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☆ Mark Zuckerberg thinks AI celebrities interacting with fans could be a 'next year' thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked to Verge about the "huge need" for AI versions of celebrities. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks there's a "huge need" for AI versions of celebrities for fans to interact with. However, Zuckerberg said AI versions of celebrities could be "more of a 'next year' thing" due to brand safety concerns — as celebrities would want to be certain their image won't be used to make problematic statements. However, not everybody is as optimistic as Zuckerberg and Grimes about the potential of AI in the media. Zuckerberg and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Kylie, —, there's, Kylie Jenner, Zuckerberg, Jenner, Meta, Kylie Jenner's, Kendall, Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, Billie, Grimes Organizations: Service, Meta, Paris Hilton, Hollywood

☆ Why KPMG's head of AI strategy isn't worried consultants will become obsolete
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

KPMG's head of an AI and digital innovation group expects the tech will require more workers. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Chase, who will run a new AI and digital innovation group at KPMG US, expects AI will be like other tech waves — just bigger. That need for humans to interact with AI is notable because, in the past, automation has made some jobs obsolete . Companies will need to be able to articulate an AI strategy, Chase said, yet also think in more sweeping terms.

Persons: Steve Chase, —, Chase, we're, They'll, he's Organizations: KPMG, Service, KPMG US, Microsoft, Companies

☆ I moved into an ADU in my California backyard. It allowed me to leave my 9-to-5 and I even save $5,000 a month.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In 2019, Julie Fornasero and her husband, Tim Logan, decided to rent out their primary home. The couple moved into a 500-square-foot accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, they put in their backyard. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . My husband, Tim, is a technology consultant. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2019, a tenant moved into the main house and we moved into the ADU.

Persons: Julie Fornasero, Tim Logan, —, Tim, Marin, Logan Organizations: Service Locations: Marin County , California, San Francisco, California

☆ Meta Quest 3: Zuckerberg unveils mixed-reality VR headset
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Meta is moving forward in its efforts to dominate the AR world with the new and improved Meta Quest 3. Unveiled by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s virtual Meta Connect event Wednesday, the headset starts at $500 and is a complete redesign of earlier models. The Meta Quest 2 allows for strictly virtual reality, while the Meta Quest Pro has advanced passthrough cameras for seeing your actual surroundings, but it costs a whopping $1,000. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils the Meta Quest 3 at Meta Connect in Menlo Park, California, on September 27, 2023. To get ahead of Apple’s June unveiling of the Vision Pro, Zuckerberg teased the Meta Quest 3 just days before its rival’s big announcement.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, ” Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Meta, Morgan Stanley Organizations: New, New York CNN, Meta, Pro, Meta Connect, Facebook, Quest, Apple Vision, Vision, Street, IDC, Apple Locations: New York, Menlo Park , California

☆ ChatGPT users can now browse internet, OpenAI says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - ChatGPT users will now be able to surf the web, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI said on Wednesday, expanding the data the viral chatbot can access beyond its earlier September 2021 cutoff. The artificial intelligence startup said its latest browsing feature would allow websites to control how ChatGPT can interact with them. "Browsing is available to Plus and Enterprise users today, and we'll expand to all users soon. OpenAI had earlier tested a feature that allowed users to access the latest information through the Bing search engine within its premium ChatGPT Plus offering.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OpenAI, Bing, Siri, ChatGPT, Samrhitha, Devika Syamnath, Pooja Desai Organizations: REUTERS, Microsoft, Enterprise, Twitter, Bing, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, Bengaluru

