Rivian Offers $5,000 ’Electric Upgrade’ Discount, Microsoft Bolsters AI Team

Rivian targets gas-powered Ford and Toyota trucks and SUVs with a $5,000 discount. Microsoft hires former Meta exec to bolster its AI supercomputing team. Plus, an Xbox VR headset collaboration with Meta and the launch of Microsoft's smallest AI model yet.

Sources:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/rivian-targets-gas-powered-ford-and-toyota-trucks-and-suvs-with-5000-electric-upgrade-discount/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137391/microsoft-hires-meta-ai-supercomputing-jason-taylor
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137334/xbox-vr-headset-microsoft-meta-quest-limited-edition
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24137534/microsoft-phi-3-launch-small-ai-language-model

Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:44) Rivian targets gas-powered Ford and Toyota trucks and SUVs with $5,000 'electric upgrade' discount
(00:03:27) Microsoft hires former Meta exec to bolster AI supercomputing team
(00:05:29) An Xbox VR headset is on the way, but it’s a “limited edition” Meta Quest
(00:08:20) Microsoft launches Phi-3, its smallest AI model yet