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☆ Most remote workers say they'd take a pay cut to continue being allowed to work from home, a new poll shows
  + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
55 percent of fully remote US workers say they're willing to take a pay cut to keep working from home, a WaPo and Ipsos poll finds. Still, the majority of workers polled say they would return to the office if they got a salary bump. Many remote workers want to stay at home — and they're willing to make less money doing just that. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said that remote work is "morally wrong" and that remote workers need to "get off the goddamn moral high horse." "The laptop classes are living in la-la land," Musk told CNBC during an interview in regards to remote workers.
☆ The average startup CEO now makes $142,000 — down from $150,000 last year
  + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
CEOs of early-stage startups now make, on average, $142,000 — down from $150,000 last year, WSJ reports. CEOs in crypto, e-commerce, and direct-to-consumer industries are most impacted by the pay cuts. In the first quarter of 2023, global venture funding reached $58.6 billion — a 13% drop from the same quarter last year, according to a report from CB Insights, a research firm. CEOs on the losing end of the funding spectrum will feel the brunt of the pay cuts. The consulting firm's findings on salary cuts come as CEOs across major corporations are taking pay cuts this year.
☆ A Wharton professor says AI is like an 'intern' who 'lies a little bit' to make their bosses happy
  + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
UPenn professor Ethan Mollick compares AI to an "intern" who "lies a little bit," CBS reports. Like interns, AI tools require guidance for their outputs to be useful, according to Mollick. Similar to interns who may overcompensate to get ahead of the curve, Mollick compares AI to an "infinite intern" who "lies a little bit" and, at times, wants to make their bosses "a little happy." But like interns, AI requires guidance for its outputs to be useful. Mollick's thoughts on AI come as generative AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT take the world by storm.
☆ China's ChatGPT rival reportedly bans users if they compare President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh
  + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
China's ChatGPT rival Ernie reportedly bans users asking it to compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh, CNBC reports. The Chinese chatbot was also found to deflect when asked about the origins of COVID-19. Queries that pertain to the government —one of which pertained to Winnie the Pooh — were reportedly found to be off-limits. When the reporter asked Ernie, "What is the relationship between President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh?" The chatbot reportedly declined to answer "Will Xi Jinping rule China for life?"
☆ The official ChatGPT app for iPhones is here
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
OpenAI's ChatGPT app is now available to iPhone users in the US. The ChatGPT app can answer voice queries and sync search histories across devices. It's official — the ChatGPT mobile app is now available to iPhone users in the US. A screenshot of Insider's Aaron Mok using OpenAI's ChatGPT app. As for Android users, OpenAI said the ChatGPT app "will be coming to your devices soon."
☆ Trump supporters and Christians are the most worried that AI is an existential threat to humanity, poll says
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
61% of American adults say AI poses an existential threat to humanity, per a Reuters and Ipsos poll. The poll's findings come as tech leaders sound the alarm over the potential risks of AI. Americans are worried about the risks artificial intelligence could pose on society — and Trump supporters and Christians are the most concerned. 70% respondents who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election believe AI poses risks to civilization. Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI" who recently quit Google to raise awareness around AI's risks, believes AI poses a "more urgent" threat to humanity than climate change.
☆ A high school approved a student's graduation speech that was written by ChatGPT — then he went majorly off script
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Kenny Morales, a former student at Grand Island Senior High, used ChatGPT to write a graduation speech. The speech he gave was critical of the high school's culture and administration. Kenny Morales, a former student at Grand Island Senior High School in Nebraska, used OpenAI's conversational chatbot to produce a speech for his high school graduation ceremony, the Grand Island Independent first reported. "I don't know about y'all, but I hated school," Morales said to the audience, according to a transcript of Morales' speech the Independent reviewed. First, a group of high school staff members review the submitted speeches and "score them blindly."
☆ Ikea is redefining its customer experience — starting with raves
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Marcus Engman, Ikea's creative director, said the raves signal Ikea's strategy to attract customers. Two spectacular raves — one of which got shut down by the police, an Ikea spokesperson told Fast Company. As for Ikea, Engman said there are creative ways to maximize Ikea's space to improve its bottom line. "There are techniques that we use in entertainment that are not used at all in retail," Engman told Fast Company. Engman told Fast Company that Ikea's growth efforts — including raves — may be a way to expand its brand.
☆ OpenAI is rolling out a game-changing feature to ChatGPT this week that could revolutionize how we use the internet
  + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A new web-browsing feature for ChatGPT Plus users that will allow them to access real-time information. OpenAI, the company behind the AI chatbot, announced it will be rolling out new features to ChatGPT Plus users this week. Users who pay for ChatGPT Plus, which uses model GPT-4, will have access to a web-browsing feature that will provide up-to-date information. Some ChatGPT Plus users will have access to plug-ins that can integrate into existing platforms, as shown in this screenshot. ChatGPT Plus users will be able to use these features by clicking on their ChatGPT profile, pressing "Settings," then going to the "Beta features" tabs.
