- In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady talks with Amazon CTO Werner Vogels about emerging tech trends.
- The big story: Google challenges Nvidia’s AI chips.
- The markets: Flat in Europe; small gains in Asia.
- Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Good morning. Several years ago, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels began sharing predictions on how technology would likely impact our lives the following year. In the past, he has foreseen the impact of digital technology in sports, AI assistants in developer productivity, machine learning embedded in production lines, and ‘fem tech’ in women’s health. As CTO since 2005, he occupies a unique perch to see—and even shape—what’s next. He also has a vested interest, of course, in embracing the technologies that his company creates. But these predictions are worth taking note of as these trends—if they materialize—will affect wide swaths of the economy.
