At Toronto tech show, second thoughts emerge over AI

AWS’s Selipsky (pic) and others cautioned about going all-in with one big company, especially with an AI technology that voraciously feeds off data and computing power. — Bloomberg

TORONTO, Canada: Months after the spectacular launch of ChatGPT, the AI revolution is well underway but hints of caution are emerging, especially over letting one or two companies reign supreme.

The release of the poem-churning app by San Francisco-based OpenAI came at an opportune time for tech, landing just when the US giants were laying off thousands of workers and startups faced a funding winter after the collapse of cryptocurrencies.