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Amazon and Apple just told us more about their AI plans - here are three things we learned

Billions of dollars are being poured into a new wave of AI technology. But will it pay off?

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The world's biggest technology companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Google, Apple and Amazon, updated Wall Street this week on their finances. While each company operates in different sectors, their AI spending and plans showed they have a few other things in common as well. OpenAI's release of ChatGPT in late 2022 kicked off the ongoing AI investment race. And every major tech company has since launched a consumer-facing AI chatbot of their own. Meta has Meta AI, Google has Gemini. Instead, this batch of earnings results made clear that companies like Google, which is owned by Alphabet. And Meta are currently spending much more money related to AI tools than they bring in both companies reported some of their lowest ever amounts of free cash flow, a measure of how much money a business has left over after paying for operations and investments.

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updated Wall Street this weekCollocation

อัพเดท วอลสตรีทในสัปดาห์นี้.

From the storyThe world's biggest technology companies, including Microsoft, Meta, Google, Apple and Amazon, updated Wall Street this week on their finances.

spending and plans showed theyCollocation

การใช้จ่ายและแผนแสดงให้เห็นว่า.

From the storyWhile each company operates in different sectors, their AI spending and plans showed they have a few other things in common as well.

have a few other thingsCollocation

มีเรื่องอื่นๆ อีกไม่กี่เรื่อง.

From the storyWhile each company operates in different sectors, their AI spending and plans showed they have a few other things in common as well.

kicked off the ongoing AICollocation

เริ่มต้น AI กําลังดําเนินการ.

From the storyOpenAI's release of ChatGPT in late 2022 kicked off the ongoing AI investment race.

has since launched a consumer-facingCollocation

ตั้งแต่นั้นได้เปิดให้บริการกับผู้บริโภค.

From the storyAnd every major tech company has since launched a consumer-facing AI chatbot of their own.

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