Sony Group President and Chief Executive Officer Hiroki Totoki believes that future PlayStation projects will greatly benefit from artificial intelligence technologies, having said as much during a recent corporate meeting. Nonetheless, the executive indicated that Sony would adopt a measured approach in adopting AI tech, stressing the importance of retaining a human touch in PlayStation…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The HAWANA-DBP 2026 Pantun Festival is a vital platform for strengthening journalistic integrity while uplifting Malaysia’s cultural heritage in the digital age, said Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) chief executive officer Datin Paduka Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin. She described the second edition of the traditional Malay poetry festival as more than just…
Rebellion, the team behind Sniper Elite and last year’s hidden gem, Atomfall, has no expectations “to ever use gen AI on the screen,” according to CEO Jason Kingsley in a conversation with GameSpot. “This isn’t what we think we should be doing.” Still, the CEO added that he feels having an online conversation on the…
New BR Korea CEO Cho Yoon-sang. Photo by BR Korea SEOUL, April 28 (UPI) — BR Korea said Tuesday it appointed industry veteran Cho Yoon-sang as its new chief executive officer. The company offers such brands as Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin’ in Korea. The Seoul-based company said the leadership change is geared toward accelerating…
The corner office at Walmart Inc. has long been one of the highest-paid gigs in retail — but the head honcho doesn’t always come out on top. And so it was last year, when outgoing chief executive officer Doug McMillon logged total compensation of $29.2 million. That included a $1.5 million salary, $4 million in…
Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AIFireworks AI Lin Qiao said Fireworks AI processes 15 trillion tokens daily in 2026. Fireworks AI’s CEO cited exponential token growth driven by AI’s expanding use. AI infrastructure is struggling to keep up as demand for AI services continues to surge. The AI boom isn’t slowing down; it’s accelerating. Lin…
The AI boom isn’t slowing down; it’s accelerating. Loading audio narration… Lin Qiao, a former Meta engineer who helped build PyTorch, now runs Fireworks AI, a $4 billion startup processing 15 trillion AI tokens a day, and she says demand is only just getting started. “This is the year token consumption is going to grow…
Follower count was supposed to be the holy grail that made Influencer Marketing digestible and enticing to brand marketers. Braden Blacker, the 19-year-old CEO of Los Angeles-based social media and influencer marketing agency The Content Code, believes that this premise is now the primary reason many campaigns underperform. Braden started managing creators at 14, joined…
Highlight AI Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence app designed to make knowledge workers more productive, has raised $40 million in funding. Khosla Ventures led the Series A round. Highlight stated in its funding announcement today that more than a half-dozen other investors contributed as well. Additionally, the company disclosed that it has appointed…
Last week, Nvidia’s public reveal of DLSS 5—and its “generative AI” enhanced glow-ups of gaming scenes—drew widespread condemnation from the gaming community. In a podcast published Monday, though, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tried to differentiate the technology’s optional, artist-guided graphical enhancements from the “AI slop” that Huang says he’s not a fan of. As part…
