share. 📊💰

#profit#energy#technology#investment

**AI Surpasses Humans in Performance Benchmarks** 🚀

An AI Index report examines the growth and limitations of AI, from sectors utilizing it the most to concerns about job displacement. AI systems continue to improve, with GPT-4-based models solving 84.3% of problems in 2023. However, challenges remain, such as hallucination in language models. 🧠💭 Additionally, the report introduces *TruthfulQA* as a benchmark to test the truthfulness of AI language models. 🤖🔍

#AI#technology#innovation#future

**🗳️ Voice Assistants Dodge 2020 Election Question**

📅 *Big tech can't say who won 2020 election; chatbots from Google and Microsoft avoid topic.*

💡 *Amazon tests new AI Alexa, led by ex-Microsoft exec Panos Panay.*

#technology #AI #bigtech #elections

🚀 **CMCC, Bath Iron Works Launch New Manufacturing Tech Program**

🎓 CMCC launches a Manufacturing Tech program with General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, offering job interviews for qualified graduates.

📞 Contact: Kerry Fitzgerald

#Technology #Education #Careers #Manufacturing