Reed Albergotti

San Francisco

Technology Editor at Semafor

Tech editor @semafor. co-author of Wheelmen, retired hockey player, Minnesotan. I like riding bikes. Signal: Reed.03 https://t.co/tFfxAECpLa

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Articles

Why AI-powered search is going to dominate the future of the ad tech industry

2 days ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti

Google is a paradoxical company at the moment. On the AI front, it’s in pole position with its Gemini family of apps, Waymo robotaxis, biotech startup Isomorphic Labs, and an army of researchers that churn out breakthroughs in everything from humanoid robotics to weather prediction. Simultaneously, Google is still dependent on its cash cow of online advertising, the lion’s share of which comes from traditional searches (remember those blue links?).
Google’s head of search Liz Reid on the company’s AI transition

2 days ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti

Liz Reid has one of the most difficult jobs at Google. She helms search, the company’s first product and its more lucrative. But it is also under significant pressure to adopt powerful new generative AI capabilities while retaining its familiar feel and its business model. I spoke with Reid around the time of Google I/O and its future. Below is the edited transcript.
View / Google search’s next cash cow

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Reed Albergotti

NowHomePod is getting two new features this fall with iOS 26HomePod and HomePod mini may not have achieved the success Apple hoped for, but they nonetheless continue being actively developed, and iOS 26 will bring two new features to the smart speakers.
Quantum networking startup Qunnect adds Cisco as investor in new fundraising round

3 days ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti

Network giant Cisco is making a strategic investment in quantum networking firm Qunnect, Semafor has learned, the latest move in a broad effort to bolster the security of online communication and enable powerful quantum computers that may one day transform everything from medicine to materials science to fundamental physics.
Quantum networking startup Qunnect adds Cisco as investor in new fundraising round

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Reed Albergotti

The ScoopNetwork giant Cisco is making a strategic investment in quantum networking firm Qunnect, Semafor has learned, the latest move in a broad effort to bolster the security of online communication and enable powerful quantum computers that may one day transform everything from medicine to materials science to fundamental physics.
Reddit considers iris-scanning Orb developed by a Sam Altman startup

1 week ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti

Reddit is considering using World ID, the verification system based on iris-scanning Orbs whose parent company was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to two people familiar with the matter, World ID could soon become a way for Reddit users to verify that they are unique individuals while remaining anonymous on the platform.
Exclusive / Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Reed Albergotti

5 hours agoOpenAI Careens Toward Messy Divorce From MicrosoftQuick, someone call TMZ: There’s an even messier celebrity breakup than Trump-Musk with countless billions at stake.Relations between OpenAI and its …1 hour agoThe Godfather of AI says there's a key difference between OpenAI and Google when it comes to safetyWhen it comes to winning the AI race, the "Godfather of AI" thinks there's an advantage in having nothing to lose.
AMD unveils big AI ambitions and glimpse into chip industry’s future

1 week ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti

AMD’s latest advanced chip could peel customers away from industry leader Nvidia and shake up the overall AI landscape. The unveiling of the MI400, the company’s most advanced model, drew some of the biggest companies to San Jose to heap praise on AMD CEO Lisa Su, who has made fast progress in a field dominated by Nvidia: Massive, industrial-scale compute clusters that can train and run the world’s most powerful AI models.
AMD unveils big AI ambitions and glimpse into chip industry’s future

1 week ago | share.google | Reed Albergotti

AMD’s latest advanced chip could peel customers away from industry leader Nvidia and shake up the overall AI landscape. The unveiling of the MI400, the company’s most advanced model, drew some of the biggest companies to San Jose to heap praise on AMD CEO Lisa Su, who has made fast progress in a field dominated by Nvidia: Massive, industrial-scale compute clusters that can train and run the world’s most powerful AI models.
OpenAI is Dorothy: How ‘The Wizard of Oz’ helps explain the dizzying AI landscape

2 weeks ago | semafor.com | Reed Albergotti |Rachyl Jones

The flood of AI news, product releases, and missteps has landed on us with the dizzying chaos of the tornado scene that begins The Wizard of Oz.As their core competencies, market advantages and overall philosophies begin to solidify, the “lanes” in the AI game are appearing, but they’re still somewhat faint and, at times, confusing.