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Jun 25, 2024

Amazon working on AI chatbot, to be launched in September

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  1. Amazon working on AI chatbot, to be launched in September
  2. Apple rejected Meta AI integration due to privacy concerns
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0. Data and calendar

All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 and NASDAQ close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).

No major events today.

1. Amazon working on AI chatbot, to be launched in September

  • Amazon’s Metis plan to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to give up-to-date responses, such as stock prices.

  • AI agents are also in the plans.

  • CEO Andy Jassy is involved.

Our view: until we get the next Transformers, LLM technology should stabilize

  • We are already seeing some plateauing of LLM quality in the latest batch of models.

  • We can still see creative new applications of LLMs, even without a major breakthrough in the core technology.

2. Apple reportedly rejected Meta AI integration due to privacy concerns

  • March: brief talks were held, but they did not go anywhere, Bloomberg reports, after the WSJ reported yesterday they were talking.

  • Apple ā€œdoesn’t see that [Meta's] privacy practices [are] stringent enough.ā€

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4. NVIDIA stock -7%, back to #3 in market cap, as CEO sells $95M in shares

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