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☆ New York mag's Olivia Nuzzi accuses her ex-fiancé of blackmail amid the RFK Jr. scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Lucia Moses | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Olivia Nuzzi accused her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza of blackmail and career threats in court documents. New York magazine put Nuzzi on leave amid a review of her relationship with RFK Jr.Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementNew York magazine political writer Olivia Nuzzi has accused her ex-fiancé, Politico reporter Ryan Lizza, of blackmailing her and threatening to destroy her career. Journalist Oliver Darcy reported on September 19 in his newsletter, Status, that New York magazine had put her on leave. The story has already had big fallout for New York magazine, its parent, Vox Media, and the journalists involved.

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☆ Track the CDC’s Covid-19 wastewater testing in your state
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Matt Stiles | Way Mullery | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Instead, US officials now focus on testing the contents of Americans’ wastewater to keep tabs on the virus. To identify virus levels and larger trends, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relies on a large network of sampling sites at wastewater treatment facilities across the country. Viral levels vary over time and by location. Samples are taken from sampling sites around the United States that meet criteria to sufficiently anonymize the data. Wastewater data also helps local public health agencies to track new Covid variants and other infectious diseases, such as RSV and mpox.

Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC Locations: United States

☆ Big Tech goes on AI charm offensive in Europe as regulators circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

It's worth noting that their comments come as the world's first major law governing AI, the EU's AI Act, was given the final greenlight. Meanwhile, European Commissioner Thierry Breton, a major architect of rules around Big Tech, is set to speak later in the week. Vogels, who is tasked with driving technology innovation within Amazon , said that AI can be used to "solve some of the world's hardest problems." Manyika said Google open-sourced its watermarking tech so that any developer can "build on it, improve on it." "I am concerned that there is potential for monopolies to emerge around Big Tech and AI," he said.

Persons: Rafael Henrique, Lightrocket, Werner Vogels, Society James Manyika, Thierry Breton, Vogels, Manyika, it's, Google's, Gemma AI, Emmanuel Macron, Eric Schmidt, Yann LeCun, Macron, Matt Calkins, Appian, Calkins Organizations: Getty, France —, Viva Tech, Amazon Chief, Google, Technology, Society, Regulators, Big Tech, European Union, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Elysee, CNBC Locations: PARIS, France, Paris, Jakarta, Indonesia, View , California, U.S

☆ Feds crack down hard on selling of personal data without consent
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US government is coming down hard on a data broker accused of selling consumers’ detailed location histories without their consent, highlighting privacy regulators’ growing focus on a sensitive and revealing form of personal information. But InMarket never got those people’s informed consent before using that data for advertising, according to the FTC. In addition to banning InMarket from selling or licensing the data, it also forced the company to either delete all of its previously collected location data or to take steps to anonymize it. Policy experts have highlighted the potential for location data to reveal whether a person has sought certain medical care. “All too often, Americans are tracked by serial data hoarders that endlessly vacuum up and use personal information,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement on the InMarket settlement.

Persons: InMarket, ”, ” InMarket, “, Roe, Wade, Thursday’s, —, Lina Khan, “ We’ll Organizations: CNN, Federal Trade Commission, InMarket Media, FTC, Google Locations: Texas

☆ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says AI can't be 'bad' like social media if it's going to be trusted
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Marc Benioff called for greater public trust in AI in a panel at the World Economic Forum. The Salesforce CEO said he wants people to trust AI — unlike social media over the past decade. Winning public trust in AI will require greater regulation, Benioff said. Benioff also said that social media has been a "shit show," adding: "It's pretty bad — we don't want that in our AI industry." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Benioff, —, Salesforce, Sam Altman, FABRICE COFFRINI, OpenAI, Altman, wasn't, Einstein, Salesforce didn't Organizations: Economic, Service, CNBC, Bloomberg, Business Locations: Davos, Switzerland, OpenAI

☆ These are the skills employers are looking for as AI use expands, according to leaders at Davos
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSince the release of ChatGPT just over a year ago, it's become increasingly clear that the world will have to adapt as the influence of generative AI grows. And that's been borne out at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, where AI has been a key topic. Business Insider spoke to industry leaders from companies including McKinsey, KPMG, IBM, and Coursera about the skills they believe will be important in the era of generative AI. Know how to optimize data for generative AI. "Being able to look at data, evaluate data, cleanse data, anonymize data — all that — is going to be even more important than historically it's been," Knopp said.

