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☆ The New York Times and other top news sites block OpenAI's new SearchGPT web crawling bot
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The New York Times and at least 13 other news sites have blocked OAI-SearchBot. Part of the goal with new AI-powered search engines is to keep users around by showing them summaries. If publishers aren't seeing huge traffic from search engines anymore, why bother allowing their web crawling bots? The major holdout among publishers is The New York Times. "By providing Times content without The Times's permission or authorization, Defendants' tools undermine and damage The Times's relationship with its readers and deprive The Times of subscription, licensing, advertising, and affiliate revenue."

Persons: —, OpenAI, Jon Gillham, SearchGPT, Gillham, The New York Times Gillham, Axel Springer, Charlie Stadtlander, Darius Rafieyan Organizations: Service, New York Times, Business, Yorker, Vogue, The New York Times, Microsoft, OpenAI

☆ These U.S. states have the best and worst tap water: Washington ranked No. 1 while Arizona came in dead last
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The data also found that 41% of customers say they do not feel the water provided by their local utility is safe to drink. Power ranked the states with the best and worst tap water based on its U.S. Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. It measures satisfaction among residential customers from 92 water utilities, or companies, around the U.S. that deliver water to populations of at least 400,000. The states were ranked based on responses from 32,833 residential water utility customers from June 2023 through March 2024. Last year, the special report focused on asking customers about the reliability and quality of their water, and this year, it was solely focused on the quality.

Persons: Ramah Vaughn Organizations: Gallup, Power, CNBC Locations: U.S, .

☆ Boxer Imane Khelif, previously barred from women's events, wins first Paris Olympics fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Matt-Lavietes-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Matt Lavietes | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A female boxer whose gender identity has recently been questioned won her first fight at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Imane Khelif of Algeria defeated Angela Carini of Italy after Carini quit 46 seconds into the match. “Full support for our champion Imane Khelif, who is suffering a wave of unjustified hatred,” he wrote on X. Abderrahmane Hammad, Algeria’s minister of youth and sports, addressed concerns over Khelif’s gender identity Wednesday. “I strongly condemn the baseless attacks on our athlete, Imane Khelif, by certain foreign outlets,” he wrote on X.

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☆ A Costco trucker in Atlanta shares the best part about driving for the wholesale club
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a Costco truck driver in Atlanta, who has requested anonymity as they are not authorized to speak with the media. The worker has shared employment details with Business Insider to verify their identity. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementThe job requires a commercial driver's license and Costco usually wants to see three years of experience working for another reputable company. Responses will be kept confidential, and Business Insider strongly recommends using a personal email and a non-work device when reaching out.

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☆ Meta's AI apparently said the shooting at the Trump rally didn't happen. Here's what ChatGPT and Claude said.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jordan Hart | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kaplan also said the incorrect responses, or "hallucinations," aren't specific to Meta AI only. Meta AISince receiving criticism, Meta has tweaked the responses from Meta AI. Related stories"We've since updated the responses that Meta AI is providing about the assassination attempt, but we should have done this sooner. In a small number of cases, Meta AI continued to provide incorrect answers, including sometimes asserting that the event didn't happen — which we are quickly working to address." ClaudeClaude didn't make any assertions about what happened at Trump's rally on July 13. Business InsiderUnlike Meta AI and ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude AI didn't try to make assertions about whether or not the shooting occurred.

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☆ Bank of Japan raises benchmark interest rate, outlines roadmap for trimming bond buying program
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Bank of Japan headquarters (top C) is seen in Tokyo on December 19, 2023. Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to "around 0.25%" from it previous range of 0% to 0.1% and outlined its plan to taper its bond buying program. The BOJ said it will continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust the degree of monetary accommodation, assuming its economic outlook is realized. As of its March release, the bank said that purchases of JGB's amounted to about 6 trillion yen per month. The BOJ's JGB holdings currently stand at a whopping 579 trillion yen as of July 19, according to CNBC's calculations.