☆ OpenAI's ChatGPT will 'see, hear and speak' in major update
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 25 (Reuters) - OpenAI's ChatGPT is getting a major update that will enable the viral chatbot to have voice conversations with users and interact using images, moving it closer to popular artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Apple's (AAPL.O) Siri. The voice feature "opens doors to many creative and accessibility-focused applications", OpenAI said in a blog post on Monday. ChatGPT's new voice feature can also narrate bedtime stories, settle debates at the dinner table, and speak out loud text input from users. Alphabet's Google Lens is currently the popular choice to gain information on images. The new ChatGPT features will be released for subscribers of its Plus and Enterprise plans over the next two weeks.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Siri, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Zaheer Kachwala, Yuvraj Malik, Devika Organizations: REUTERS, Google, Alexa, Big Tech, Spotify, Enterprise, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Verizon's CEO swears by a simple 1-question morning routine: It gets you into the 'right mood and right energy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, self-reflection is serious business. Vestberg started the routine in 2009 after becoming CEO of Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, and he's done it "every day" since, he said. Each morning, Vestberg ranks his mood "from 1 to 10," he said, helping him get into the "right mood and right energy" to do his job. Jerry Colonna, an executive coach sometimes known as the "CEO whisperer," has a similar routine called "radical self-inquiry" that he says helps him make better decisions. "Spend a few minutes each day, but not the entire day, asking questions like how am I really feeling?

Persons: Hans Vestberg, Vestberg, He's, Jerry Colonna, Colonna, Juliette Han Organizations: Verizon, Fast, Ericsson, CNBC, Harvard

Many of the formal speeches delivered before the green stone in the General Assembly could have been performed straight to camera, with few other people in the room (and in 2020, they were). The General Assembly, she said, actually “overshadows what the U.N. does well." In-person relations are as important, if not more so, for non-governmental organizations with stakes in the outcomes, attendees said. Many at the General Assembly, and those observing it closely from afar, declined to discuss the substance of negotiations that may never ultimately come to fruition. But the General Assembly week “provides a critical mass that allows you to do all the things that you would prefer to do in person,” Rathke said.

Persons: Volodomyr Zelenskyy, weren't, ’, Katie Laatikainen, that's, that’s, ”, Kathryn Mengerink, Scott Hamilton, Joe Biden, —, “ We’re, Stéphane Dujarric, António Guterres, we’re, “, ” Laatikainen, Jeff Rathke, ” Rathke, ” Hamilton, Michael Weissenstein Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, General, Council, Adelphi University, Assembly, General Assembly, Waitt, State Department, United Nations Security, United Nations, “ Technology, - German Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Associated Press Locations: East, Jolla , California, midtown Manhattan, Cuba, China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, Europe, New York, Britain, Mexico

☆ OSIRIS-REx: A long-awaited asteroid sample has landed in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Seven years after launching to space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth Sunday to deliver the pristine sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The sample capsule, about the size of a large truck tire, and its main parachute can be seen after landing in the Utah desert. What the sample may revealDetails about the sample will be revealed through a NASA broadcast from Johnson Space Center on October 11. If a government shutdown occurs, “it will not endanger the curation and safe handling of the asteroid sample,” said Lori Glaze, director for NASA’s Planetary Sciences Division. “Scientists believe that the asteroid Bennu is representative of the solar system’s own oldest materials forged in large dying stars and supernova explosions,” Glaze said.

Persons: REx, Rich Burns, OSIRIS, Sandra Freund, Burns, ”, Dante Lauretta, Nicole Lunning, REx curation, NASA’s, Lauretta, Lori Glaze, ” Glaze Organizations: CNN, NASA, Earth Sunday, Goddard, University of Arizona, Defense Department’s Utah, Goddard Space Flight, Lockheed, Space Center, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Monday, Johnson Space Center, Canadian Space Agency, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA’s Planetary Sciences Locations: Bennu, Greenbelt , Maryland, Tucson, Utah, Houston

☆ I'm an NYU student who studied abroad twice for free. Though I experienced racism overseas, I still plan on studying abroad a 3rd time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Zamiya Jean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As an NYU student, I've been able to study abroad in Florence and Paris. I still love traveling and will study abroad again next semester. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt Gallatin, I have the freedom to study abroad as many times as I want. Because of this, I studied at NYU Florence in the fall and NYU Paris in the spring of my sophomore year. I leaned into my other identities: I'm Black, Caribbean, Haitian, and St. Lucian, as well as a New Yorker.