Persons: —, it's, Katy George, George, Paul Knopp, Knopp, that's, Jeff Maggioncalda, Maggioncalda, John Granger, Granger Organizations: Service, Business, Economic, McKinsey, KPMG, IBM, KPMG US, IBM Consulting, Employees Locations: Davos, Maggioncalda

☆ Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin travels the globe to keep crypto alive as the U.S. cracks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +17 min

Today, the biggest challenge for Buterin and the ethereum community is making sure that it provides actual value to people. Buterin was named the world's youngest crypto billionaire at age 27 as the crypto market swelled to its peak in 2021. And he isn't, according to his own estimation, the be-all and end-all authority on the ethereum network. About the ethereum network, he says, "On the other hand, you've got your laptop. In terms of what's next for ethereum — Buterin says a big priority is focusing on privacy and scalability through zero-knowledge rollups.

Persons: Vitalik Buterin, Buterin, coder, doesn't, Czech Republic Pavel Sinagl, that's, clasped, Buterin wasn't, cryptocurrencies, Sam Bankman, Luna, they're, Dmitry, Vitalik, Dmitry Buterin, ethereum blockchains, you've, Satoshi Nakamoto, ethereum, — Buterin Organizations: CNBC PRAGUE, CNBC, Canadian, U.S . Tornado, Buterin, U.S, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, CFTC, People's Bank of China, tinker, Ethereum, Ethereum Foundation Locations: Prague, Russia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Netherlands, Paralelní Polis, Holešovice, China, U.S, Africa, Argentina, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, CBDCs, Moscow, ethereum, Denver, Paris

☆ Salesforce shares pop on earnings beat and optimistic forecast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Here's how the company did:Earnings: $2.12 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.90 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. $2.12 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.90 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. For the current quarter, Salesforce called for $2.05 to $2.06 in adjusted earnings per share on $8.7 billion to $8.72 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected adjusted earnings of $1.83 per share and $8.66 billion in sales. It now sees $8.04 to $8.06 in adjusted earnings per share on $34.7 billion to $34.8 billion in revenue, implying 11% revenue growth.

Persons: Marc Benioff, Salesforce, Amy Weaver, Weaver, Refinitiv Organizations: Allen & Company Sun Valley Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Refinitiv, U.S

☆ Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff voices A.I. privacy concerns, says it can be 'the ultimate liar'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff sat down with CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday during the company's AI Day in New York City to discuss generative artificial intelligence and Salesforce's newest venture into that realm, AI Cloud. Benioff stressed the importance of privacy when it comes to generative AI products, discussing the way AI has been known to lie — or "hallucinate" — and fabricate information. "They're like huge vacuum cleaners sucking up as much data as they can all over the internet," Benioff said of large language models. Benioff said Salesforce's AI Cloud is combatting hallucinations and protecting customer privacy by keeping humans involved in processes, as well as adding a "trust layer" to anonymize crucial data. You're going to need a trust layer," Benioff said.

Persons: Marc Benioff, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Benioff, James Webb Organizations: Google, Reuters Locations: New York City

☆ A husband hid $500,000 in bitcoin during a divorce — and got busted by a crypto hunter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

Thumb drive-size devices, such as a Trezor or Ledger, offer another way to secure crypto tokens cold by safeguarding both the crypto itself and the keys to access it. Transfers of digital assets between chains has helped to expand the crypto market by giving people more ways to pay and transact. With crypto staking, investors typically vault their crypto assets with a blockchain validator, which verifies the accuracy of transactions on the blockchain. The tax implications are another major consideration when choosing how to divide crypto assets. I think the people that are interested in digital assets are going to continue to be interested in digital assets," she said.

☆ This New App Wants to Pay You to Share Your Data For Advertising
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Megan Graham | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

The amount of compensation will be determined by a “data score” reflecting factors such as whether consumers answer demographic survey questions and which apps and services’ data consumers are sharing. Caden’s app, which will let consumers share their data in exchange for cash. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS Would you share your data with an app like Caden? She said if consumers’ data is used in ways they don’t expect, they could be turned off and abandon such platforms. Some other players that offer compensation for data have required consumers share their entire profile with all brands.

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