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download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In August 2017, a Trump Tower event meant to provide updates about Trump's infrastructure plan became dominated by his response to the violence in Charlottesville. And in February 2018, Trump's infrastructure proposal took a back seat amid accusations of misconduct by two close aides. But after the election, Trump invited a broad array of tech leaders to Trump Tower and expressed a desire to work with them on innovation. In 2020, several tech leaders — including Cook — were critical of Trump's visa restrictions that would impact highly-skilled foreign workers in the industry.
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Apple has addressed a "rare" issue that iPhone users complained about after a software update. iOS 17.5.1 fixes a "database corruption" problem that made deleted pictures reappear for some. Despite the fix, some Apple users said they're still concerned about privacy. AdvertisementAnother iOS update is available after several Apple users complained about a concerning issue with their Photos app. On Monday, the tech giant released iOS 17.5.1 and iPadOS 17.5.1, just a week after its 17.5 updates.
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The brand wants to court nostalgic fans with more generous serving sizes. It's the company's "first innovation in nearly a decade," Capri Sun said. Capri Sun is courting nostalgic fans whose appetites have matured beyond a pouch-sized serving. The company is launching super-sized bottles of its beloved juice, calling the massive containers its "first innovation in nearly a decade." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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For Ajamie LLP, a Houston law firm with 11 attorneys, taking on banks with billion-dollar war chests is becoming a booming business. This ruling was used by a lawyer on another case, Ohio-based Alan Rosca, to secure a $3 million judgment against Morgan Stanley on March 25. He said he has been contacted by advisors hailing from "really any financial firm that offers deferred compensation to financial advisors." During that suit, Ajamie was contacted by Matt Shafer, the lead plaintiff in the Morgan Stanley case. The Morgan Stanley suit inspired Kelly Milligan, now the named plaintiff in the Merrill Lynch class action, to reach out.
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Ukraine's president told Reuters that the West always gives it weapons a year after it needs them. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the West needs to be more involved in the war and shoot down Russian missiles. AdvertisementUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country's Western allies always give it weapons one year after it actually needs them. "Every decision to which we, then later everyone together, comes to is late by around one year," Zelenskyy told Reuters on Monday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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"We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice — Sky's voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson but belongs to a different professional actress using her own natural speaking voice," the blog post said. AdvertisementIn a statement provided to BI, Altman said the Sky voice is not Johansson and was not intended to be similar to hers. "We cast the voice actor behind Sky's voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson. Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky's voice in our products," Altman said. "We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn't communicate better."
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The RealReal is using AI to find fakes
  + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Freya Graham | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
This article is part of "CXO AI Playbook" — straight talk from business leaders on how they're testing and using AI. For "CXO AI Playbook," Business Insider takes a look at mini case studies about AI adoption across industries, company sizes, and technology DNA. We've asked each of the featured companies to tell us about the problems they're trying to solve with AI, who's making these decisions internally, and their vision for using AI in the future. AI in actionThe RealReal started using artificial intelligence in 2018 with a program designed to speed up the writing of descriptions for newly uploaded items. Courtesy of Samantha McCandlessHumans are still part of the authentication process, which helps to manage issues such as false positives.
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Keough did all her own singing for the show, proving that musical talent runs in the family. Riley Keough as Daisy and Sam Claflin as Billy in "Daisy Jones & The Six." However, her vocals were so strong that the music supervisor, Frankie Pine, was able to use her live singing during a pivotal scene in the series' eighth episode. "We ended up using so much of her live vocal in that moment," Pine told Business Insider. "Because it was the only way that I could get across the fact that she was out of her mind."
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Read previewUkraine's navy claims it has likely destroyed the last of Russia's cruise missile carriers operating out of the crucial Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. If confirmed, it would mean there is no longer a Russian missile carrier based out of the key peninsula, he told the outlet. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, and it is home to Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters at Sevastopol. The move came amid Ukraine's ongoing campaign against Russian Black Sea ports and warships, using cruise missiles and drones. In April, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged a third of the Russian fleet.