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☆ Meta's AI claimed the Trump assassination attempt didn't happen. The company is blaming 'hallucinations.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The other involved Meta AI responses about the shooting, which in some instances inaccurately claimed the incident hadn't occurred at all. In the blog post for Meta, Kaplan denied the decisions had been made with bias. Kaplan said it is a "known issue" that chatbots like Meta AI can be unreliable when asked about breaking news or real-time events. Meta has updated its AI response on the topic, but Kaplan acknowledged, "We should have done this sooner." "These types of responses are referred to as hallucinations, which is an industry-wide issue we see across all generative AI systems, and is an ongoing challenge for how AI handles real-time events going forward.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Trump, Joel Kaplan, Kaplan, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Trump, Meta, Big Tech

☆ This AI-powered financial advisor has quickly gained $20 billion in assets
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Westend61 | Getty ImagesAn automated financial advisor called PortfolioPilot has quickly gained $20 billion in assets in a possible preview of how disruptive artificial intelligence could be for the wealth management industry. The world's largest wealth management firms have rushed to implement generative AI after the arrival of OpenAI's ChatGPT, rolling out services that augment human financial advisors with meeting assistants and chatbots. "People are fed up with cookie-cutter portfolios," Harmsen told CNBC. Global Predictions targets people with between $100,000 and $5 million in assets — in other words, people with enough money to begin worrying about diversification and portfolio management, Harmsen said. After realizing it could have a broader use, Harmsen began building a team for Global Predictions, including three former employees of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund.

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☆ Iran has no good options after two deadly strikes on senior allies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Nick Paton Walsh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

ET) in Tehran, will dictate what comes next, as Iran looks to present a narrative that justifies and fashions its response. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen with Haniyeh -- hours before his assassination. There is no shortage of furious rherotic the day after the strikes, but there is no easy route for Iran. Iran has also tried an unprecedented direct all-out attack on Israel before, in April, after senior IRGC commanders were killed in an Israeli strike on Damascus. In short, the 300 drone and missiles fired - straight from Iran at Israel - just didn’t get through.

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☆ Seeking Your First Job After College? Share Your Story.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Talmon Joseph Smith | More About Talmon Joseph Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the job market is not as hot as it used to be, and younger applicants, with or without college degrees, are feeling the pinch. Hiring projections for this year’s college graduating class are below last year’s, and the downturn is particularly notable in fields like finance, insurance, marketing and real estate. I cover economics at The New York Times, and I would like to hear from recent college graduates and other young job seekers, as well as hiring managers, about what the job market has looked like to them this year. And we won’t share your contact information outside the Times newsroom. If you prefer to share tips or thoughts confidentially, you can do so here.

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☆ Trump tells followers to 'GO AFTER' Meta and Google, citing censorship allegations shared by Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump is again railing against Big Tech, accusing both Meta and Google of censoring content about him in "another attempt at RIGGING THE ELECTION!!!" In a post Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump referenced a photo taken after his assassination attempt that a Facebook communications exec previously acknowledged had been mistakenly fact-checked across the social network. The New York Post also reported Monday that after asking about the assassination attempt, Meta's AI assistant had responded that the event had never happened. Still, Trump urged his followers on Truth Social Tuesday to "GO AFTER META AND GOOGLE. Zuckerberg had called Trump a "badass" for surviving his assassination attempt, but that didn't stop Trump from threatening to send the Facebook cofounder to prison if he's elected.

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☆ Most Americans are tuning into political news after a month that rocked the 2024 campaign. Here’s what they’re hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In initial data from late June and through July, about 8 in 10 Americans said each week that they’d read or heard at least something about Biden or Trump, respectively. But the focus had shifted away from his criminal conviction: first to his debate against Biden, and then to the assassination attempt against him. By contrast, two more standard campaign milestones – the Republican National Convention and Trump’s selection of a running mate – drew less public attention. The Breakthrough survey project will run throughout the 2024 campaign, tracking the things Americans say they read, hear and see about the candidates. Looking at the trend over time shows a sharp divergence between the conversations around Trump and Biden following the presidential debate.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, SSRS, Trump, Trump –, –, Harris, Biden, they’d, Robert F, Kennedy, Jr, Hillary, ’, CNN’s Dana Elobaid Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic, Georgetown University, University of Michigan, Biden, “, Republican National Convention, Heritage Foundation, Republicans, s3mc.org, Biden’s

