EP-263 Intel’s Massive Layoffs 🏢, Tesla’s Profit Plunge 📉, Xai’s Grok Vision Unveiled 🤖

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for wednesday, april 23! dive into today's top tech stories:

• intel layoffs: intel plans to lay off over 21,000 employees, aiming to streamline management and emphasize engineering under ceo lip-bu tan. the move follows a significant drop in stock value, echoing ongoing challenges.
• tesla's financial struggles: tesla reports a 71% drop in profits due to weak sales and anti-elon musk sentiment. despite delivering 337,000 evs, net income fell, though stock rose after musk's updates on affordable ev production plans.
• xai's grok vision feature: the new grok vision capability allows users to interact with their environment through a phone camera, elevating xai's chatbot in the tech landscape.
• meta's policy transparency: meta's oversight board calls for transparency with updated hate speech policies, urging detailed impact assessments as part of a larger mission to redefine content moderation.
• openai and the washington post collaboration: openai integrates the washington post's reporting into chatgpt's responses, enriching content quality amid ongoing partnerships and legal challenges with media outlets.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!