Persons: I've, I'm, Lucian Organizations: NYU, Service, New York University, Gallatin School, NYU Florence, NYU Paris, NYU London, New Yorker Locations: Florence, Paris, Italy, Wall, Silicon, Gallatin, it's, Caribbean, New, America, Europe, London

Learn moreWhen the Apple Watch Series 9 released in September 2023, it immediately supplanted the Series 8 in Apple's lineup as the company's flagship. Lowest Price Apple Watch Series 8 (41mm, GPS) The Apple Watch Series 8 features a temperature sensor, car crash detection, and low-power mode that weren't available to previous generations of the smartwatch. Both watches are also compatible with a variety of the best Apple Watch bands and the best Apple Watch Series 9 bands. AdvertisementAdvertisementApple Watch Series 9 vs. Series 8: Smartwatch featuresThe Series 9 and Series 8 are also nearly identical in terms of smartwatch functionality. AdvertisementAdvertisementApple Watch Series 9 vs. Series 8: PriceThe Apple Watch Series 9 is available for purchase starting at $399 for the aluminum body model and $699 for the stainless steel option.

Persons: that's, Siri, Rick Stella, Antonio Villas, it's, isn't Organizations: Apple, July's, Apple Health, Health, Boas

☆ I quit my nearly 6-figure corporate job to work at Trader Joe's for $17 an hour. I'm still here 5 years later and happier than ever.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

While Trader Joe's has a reputation for having friendly staff, we're not forced to be that way. AdvertisementAdvertisementOther perks include a discounted rate for insurance and 20% off anything we buy at Trader Joe's. At Trader Joe's, being who I am isn't something I ever have to think twice about. I took a big pay cut for this jobIn my last corporate job, I made almost six figures a year. AdvertisementAdvertisementI know it's cliché to say that I'm obsessed with Trader Joe's, but it's a good company.

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Once you unblock someone, you'll be able to see their Facebook posts again and send them direct messages. In the resulting drop-down menu, click Settings & privacy and then click Settings. Click Unblock next to the person's name who you wish to unblock. AdvertisementAdvertisementHow to unblock someone on Facebook via the Facebook mobile app1. Tap Unblock next to anyone's name, and then confirm by tapping Unblock again.

Persons: you'll, You'll Organizations: Facebook, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Inside the crucial final hours as American diplomats tackled last minute obstacles to bring five Americans imprisoned in Iran home
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Senior State Department officials spoke to CNN about what happened on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive details. The Iranians even threatened not to include all five of the Americans in the release unless the US did more, the officials told CNN. “We held our line and the Iranians backed down and we made it work,” a senior State Department official said. But the Qatari officials, in a smooth diplomatic maneuver, countered that they would be offended if everyone did not eat while on board the Qatari plane and an agonizing final delay was avoided. ET, the US plane carrying the seven Americans, Carstens, Paley and other US officials departed Doha en route to the US.

Persons: Iran Abram Paley, Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, “, ”, didn’t, “ They’re, “ We’ve, “ couldn’t, Morad, Emad Shargi, Effie, Vida, Siamak, Karim Jaafar, Carstens, Paley, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Joe Biden, ” Shargi Organizations: CNN, Senior State Department, Hostage Affairs, Qatari, Swiss, State Department, Central Bank, Doha International Airport, Getty, Defense, “ CNN Locations: United States, Iran, Tehran, Doha, South Korea, Qatar, Emad Sharqi, AFP, Washington, DC, Fort Belvoir , Virginia, PISA, Fort Belvoir

☆ Lizzo preaches self-love and acceptance. But backstage, her team was mocked and bullied, designer says in a new lawsuit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Diana Dasrath | Tim Stelloh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Daniels was fired after she complained about Nomura, according to the suit. Nomura told Daniels never to interact with Lizzo or to dress attractively in front of her because it may make Lizzo jealous, the suit said. Alleged slurs, threats and offensive impressionsNomura allegedly mocked Lizzo and her dancers with what the lawsuit described as a "stereotypical sassy Black woman imitation." After Daniels complained to Gugliotta, Lizzo's tour manager, she allegedly asked Daniels to surreptitiously record Nomura, according to the suit. Daniels declined, believing it would be unethical and possibly illegal, and continued to work for Lizzo, according to the suit.