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Tesla is offering discounts to appease European car rental and leasing firms, Reuters reported. The discounts follow Tesla's price cuts in Europe, which impacted fleet values for leasing firms. Tesla is also addressing complaints that had previously gone ignored, sources told the outlet. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTesla is taking action to appease leasing and rental-car companies in Europe who say the value of their Tesla fleets has sharply declined, according to a new report from Reuters.
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Basic income has become a trending strategy to combat poverty in cities nationwide. ARPA funds have been used to partially or fully fund most US basic-income pilots so far, but funds are set to expire. While philanthropy and nonprofit work have been central to basic-income pilots, they are not always a long-term or large-scale funding solution. More GBI programs are electing to focus on specific groups of participants, like low-income parents with children and foster youth. The program is funded through the Temporary Aid to Needy Families Program (TANF), an existing federal cash assistance program for low-income families.
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Russian S-400 surface-to-missile systems in the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square on i in May 2023. Ukraine in September said it destroyed two Russian S-400 batteries in Crimea, a region annexed by Russia in 2014. Rajan Menon, the director of the Grand Strategy program at the US think tank Defense Priorities, described the S-400 as Russia's "top-of-the-line air defense system." A rocket launches from a S-400 missile system at the Ashuluk military base in Southern Russia in September 2020. A Patriot air defense system test-fired during a training in Chania, Greece, on November 8, 2017.
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Read previewOpenAI might've breached YouTube's terms and conditions to train its text-to-video model Sora, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai. "So you felt like they had broken your terms and conditions, or potentially, or if they had, that wouldn't have been appropriate?" Sundar Pichai says he believes OpenAI's Sora breached YouTube's terms and conditions and he is sympathetic to creators whose content is being used to train AI models pic.twitter.com/mF1D6XjYf8 — Tsarathustra (@tsarnick) May 20, 2024Earlier in the interview, Pichai revealed that YouTube was still "following up and trying to understand" how OpenAI had trained Sora. "We have terms and conditions, and we would expect people to abide by those terms and conditions when you build a product, so that's how I felt about it." AdvertisementJohansson said in a statement that she had turned down OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's offer to voice its latest GPT-4o model.
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AdvertisementThe first-ever criminal trial of a former American president is now nearing its end after several weeks of witness testimony. Related storiesIn some of those hallway appearances earlier in the trial, Trump has told reporters that he planned to testify. He told jurors that Cohen told him that Trump didn't know anything about the payments. "If you don't like my ruling, you don't give me side-eye, and you don't roll your eyes," Merchan told Costello before he cleared the room. Trump " wasn't thinking about Melania — this was all about the campaign," Cohen told jurors.
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Before I lost 120 pounds, I could barely run a mile, let alone the length of a proper race. I'd always been heavy-set, but by the time I reached my early 30s in 2010, my weight was a big issue. My heaviest weight was 350 poundsHe told me that he'd had gastric sleeve surgery and never looked back. AdvertisementQuintano had gastric sleeve surgery in April 2023 Courtesy of Anthony QuintanoMeanwhile, I'd developed a blood clot in my leg. I started walking laps around my hospital room.
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Trump Media & Technology Group lost $327.6 million in the first quarter, per an earnings report. The Monday filing revealed that TMTG earned a revenue of $770,500 in the first three months of the year. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe parent company of Truth Social, former President Donald Trump's social media company, lost $327.6 million in the first quarter, per its Monday earnings report. Trump Media & Technology Group went public via SPAC at the end of March after it merged with Nasdaq-listed Digital World Acquisition Corp.