☆ Google's AI Olympics ad is drawing jeers online but scores surprisingly well among viewers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewAn Olympics ad from Google depicting a father using its Gemini AI assistant to help his daughter compose a letter to her favorite athlete has drawn sharp criticism from online commentators. Google's "Dear Sydney" spot first aired on TV during the broadcast of the opening ceremony on July 24 and is also available on YouTube. Related stories"It follows a coherent story, focuses on characters with agency and vitality, and prioritizes people over the product," said Jon Evans, System1 chief customer officer, of Google's ad. Still, several ad experts have said Google's marketing department — which created the ad in-house rather than using an ad agency — should have done a better job of reading the room. The "Dear Sydney" spot was still airing on US TV on Tuesday morning, according to the measurement firm iSpot.

Persons: —, USA's Sydney McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Shelly Palmer, Syracuse University's S.I, Jon Evans, Evans, System1, Kevin, Sabrina, Sydney, Maani Safa, Poppins, Safa, Malcolm Poynton, didn't, Lorraine Twohill, Josh Green Organizations: Service, Google, Gemini, Business, Paris Olympics, YouTube, Team USA, Syracuse University's, Newhouse School of Public Communications, NBC Sports, Cheil Locations: Paris

☆ These 4 companies — including one backed by Warren Buffett — can leverage AI with their exclusive data, says fund manager
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

AI models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT or Anthropic's Claude, are built by running complex algorithms on large amounts of data. Khodjamirian, who also manages the Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF , named four stocks that he sees as potential winners: Moody's , S & P Global , MSCI , and Intuit . Moody's Using Moody's as a prime example, the fund manager highlighted the company's extensive database on credit decisions. MCO 5Y line S & P Global and MSCI Similarly, Khodjamirian sees potential in S & P Global and MSCI due to their vast troves of financial and index data. His thesis rests on the idea that as AI use becomes more widespread, the value of software — the AI models — may diminish.

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☆ ChatGPT is getting chattier with ‘advanced voice mode’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —OpenAI stunned users when it demonstrated an updated voice mode for the most advanced version of ChatGPT earlier this year. Far from the kind of robotic voice that people have come to associate with digital assistants like Alexa or Siri, the ChatGPT advanced voice mode sounds remarkably lifelike. Starting on Tuesday, advanced voice mode — which works with the most powerful version of the chatbot, ChatGPT-4o — will begin rolling out to paid users. Advanced voice mode will start rolling out to a small group of subscribers to the app’s “Plus” mode, with the aim of making it available to all Plus users in the fall. ChatGPT does have a less sophisticated voice mode already.

Persons: New York CNN — OpenAI, Siri, Scarlett Johansson, ChatGPT’s, OpenAI, “, won’t, —, Johansson, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple Locations: New York

☆ The methodology behind The Breakthrough polling project
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Breakthrough is a project from CNN, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, SSRS and Verasight. Each week, 1,000 Americans are asked to share what they have seen, read or heard about major presidential candidates in their own words. Results from the two surveys are combined using SSRS’s Encipher Hybrid methodology for blending probability and non-probability samples. Respondents have also been asked the same question about Biden since the start of the project. To develop topics, topic words are manually identified and augmented with words and topics identified using a combination of Noiseless Latent Dirichlet Allocation (NLDA) and Guided Topic-Noise Model (GTM).

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☆ Tesla is having trouble wooing new EV shoppers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's bad news for Tesla, especially as a yearlong slowdown in EV demand is beginning to impact the EV leader's sales. That's off from 55% share a year ago and nearly 80% market share back in 2020, according to Experian data. AdvertisementThat leaves a potential opening for traditional automakers at a time when the EV market is getting tougher. That's already helped the brand chip away at Tesla's market share. And at Ford, EV sales were up 61% in the second quarter, trailing only Tesla in sales so far in 2023.