Persons: Lizzo, Asha Daniels, Daniels, Amanda Nomura, Nomura, Ron Zambrano, Zambrano, it's, Melissa Viviane Jefferson, Carlina Gugliotta, Gugliotta, Quincy, she's Organizations: Ball, NBC, Superior Court, Big, Touring Inc, NBC News, Black, Lizzo Locations: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York City, Taylor, Los Angeles

☆ How fashion influencer Tezza turned photo filters into an app with $32 million in projected yearly revenue and a newly launched print magazine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

With an Instagram audience of 1.2 million followers, a popular photo-editing app, and now a magazine, Tessa Barton — better known by her moniker Tezza — is building a media empire. The Tezza app, similar to photo-editing tools like Adobe's Lightroom or VSCO, announced this week that it had surpassed 20 million downloads and has about 2.5 million monthly active users. Turning social media followers into app usersGrowing an audience on social media helped the two cofounders build and grow the app. Barton's latest world-building play took place during New York Fashion Week in September, where the influencer launched a new magazine: Tezza Magazine. Its content pulls from brands Barton has collaborated with or admires, as well as art created by Tezza app users.

Persons: Tessa Barton —, Barton, Cole Herrmann, Tezza, Puss Puss, Sydney Bradley Organizations: New York, Tezza, V Magazine Locations: New York, New

☆ Why purpose-built AI is key to improving customer experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Nice Analytics | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This means the customer experience starts earlier than ever before — and how companies engage them in this first point of contact is crucial. That's where purpose-built AI solutions help: AI that is specifically designed and developed for a particular application or task. The key to empowering customer self-service is a customer experience built around removing friction in their journey. If a sales agent can't efficiently solve the customer query, the customer experience suffers — no matter how friendly or approachable that sales agent may be. Creating an extraordinary customer experience across touchpointsEvery customer interaction matters, so earning their loyalty and trust is paramount to business success.

Persons: John Willcutts, Willcutts, aren't Organizations: NICE, Insider Studios

☆ A candy-store owner explains how he's made over $2.5 million in sales from TikTok Shop
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The @sosweetshopuk account had 800,000 followers by March 2022, when Robinson began using TikTok Shop, the platform's shopping feature that allows in-app purchases. He soon established a relationship with the TikTok Shop team, who have been helping him navigate the platform and boost sales. Robinson says the lifetime sales of SoSweet products on TikTok Shop are over $2.5 million (£2 million). On the right, a screenshot of what SoSweet's TikTok Shop page looks like. Maryam Malik/SoSweet/TikTokTo spread the firsthand knowledge he's gained, Robinson recently started his own TikTok Shop Partner agency, to consult for small businesses on how to get started on TikTok Shop and how to use it for sales.

Persons: George Robinson, SoSweet, Robinson, Gavin, Stacey, George Robinson Virality, TikTok, Sellers, —, Maryam Malik, he's Organizations: Facebook, Bloomberg, SoSweet, Merchants Locations: Devon, England, Newquay , Cornwall, TikTok

☆ Investors riddled with FOMO might be re-entering the US stock market
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Investors who missed out on this year’s unexpected rally seem to be dipping their toes back into the US stock market. That suggests that investors who watched equities steadily climb higher this year are starting to take their cash off the sidelines and put it into the stock market, some investors say. That’s caused some investors to come down with a classic case of fear-of-missing-out, says Saira Malik, chief investment officer at Nuveen. The data-dependent central bank held rates steady on Wednesday and signaled that it could hike rates once more this year. Still, bond yields rose to their highest level since 2007 this week, as investors bet that the central bank will keep rates higher for longer.

Persons: Saira Malik, Malik, I’ll, ”, Alex McGrath, Samantha Kelly, she’s, Sam, Read, Elon, Jennifer Korn Organizations: CNN Business, Bell, CNN — Investors, Global, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Tech, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Traders, Apple Watch, smartwatches

☆ Apple Watch Series 9 review: It turns your hand into a button and Siri is faster
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTThe Apple Watch Series 9, 45mm version, in aluminum with the new Snoopy watch face. Apple is releasing new Apple Watch models, called Series 9, on Friday. I've been testing a 45mm aluminium Apple Watch Series 9 for a few days. Apple provided an Apple Watch Series 9 with pre-release software for this review. Brighter displayThe other big hardware improvement to the Apple Watch Series 9 is a brighter display.

