The tech industry is never one to shy away from grand declarations and the ushering in of new eras.
When the launch of ChatGPT opened the world up to the possibilities of artificial intelligence, many proclaimed society was approaching its next industrial revolution, a fundamental change in the way humans live and work.
That was over two years ago and while today the lives of the average person don’t yet feel upended by access to clunky customer service chatbots and hit-or-miss generative tools, governments and CEOs maintain that the supercharged economic growth brought on by AI is just around the corner.
This week, France unveiled a €109bn AI investment during the Paris AI Action Summit in hopes of keeping pace with international competition including the US, which recently unveiled its $500bn Stargate AI investment strategy. …
