Leaked Amazon document lists 67 ways to take advantage of ChatGPT

Leaked Amazon document lists 67 ways to take advantage of ChatGPT

[ad_1] Amazon workers suggested tapping ChatGPT to auto-generate software code and marketing materials as part of dozens of new ways for integrating AI into their workflow, according to a document leaked to Insider. The document, compiled by a manager for the Seattle-based e-commerce giant — asked workers for ideas on how to take advantage of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence-powered …

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Bill Gates in China to meet President Xi Jinping: report

Bill Gates in China to meet President Xi Jinping: report

[ad_1] Bill Gates, Microsoft’s co-founder, is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday during his visit to China, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The meeting will mark Xi’s first meeting with a foreign private entrepreneur in recent years. The people said the encounter may be a one-on-one meeting. A third source confirmed they would meet, …

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AI to cause profound job shakeup for ‘higher-wage knowledge workers’

AI to cause profound job shakeup for 'higher-wage knowledge workers'

[ad_1] White-collar “knowledge workers” are likely to suffer a profound career shakeup in the coming years as generative AI tools such as ChatGPT transform the global economy, according to an analysis by consulting firm McKinsey released Wednesday. McKinsey consultants see the rise of generative AI as a net positive — potentially boosting the global economy by as much as $4.4 …

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EU slaps Google with antitrust charges over ad tech policies

EU slaps Google with antitrust charges over ad tech policies

[ad_1] The European Union on Wednesday charged Google with an antitrust complaint over its advertising technology, known industry-wide as adtech. The European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — reached a preliminary conclusion that Google has “distorted competition in the advertising technology industry” in Europe by “favoring its own online display advertising technology services to the detriment of competing providers,” …

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AI ‘deepfakes’ poised to wreak havoc on 2024 election: experts

AI 'deepfakes' poised to wreak havoc on 2024 election: experts

[ad_1] An onslaught of high-quality, AI-generated political “deepfakes” has already begun ahead of the 2024 presidential election – and Big Tech firms aren’t prepared for the chaos, experts told The Post. The rise of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT and photo-focused Midjourney have made it easy to create false or misleading posts, pictures or even videos – from doctored …

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Intel agencies buying ‘sensitive and intimate’ data on US citizens

Intel agencies buying 'sensitive and intimate' data on US citizens

[ad_1] Government agencies including the FBI, DHS and NSA have their tentacles deep into US society and have amassed huge caches’ of “sensitive and intimate” data on citizens by “flouting the law” according to privacy advocates. The startling overreach into citizens’ lives was flagged in a report to the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines which has only just been declassified. …

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Why are kids assaulting teachers for taking their phones?

Why are kids assaulting teachers for taking their phones?

[ad_1] The year isn’t halfway over, and already 2023 has seen teachers punched in the face, pepper sprayed and even beaten unconscious for attempting to confiscate students’ phones and devices. Experts say this uptick in violent outbursts is fueled by two causes: teens who are literally addicted to their smartphones, coupled with ineffective school policies about phone usage. “[Youth phone …

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Chegg cuts 4% of staff over ChatGPT crushing business

Chegg cuts 4% of staff over ChatGPT crushing business

[ad_1] Struggling online learning platform Chegg disclosed plans to cut about 4% of its workforce — weeks after the company’s CEO admitted that OpenAI’s ChatGPT was crushing its business as more students use artificial intelligence for homework help. Chegg said the cuts would amount to “about 80 employees” and would “better position the company to executive against its AI strategy …

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Google’s ad-tech business facing possible threat of a break-up: report

Google's ad-tech business facing possible threat of a break-up: report

[ad_1] European Union antitrust regulators may order Alphabet’s Google to sell a part of its advertising-technology business, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. Google’s dominance in online advertising has been increasingly questioned over the past few years. Complaints from rivals about its allegedly anti-competitive practices have led to antitrust investigations in multiple continents concerning its practices. The …

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Musk says Unabomber ‘might not be wrong’ that tech is bad

Musk says Unabomber 'might not be wrong' that tech is bad

[ad_1] Elon Musk said on Saturday that the Unabomber — despite his twisted, homicidal rampage that killed three people and injured two dozen more — “might not be wrong” in his belief that technology is detrimental to society. The billionaire tweeted the comment the same day the Unabomber, whose real name was Ted Kaczynski, died in his jail cell aged …

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