Persons: you've, it's, Siri, Kif, CNBC Siri, I've Organizations: Apple, Apple Watch, Apple's, Apple News, Vision, CNBC

☆ Corti, a health tech startup using AI to improve patient consultations, just raised $60 million with this 12-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A health tech startup using AI to make patient care more accurate and efficient just secured a $60 million Series B round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Atomico. Copenhagen-based Corti, founded in 2016, has developed an AI assistant that analyzes patient consultations in real-time and reduces administrative work. Its widget sits on a doctor or nurse's computer, records conversations, and analyses them in real-time to support the medical practitioner's decision-making. Cleve said healthcare had become "very fragmented" and that there was pressure from "personnel deficits everywhere" with burnout becoming endemic. It will also keep investing in research and development, improving medical practitioners' workflows, and generative AI.

Persons: Corti, Andreas Cleve, Cleve, EIFO Organizations: Prosus Ventures, Atomico Locations: Copenhagen, Europe, Danish

☆ Apple Watch review: New gesture control feature involves tapping the air
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Over the past few days, I’ve been taking phone calls, playing music and scrolling through widgets on the new Apple Watch Series 9 without ever touching the device. The feature isn’t entirely new; the previous generation of Apple Watch Ultra was capable of similar pinch-and-clench gestures via its Assistive Touch accessibility tool. The future of hands-free devicesThe new Apple Watch Series 9 can be controlled by tapping two fingers together. The Apple Watch Series 9 will start at $399 and the Ultra is priced at $799. Although they start shipping on Friday, September 22, the Double Tap feature will launch via a software update next month.

Persons: I’ve, Cupertino , California Justin Sullivan, Apple, it’s, ”, Annette Zimmerman, they’ve, It’s, Sachin Mehta, Mehta, there’s Organizations: CNN, Apple, Apple Watch, smartwatches, Vision, Gartner Research, Apple Apple, Samsung, ABI Research Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ The Greased-Pig Economy: Higher Inflation, Stock Market Crash Possible
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

At the same time that prices were cooling off, the rest of the economy seemed to be holding up. In this greased-pig economy, stability depends on how confident investors and policymakers are that they're close to catching the pig. Moving in a messIn the messy economy the pandemic left us, it's not easy to pinpoint exactly why inflation has been so stubborn. CPI inflation peaked at 9% in June 2022 and has been going down steadily since. But with inflation still above the Fed's goal, it's clear we need to recalibrate some on the demand side still.

Persons: it's, Jerome Powell, Mike Konczal, Konczal, we've, Price, proclivity, that's, Taylor Swift, we'd, Charles Evans, Christine Lagarde, Morgan, Jamie Dimon, Roosevelt, —, you've, Justin Simon, Jasper Capital, Linette Lopez Organizations: Consumers, Federal, Roosevelt Institute, Fed, Chicago Fed, European Central Bank, Census Locations: American, America, Jasper

☆ America is stuck in a greased-pig economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

At the same time that prices were cooling off, the rest of the economy seemed to be holding up. And consumers were so intent on spending money to have a good time that cities let Beyoncé dictate public transit. In this greased-pig economy, stability depends on how confident investors and policymakers are that they're close to catching the pig. Moving in a messIn the messy economy the pandemic left us, it's not easy to pinpoint exactly why inflation has been so stubborn. CPI inflation peaked at 9% in June 2022 and has been going down steadily since.

☆ 100-year-old worked from age 18 to 99: Why she thinks it helped her live a long life
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Paldo worked for over 80 years from ages 18 to 99, and she believes working was a big contributor to her longevity. "That kept me busy, and I enjoyed working," Paldo says about her former job. Paldo's family started a sign business in Chicago producing electric signs, and Paldo was in charge of office work. "And I was the only one in the office that did all of the office work for our business, so it was enjoyable. Milman is also involved with the SuperAgers Family Study, which aims to discover the biological factors that contribute to longevity.

Persons: Madeline Paldo, Paldo, She'd, it's, Sofiya Milman, Milman Organizations: CNBC, Harvard, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Locations: Chicago, Texas

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