Persons: —, Tesla, Elon, Power, Frank Hanley, That's, Hanley Organizations: Service, JD Power, Business, Cox Automotive, EV, Chevrolet, Silverado, Ford

☆ Miss USA Pageant Is Being Destroyed by Its Scandals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementAccording to the longtime Miss USA official, the significant shift was ushered in by the former Miss Universe Organization president Paula Shugart, who produced the Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants from 2001 until 2020. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe OrganizationCheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round. It was a remarkably different experience from those of past titleholders like Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady Colagiovanni and Miss Teen USA 2017 Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff. AdvertisementThough they were "brand ambassadors" of the organization, Voigt and Srivastava couldn't even post on the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA social-media pages. Advertisement"I don't know that Miss USA is relevant right now," the longtime Miss USA official said.

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☆ A pool director at a country club hires teens as lifeguards. She sees parents applying for their kids to make life easier, but it has the opposite effect.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWhen Susie Johnson took her current job as the pool director of a country club, she was responsible for hiring a new team of summer lifeguards. The 54-year-old — who worked in the field in her 20s before taking a career break to raise her kids — told Business Insider she was "pretty fortunate" to hand-pick staff from scratch. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "They wrote things like, 'My daughter just got her lifeguard certification and is looking for a job,'" Johnson said. AdvertisementDo you have an interesting story about working with different generations that you'd like to share with Business Insider?

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Tensions were running high on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday in anticipation of an escalation in hostilities, after Israel’s security cabinet authorized its leaders to decide on the nature and timing of an Israeli military response to a deadly rocket attack from Lebanon last weekend. The Israeli military said overnight that its aerial defense systems successfully intercepted an unmanned aircraft that crossed from Lebanon into northwestern Israel. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on those attacks. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the rocket attack Saturday that struck a soccer field in Majdal Shams. But the Israeli military said the type of rocket used in the attack is Iranian-made and carries more than 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives.

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☆ Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications show promise for curbing smoking, study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

But experts emphasize that much more research is needed before using the medications off-label for smoking cessation. In a study published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers tracked the medical records of more than 200,000 people who started medications to treat type 2 diabetes, including nearly 6,000 people using semaglutide medications such as Ozempic. Over the course of a year, people who started using semaglutide were significantly less likely to have medical encounters for tobacco use disorders, prescriptions for medications for smoking cessation or counseling for smoking cessation than those who started other diabetes medications such as insulin and metformin. “A signal like this one cannot be ignored, particularly because of how consequential it could be if, in fact, we can have now a new medication for treating smoking cessation,” she said. But fewer than 1 in 10 adult cigarette smokers succeed in quitting each year, according to the new study, and options for smoking cessation treatment haven’t changed much in decades.

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☆ Burned out from their healthcare jobs, this millennial couple sold almost everything to take a gap year around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA week into their honeymoon in 2022, Katie Flynn and Mistry Bhavik faced a major healthcare: Flynn had caught a severe amoeba infection while traveling in the Philippines. Both full-time pharmacists in Ontario, Canada, the couple had no idea when they could travel for a long period again. AdvertisementThe couple set a budget of $45,000 — or $123 per day for both — for their yearlong trip. Katie Flynn and Bhavik MistryTwo months into their adventure, they regularly update their Instagram page, @katieandbhav, where they have also found a community of like-minded travelers. Some millennials, like Flynn and Mistry, have turned to long-term travel to escape corporate life.

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☆ My husband and I are in our 50s and child-free. We've never regretted our decision.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Shawna Kenney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Her eyes turned to me across the table, then to her mom's, perhaps wondering if she had asked the wrong question. But a lot are," Rich answered, just about when Annabelle's little sister, 6-year-old Lily, started to melt down from the heat and the long wait. Staying child-free has allowed Shawna Kenney and her husband more time for creative pursuits. Courtesy Shawna KenneyWe've never regretted not having kidsMany said we would change our minds, yet here we are in our 50s, content with our decision.

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