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☆ Apple fans in China can't buy the Vision Pro yet, so they're lining up to rent it by the hour or day
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewPeople living in China are eager to try out the Apple Vision Pro before it launches in the country — and some are lining up to rent the headsets from third-parties, the South China Morning Post reported. It's unclear how Chinese third-party vendors get their Apple Vision Pros. AdvertisementFor people interested in enjoying some time with a Vision Pro in their own home, however, third-party vendors aren't just leasing the headsets in China. Photography equipment rental companies like Lensrentals and ShareGrid appear to be offering their own Apple headset rentals starting at $120 a day. Are you using the Apple Vision Pro in an interesting way?

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☆ Apple just pulled this piracy app from the App Store
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewApple appears to have removed Kimi, a piracy app that once featured a library of free films and shows to stream, from its iOS app store, Wired reported earlier this week. The app also reportedly garnered over 100 user reviews in the App Store. The app store, Wired observed, listed Kimi's only developer as "Marcus Evan," which could be the creator's fake name. "Make sure your app only includes content that you created or that you have a license to use," the tech giant's app store guidelines say. AdvertisementThis isn't the first time Apple pulled a piracy app.

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☆ Nvidia wants to work with the world's most powerful tech companies to make customized AI chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia is in talks with tech giants like OpenAI and Google to build custom AI chips. It's held talks with leaders from Meta, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to build custom chips for data centers, two sources told Reuters. AdvertisementAny move by Nvidia into the custom chip market bodes ill for other manufacturers. Nvidia isn't just trying to work with major tech companies. The company is also turning to its own AI to produce its own AI chips faster.

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☆ AI investment is growing, and so are the career opportunities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Within two months of OpenAI launching its AI chatbot ChatGPT last November, it surpassed 100 million monthly users. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have invested billions in deals with AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, while venture capital firms have placed eight-figure bets on AI startups. AdvertisementMore money in AI means more jobs in AI, and companies big and small are now on the hunt for AI talent. These AI jobs range from software developers and machine learning engineers building in-house AI tools to prompt engineers that fine tune AI chatbots to produce the best outputs. Generative AI has even created a cottage industry of side hustles like ChatGPT course instruction, AI content editing, and newsletters focused on AI-news.

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☆ Professors want to 'ChatGPT-proof' assignments, and are returning to paper exams and requesting editing history to curb AI cheating
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Aaron Mok | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

College professors are looking to "ChatGPT-proof" assignments to curb cheating. Some professors suggest returning to paper exams and asking students to show editing histories. Changes to assignments come as teachers debate the usage of generative AI in the classroom. Some professors suggest students show their work by including their editing history and drafts along with their completed assignments. The changes to school assignments come as teachers grapple with how to best integrate AI tools like ChatGPT into their classrooms.

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☆ A guy tried using ChatGPT to turn $100 into a business making 'as much money as possible.' Here are the first 4 steps the AI chatbot gave him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT to turn $100 into "as much money as possible." As of mid-March, the company was valued at $25,000, according to a tweet by Greathouse Fall. From there, ChatGPT suggested the domain name EcoFriendlyFinds.com. But when Greathouse Fall learned the domain name cost $848 to acquire, it suggested one that was more affordable: GreenGadgetsGuru.com. While Greathouse Fall didn't disclose his investors, he tweeted that his "DMs are flooded" and that he is "not taking any more investors unless the terms are highly favorable."

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☆ An outsourcing firm cut dozens of contractors who were training the language model behind OpenAI's ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Invisible Technologies laid off 31 contractors hired to train OpenAI's GPT, Insider has learned. OpenAI has reportedly hired about 1,000 contractors globally as its ChatGPT AI gains popularity. San Francisco-based firm Invisible Technologies laid off 31 contractors as of March 16, according to internal Slack screenshots that Insider obtained. Hundreds of Invisible contractors known as "advanced AI data trainers" work with OpenAI to train its GPT bots, internal Slack screenshots show. Invisible laid off contractors based on performance metrics like "quality" and "throughput," Grace Matelich, a partner and operations manager at Invisible, said during the recorded meeting.

☆ How a 23-year-old earned about $35,000 in 3 months teaching ChatGPT to newbies
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Lance Junck, 23, earned $35,000 in just three months selling his ChatGPT course on Udemy. In late December, Lance Junck, 23, launched an online course on education platform Udemy that teaches people to use ChatGPT. It starts with how to write your first ChatGPT prompt, then moves into specific ChatGPT applications for businesses, students, and programmers. Within a week, 90 students enrolled in the course, Junck said. He has gotten paid speaking opportunities to teach companies like CEO advisory firm Sage Executive Group and tech news site HPCwire how to use ChatGPT, according to emails reviewed by Insider.

☆ A guy is using ChatGPT to turn $100 into a business making as much money as possible. Here are the first 4 steps the AI chatbot gave him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT to turn $100 into "as much money as possible." Jackson Greathouse Fall, a brand designer and writer, took to Twitter last week to share a prompt that he gave the chatbot. The company is now valued at $25,000, according to a tweet by Greathouse Fall. But when Greathouse Fall learned the domain name cost $848 to acquire, it suggested one that was more affordable: GreenGadgetsGuru.com. Are you using ChatGPT to save time or make money?

☆ Open AI's tech chief wants people to chill out about the next version of ChatGPT: 'Less hype would be good.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI's chief tech officer wants less hype around GPT-4, an update to the model that powers ChatGPT. OpenAI has not said when it will release GPT-4, though Murati said it may "broaden opportunities." But Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, wants the world to chill out a little. "I think less hype would be good," Murati told Fast Company when asked about GPT-4, an upgrade to GPT-3.5, the language processing model that currently runs ChatGPT. "With ChatGPT, you can have this infinite interaction and have it teach you about complex topics in a way that's based on your context," Murati told Fast Company.

☆ Some Google employees didn't realize they were laid off until their badges wouldn't let them into the office
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Aaron Mok | Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A laid-off Google employee saw a co-worker scan his badge to get into the NYC office but the reader kept turning red. The laid-off employee said that his co-worker who tried to badge-in "seemed a little flustered" and that it didn't seem like he was trying to sneak in. Normally, he said, Google employees often quickly show their badges to the guards in front of the elevator and are allowed to take the elevator up to whatever floor they needed to go to. 12,000 employees — 6% of the company's global workforce — were laid off, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a memo to employees. Are you a current or former Google employee?

☆ 4 power players who left Cisco this year amid supply-chain issues, a malware attack, and the market downturn — and 8 who joined
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

But top leaders have joined and left the firm amid supply-chain issues, a malware attack, and more. Here are four important execs who left Cisco in 2022 and eight who joined. After three quarters of steady earnings, the $157 billion hardware giant ended fiscal 2022 with fourth-quarter revenue of $13.1 billion. In addition to hardware, Cisco announced plans to deliver new products such as collaboration software, security tools, and predictive software engines to detect networking issues. Here are 4 important executives who've left Cisco and 8 who've joined since January:

☆ 4 power players who left Cisco this year amid supply chain issues, a malware attack, and the market downturn — and 8 who joined
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

But top leaders have joined and left the firm amid supply chain issues, a malware attack, and more. Here are four important execs who left Cisco in 2022 and eight who joined. In addition to hardware, Cisco announced plans to deliver new products such as collaboration software, security tools, and predictive software engines that detect networking issues. In the midst of these world events, Cisco saw a series of leadership changes, some of which coincide with major restructuring of its teams. Here are four important executives who have left Cisco and eight who have joined since January 2022:

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