☆ I'm an AI ethicist. I make sure the tech is safely deployed to the world, but I am not an oracle.
  + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Giada Pistilli, 31, is the principal ethicist at Hugging Face and helps ensure AI is safely deployed. Here is what Pistilli's job as an AI ethicist entails, as told to Insider's Aaron Mok. I'm a full-time AI ethicist making sure the tech is safely deployed to the world. I first approached Hugging Face to understand how I could help build Bloom, its large language model. For example, a journalist approached Hugging Face after he claimed one of his articles was plagiarized by the company's language model.
☆ How to get Google's new AI tool to write your emails
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Aaron Mok | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Google is launching "Help me write" an AI-tool that can generate responses to emails in Gmail. Users can deploy the tool to request a refund for a cancelled flight, for example. The tool also includes a "Refine" feature that can tweak the generated message's length and tone. In a demonstration of the tool, Pichai used "Help me write" to respond to an email saying that the recipient's flight got cancelled. These features, which will be available to "trusted testers," will eventually be part of Google's "Duet AI for Workspace" service, according to Pappu.
☆ Film and TV writers 'should not fear' AI, the chairman of UCLA's screenwriting program says
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The chairman of UCLA's film program said writers may find AI tools useful despite their flaws. "Writers should not fear it," Walter told Insider regarding AI. "Writing and the writing process evolves," Walter, who has been "writing professionally for over half a century," said. He compares the advent of generative AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT to the invention of writing tools like Microsoft Word, saying they could potentially make the jobs of writers easier. For Walter, the more "profound" question is less about the current capabilities of AI and more about what's to come.
☆ Here are 10 AI-powered tools to help boost your productivity at work
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
ChatGPT isn't the only AI-powered tool that can help make your job easier. Here are 10 that can help with everything from generating slideshows to writing emails. Tome: Building slide decksIf you make a lot of PowerPoints for work, the app Tome can help you do it faster. Managing your inbox can be a pretty tedious time-suck, but tools like Remail might help you get through emails more efficiently. Brain.fm, an AI-generated music tool, can help users stay on task.
☆ Managers who use AI will replace managers who don't, says an IBM exec
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Managers who use AI will replace those who don't, Rob Thomas, an IBM exec, said during a press event. Last week, IBM announced the firm will pause hiring on roles that can be replaced by AI. Cutting-edge AI tools like ChatGPT isn't quite ready to replace managers — but those who don't learn how to use AI may be at-risk of losing their jobs. "AI may not replace managers, but the managers that use AI will replace the managers that do not," Rob Thomas, chief commercial officer at IBM, said during a recent press conference, TechCrunch reported. Thomas's thoughts on AI come a week after IBM announced it would pause hiring on jobs that could be replaced by AI.
☆ We asked ChatGPT to write a scene from the 'Succession' finale. Experts say it's 'insulting' and 'garbage.'
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
AI is one of the unresolved issues that has led the WGA to strike, but ChatGPT isn't ready for prime time. Here's an AI-generated script of the 'Succession' finale — and what experts thought of it. To see if AI could actually do the job of a screenwriter, Insider asked OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus to write a hypothetical scene from the series finale of HBO series "Succession." Next, Insider asked ChatGPT to write a scene from the finale based on that prediction. "A bunch of monkeys" can write "Hamlet" better than ChatGPT can write "Succession," he added.
☆ 10 Things in Tech: Androids v. iPhones in ‘Succession,’ AI tools besides ChatGPT, and a check signed by Steve Jobs
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
It's reportedly frustrating customers who are prompted to add a tip when they haven't interacted with the people they're tipping. Before I begin discussing eradicating tipping culture (and replacing it with a living wage for workers), let's dive into today's tech. But the hype cycle around generative AI — that started with ChatGPT — threw them a lifeline. AI tools — besides ChatGPT — to boost your productivity. A $175 check signed by Steve Jobs is up for sale.
☆ You can earn up to $25 an hour training AI to write better in other languages
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Data-labeling company Scale AI is looking for writers to train AI models to become better writers. Scale AI has job listings for training AI in languages including Spanish, Mandarin, and German. Scale AI, a data-labeling company, has job listings for writers to train generative AI models to become better writers in different languages. For example, on the listing for a Spanish writer, the job description says Spanish-experts in Spain can make $18.50 an hour, but US-based candidates can make $25 an hour based on experience. The position involves contracting with a Scale AI affiliate, the listing says.
