Are SaaS Moats Real Or AI Mirage? The Great Enterprise Software Debate

Are SaaS Moats Real Or AI Mirage? The Great Enterprise Software Debate

A fundamental tension is reshaping enterprise software investment, with veteran investors and AI evangelists offering starkly different visions for where lasting value will concentrate. While AI startups dominate headlines with flashy applications, veteran investors like Alex Plesakov at SDV argue that lasting value will concentrate in the data layer, where established SaaS companies maintain structural advantages. Meanwhile, AI-first proponents contend that traditional moats are dissolving faster than incumbents can adapt.

Power all your devices with this 4-in-1 car charger, now 35% off!

Power all your devices with this 4-in-1 car charger, now 35% off!

I don’t know about you, but I feel like something is always charging when I’m in the car. Whether it’s my smartwatch, my smartphone, or my headphones, there’s always a device plugged in. One of the easiest ways to simplify charging on the go is with these Lisen car chargers with retractable chargers, now 35% off at just $16.13. View at Amazon This super-compact gadget plugs into any standard 12V vehicle socket (that cigarette lighter port no one uses) and provides access to not one, but two retractable cables: a 30W USB-C cable and a 12W Lightning cable for older Apple devices. And that’s not all. There are also two other ports, a USB-C and a USB-A, for charging additional gadgets. With all these options, your family will never fight over whose turn it is to charge on road trips. The Lisen charger fits nicely in your car and even swivels up to 180 degrees on a hinge, so it works with almost any aux power outlet, no matter its position. Grab one for $16.13 on Amazon while it’s still on sale. Get this charger with retractable cables for $16 Buy now at Amazon

BlackRock raises $12.5B as part of its Microsoft partnership to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure, bringing it closer to its $30B goal from 2024 (Silla Brush/Bloomberg)

BlackRock raises $12.5B as part of its Microsoft partnership to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure, bringing it closer to its $30B goal from 2024 (Silla Brush/Bloomberg)

Silla Brush / Bloomberg : BlackRock raises $12.5B as part of its Microsoft partnership to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure, bringing it closer to its $30B goal from 2024 —  BlackRock Inc. has raised $12.5 billion as part of a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to bankroll data centers and energy infrastructure …

OpenAI quietly rolls out a dedicated ChatGPT translation tool

OpenAI quietly rolls out a dedicated ChatGPT translation tool

OpenAI has debuted a dedicated ChatGPT-powered translation tool. While folks have been using the main chatbot for translation for some time, you can now find ChatGPT Translate on its own webpage, as Android Authority spotted. The tool can translate text, voice inputs and images into more than 50 languages in seconds, OpenAI says. There’s an automatic language detection function too. Most interestingly, ChatGPT Translate can rewrite the output to take various contexts and tones into account, much in the same way that more general text-generating AI tools can do . With a single tap, it can rewrite the translation into something "more fluent," for a business formal audience, to make it more child-friendly or for academic purposes. The tool’s webpage says ChatGPT Translate understands "tone, idioms and context." While those tone and context considerations are intriguing, ChatGPT Translate is a little underbaked compared with the likes of Google Translate — which has been around for decades and just got its own Gemini-based makeover with better support for understanding idioms and slang. The desktop version of ChatGPT Translate does not yet allow for voice inputs, though the mobile one does, as Android Authority notes. Despite claims that ChatGPT can translate text in an image, there’s currently no way to upload one to the tool. There’s no website, document or handwriting translation support as yet either. Perhaps most crucially, ChatGPT Translate lives on a webpage right now and there’s no dedicated app. So using it offline appears to be out of the question as things stand. No app with on-device translation support could make ChatGPT Translate a no-go for travelers in rural areas with no Internet access. There’s no support for translating real-time conversations as yet either. Google’s Pixel 10, on the other hand, now supports voice translations for calls . It’s not exactly clear when ChatGPT Translate debuted — it arrived with zero fanfare from OpenAI. There’s a snapshot of the webpage from November on The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine that looks just like the current one, but that may have simply been a case of OpenAI testing a live version of the tool. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-quietly-rolls-out-a-dedicated-chatgpt-translation-tool-133000974.html?src=rss

Calabasas man pleads guilty to tax evasion and operating illegal offshore gambling business

Calabasas man pleads guilty to tax evasion and operating illegal offshore gambling business

Jason Noah Feinman of Calabasas in California, has pleaded guilty to operating an illegal offshore gambling business, evading taxes and… Continue reading Calabasas man pleads guilty to tax evasion and operating illegal offshore gambling business The post Calabasas man pleads guilty to tax evasion and operating illegal offshore gambling business appeared first on ReadWrite .