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Josh Hawley is writing his fourth book — while running for a second term in the Senate. It's called "The Awakenings: The Religious Revivals that Made America—and Why We Need Another One." Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The Missouri Republican is working on a new book entitled "The Awakenings: The Religious Revivals that Made America — and Why We Need Another One," his publisher confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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Read previewOpenAI's biggest critics have long held the view that Sam Altman's success has been built on an "ask forgiveness, not permission" strategy that could come back to haunt him. The ChatGPT maker has been embroiled in fresh controversy since Monday after Scarlett Johansson lashed out at the company over a new voice feature for its chatbot. her — Sam Altman (@sama) May 13, 2024OpenAI has responded to the criticism by pulling the Sky voice entirely. AdvertisementThough Johansson and Pichai have not filed lawsuits against OpenAI, the "ask forgiveness, not permission" strategy that critics accuse the company of has already landed it in legal hot water. Creators who suspect their work has been used to train OpenAI without their permission will probably wonder why they weren't offered an agreement in the first place.
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You might fixate on understanding why you're feeling this way, why the upsetting situation has occurred, and what you can rationally do to resolve it. AdvertisementShe shared three signs that you might be intellectualizing your feelings and how you can start to feel safe enough to feel them. The goal of therapy should be to support when you're feeling safe enough that you want to feel your feelings." You feel emotionally disconnected from people and things in your lifeFeeling a sense of emptiness or disconnection could be a sign you're intellectualizing your feelings. You're responding normally but you don't feel fully authentic or present because you're thinking too much and you're "stuck in your head."
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American Airlines is regaining my trust after a bad experience flying home from Colombia in 2021. My recent flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to New York in economy was comfortable and on time. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI'll be honest: American Airlines hasn't been my go-to airline since a last-minute flight cancellation left me stranded overnight in Colombia in 2021 with little help from customer service. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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Bumble wants to use AI to give you fewer matches on its app. But the people you do match with will be better, CEO Lidiane Jones said at a conference Tuesday. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSome day, AI could mean you get matched with fewer people on Bumble. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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Read previewCompanies are increasingly ditching middle management positions, and it could be millennials who find their jobs are most at risk. While Galvin said the intent of reducing middle management is to streamline communication between employees and senior executives, the impact could be unfairly balanced. AdvertisementMiddle management positions accounted for almost a third of layoffs in 2023, according to an analysis for Bloomberg — an increase from 20% in 2018. It just so happens that a lot of middle managers are millennials. Many current middle managers are also burned out with their teams being downsized, and an increased workload.
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Read previewRecently Danny Tamberelli was dropping his 4-year-old son Alfie off at preschool when one of the teachers pulled him aside. Yet Tamberelli's mom had taught him to always engage with fans, asking them about themselves and forming a genuine connection. AdvertisementCourtesy of Danny Tamberelli"I want to teach my children about fame through communication," Tamberelli said. Tamberelli's mom was always on set with himMost recently, Tamberelli has done that by indulging in the nostalgia that his fellow 90s kids love so much. Tamberelli declined to comment on the film but said his mother was always a protective force on set.
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Read previewThe age of AGI is coming and could be just a few years away, according to OpenAI cofounder John Schulman. Speaking on a podcast with Dwarkesh Patel, Schulman predicted that artificial general intelligence could be achieved in "two or three years." A spokesperson for OpenAI told The Information that the remaining staffers were now part of its core research team. Schulman's comments come amid protest movements calling for a pause on training AI models. Groups such as Pause AI fear that if firms like OpenAI create superintelligent AI models, they could pose existential risks to humanity.
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Starting every morning with a gallon of waterMahlum said her morning routine includes coffee and the news, catching up on Morning Brew and CNBC. While still an active investor, Mahlum's daily routine centers on getting plenty of sleep and boosting her performance at beach volleyball. Vanessa Hankins/Courtesy of Anne MahlumShe's a big fan of recovery tech like red light therapyAnother staple in Mahlum's at-home wellness routine is red light therapy, a high-tech tool linked to antiaging and recovery benefits. "If I'm going to bed later, I'm not skimping on sleep and I'll sleep later," Mahlum said. As such, no amount of loading up on other trendy supplements, wellness tech, or fancy workout routines will help if you're not resting well, eating well, and otherwise nailing the simple healthy habits.
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