☆ I tried of the best AI productivity tools for a week to make my job easier. Here are the 2 I've kept using, and the 2 that made my life harder.
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Labor experts agree that AI tools can make workers more productive. Insider's Aaron Mok tested 4 AI tools for a week to see if they can boost productivity. AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT have taken the world by storm — and workers are using them to make their jobs easier. Many experts agree that AI tools can boost productivity, and people have already used ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate articles, write code, and produce real estate listings in attempts to save time. AI tools will not do your job, but they can make it easier if you spend time learning how to use themAfter playing with these tools for a week, I realized that there's a learning curve.
☆ A consultant used ChatGPT to free up time so she could focus on pitching clients. She landed $128,000 worth of new contracts in just 3 months.
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, the founder of consulting firm Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, started using ChatGPT when it launched last year. In her first three months using ChatGPT, DeStefano-Tangorra booked $128,000 worth of new deals. As a result, the chatbot, she said, freed up her capacity to focus on crafting more business proposals to potential clients. Meanwhile, DeStefano-Tangorra has helped her new clients craft personalized business proposals, customize legal documents, and design sales dashboards with guidance from ChatGPT. She won't stop using ChatGPT anytime soon.
☆ Tim Cook says AI is 'huge,' but flags the need to be 'deliberate and thoughtful' on how Apple deploys it
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
AI is "huge," but Apple will remain careful folding it into products, CEO Tim Cook said Thursday. Cook said Apple has already been incorporating AI technology into some of its products. "It's very important to be deliberate and thoughtful on how you approach these things," Cook said during the company's earnings call Thursday. "We view AI as huge and we'll continue weaving it in our products on a very thoughtful basis." Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has himself been among those in the field sounding concerns about the potential directions generative AI technology could take.
☆ These robot dogs can't bark — but they can speak in full sentences thanks to ChatGPT
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Boston Dynamic's robot dogs can now speak thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Fast Company reported. Boston Dynamics' robotic dogs may not be able to bark — but they can speak in complete sentences, thanks to generative AI. Using Google Assistant's voice technology, ChatGPT gives the robot dogs the ability to understand and respond to humans face-to-face. When asked a question about the robot's tasks, ChatGPT can interpret it and formulate an answer by analyzing the robot's data, he said. A demonstration of these robot dogs shows they are are capable of answering verbal questions in a clear way.
☆ It's not AI that is going to take you job, but someone who knows how to use AI might, economist says
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
AI won't take your job — if you know how to use it, economist Richard Baldwin said at the World Economic Forum's Growth Summit. He believes AI can uplift the middle class and will affect every job. "AI won't take your job," Baldwin said during a panel at the 2023 World Economic Forum's Growth Summit. Baldwin's thoughts on AI come as generative AI tools like ChatGPT have sparked debate over whether the tech will replace jobs. Given the meteoric rise of generative AI tools, it's only a matter of time before rote tasks will be eliminated.
☆ Ashton Kutcher says your company will probably be 'out of business' if you're 'sleeping' on AI
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
During a panel, Ashton Kutcher said that companies not using AI tools like ChatGPT will shutter. In fact, actor-turned-investor Ashton Kutcher is so impressed that he thinks businesses that aren't using AI tools will suffer. "If you're a company, and you're sleeping on this, you're probably going to be out of business," he said about ChatGPT during a panel at the Milken Institute's Global Conference on Monday. Education, for instance, will be revolutionized by AI, Kutcher said. Kutcher's thoughts on AI come in response to the meteoric rise of generative AI tools.
☆ ChatGPT is more empathetic than real doctors, experts say
  + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Aaron Mok | Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Experts found the chatbot's responses to patient questions were higher quality and more empathetic. ChatGPT can still make grave medical errors, but this study suggests AI may improve upon a doctor's bedside manner. ChatGPT may be just as good as doctors — if not better — at responding to patients' medical questions, according to a new study. The chatbot's responses were rated 3.6-times higher in quality and 9.8-times higher in empathy than those of the physicians. But ChatGPT can still make mistakes and misdiagnose, which is why doctors are cautious about letting it loose to patients at home.
☆ A CEO is spending more than $2,000 a month on ChatGPT Plus accounts for all of his employees, and he says it's saving 'hours' of time
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Akash Nigam, the founder of Genies, purchased ChatGPT Plus accounts for all of his 120 employees. A CEO is spending thousands each month buying ChatGPT Plus accounts for every single employee at his company — and he says he's already seeing gains. While it has only been a month since Genies' employees have had their accounts, Nigam said he has "already seen many tasks get accelerated." The employees that are "using AI effectively" will be up for a promotion and raise, he said. Even Microsoft is letting employees use ChatGPT — as long as they don't share confidential information with the tool.
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