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☆ Search competition fears hit Alphabet stock yet again. We see no reason to join the sellers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Thursday announced a prototype of its search engine, SearchGPT, in an effort to directly compete with Google Search. "Not really seeing any decline in web traffic away from web search" despite the popularity of AI chatbots," Marks said Friday. Alphabet's efforts to incorporate generative AI into Google Search — dubbed "AI Overviews" — are resonating with users, CEO Sundar Pichai said on the conference call. He added that people are looking for help with complex topics are engaging more and keep coming back for AI Overviews. To be sure, the AI threats to Google Search is not the only question on Alphabet investors' minds.

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☆ OpenAI's new SearchGPT prototype is a declaration of war against Google
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The AI company announced "SearchGPT" on Thursday, an early version of a search product that shows the company is one step closer to launching its own search engine. In a blog post, OpenAI said it's "testing SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources." A screenshot of search results from OpenAI's new SearchGPT prototype, which is in the testing phase. OpenAIOpenAI has Google in its crosshairsWith SearchGPT, OpenAI is clearly positioning itself against Google's Search Generative Experience (SGE) and AI startup Perplexity's search feature. AdvertisementOpenAI's announcement comes after The Information in February that the company had been quietly developing its own web search product.

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☆ OpenAI is testing an artificial intelligence search engine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —OpenAI on Thursday announced its most direct threat yet to its stalwart Big Tech rivals: a search engine that uses artificial intelligence baked in from the beginning. The company is testing SearchGPT, which will combine its AI technology with real-time information from the web to allow people to search for information in the same way they talk to ChatGPT. While the search engine is currently in an early test for a limited number of users, OpenAI said it plans to integrate the tools into ChatGPT in the future. SearchGPT could also pose a threat to Microsoft’s Bing, the also-ran search engine player that last year incorporated OpenAI’s own technology in an effort to better compete with Google. However, OpenAI said Thursday that it partnered with publishers to build the tool and give them options to “manage how they appear” in SearchGPT’s results.

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☆ Which airports and airlines have been affected by the outages?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

All flights for US airlines United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines were grounded early on Friday, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), citing communication issues. Passengers and airline pilots wait at Newark International Airport after United Airlines and other airlines grounded flights because of a worldwide tech outage. Jaipur International AirportJaipur International Airport has confirmed that “flights nationwide” have been affected by the outage. Incheon International Airport, SeoulSouth Korea’s Incheon International Airport said Air Premia, Eastar Jet and several other airlines had been affected. Taoyuan International Airport, TaiwanTaiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport said several airlines at the airport had been impacted.

☆ Fun or frightening? A brief history of Olympic mascot design
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Merchandise featuring Beijing mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, the 2022 Winter Olympics mascot, has been extremely popular. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/AFP via Getty Images Rio 2016 Olympic mascot Vinicius was selected four years before the Games kicked off. Rudi Blaha/AP Syd the platypus, Millie the echidna and Olly the kookaburra, helped represent the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Amicar de Leon/AP The Albertville Olympic Games in 1992 was cheered on by a star-shaped gnome-looking character. International Olympic Committee In pictures: Olympic Mascot History Prev NextTo find a worthy representative, each host country will typically organize a submission call-out or contest.

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☆ America’s Antivax Disinformation Campaign in the Philippines - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Typically, Americans learn about the clandestine depravities undertaken abroad by their government only decades after the offenses were committed. When the Pentagon was confronted with the report, its spokeswoman didn’t just acknowledge the existence of these sorts of programs; she appeared to defend them. The Reuters report is very much worth reading in full, a showcase of American recklessness in what may already be a new age of Spy vs. Spy psyops. But we’ve had very little reporting, or reckoning, with what the American side of that information war might look like. ), to counter adversary malign influence”; that “this process is deliberate, methodical and comprehensive”; and that this work employs “a variety of platforms, including social media, to counter those malign influence attacks.” The Chinese have been, predictably, more hyperbolic: An editorial in the Chinese Communist Party-run Global Times called the social media campaign simply “brainwashing.”

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☆ Morgan Stanley wealth advisors are about to get an OpenAI-powered assistant to do their grunt work
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The assistant, called Debrief, keeps detailed logs of advisors' meetings and automatically creates draft emails and summaries of the discussions, bank executives told CNBC. Morgan Stanley's wealth management division hosts about 1 million Zoom calls a year, the bank told CNBC. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Morgan Stanley’s new Debrief program, a new AI tool for wealth management advisors based on OpenAI’s GPT-4. In a sense, Morgan Stanley's projects in generative AI amount to a "grand experiment in productivity," said McMillan. Morgan Stanley's wealth management division is one of the world's largest with $5.5 trillion in client assets as of March; the firm wants to reach $10 trillion.

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☆ Microsoft's new AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman works closely with these execs, internal tracking tool reveals
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn internal Microsoft tracking tool has revealed which executives AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is working with most during his first few months on the job. Microsoft in March hired Suleyman , the head of startup Inflection AI and a cofounder of AI pioneer DeepMind, to be CEO of a newly formed Microsoft AI group. The organization is responsible for consumer AI products such as Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot and the Bing search engine. Kevin Scott, Microsoft chief technology officerKevin Scott MicrosoftKevin Scott is Microsoft's chief technology officer and executive vice president of AI. Caitlin McCabe, CEO chief of staffMcCabe is Satya Nadella's chief of staff.

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☆ Microsoft's new AI chief explains what's at the top of his to-do list
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Microsoft's AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, has laid out his main goals for the company. In a podcast chat with Seth Rosenberg, Suleyman said he wanted to "uplevel" Copilot's quality. AdvertisementMicrosoft's newly installed AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, is keen to ensure that the Big Tech company is not underestimated. On a recent podcast with Seth Rosenberg, Suleyman explained his new responsibilities at the company. He said he oversaw key teams, including Bing and Edge, and Copilot, Microsoft's flagship AI product.

Persons: Mustafa Suleyman, Seth Rosenberg, Suleyman, —, he'd Organizations: Bing, Service, Big Tech, Business

☆ 'Inside Out 2' saved the summer box office — and proved Pixar was right to lean on sequels
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewDisney proved it still has some box-office firepower this weekend with Pixar's "Inside Out 2." The film had the biggest three-day opening weekend of the year, grossing $155 million domestically and $295 million worldwide. That's also the second-biggest domestic opening ever for an animated movie, behind another Pixar title, 2018's "Incredibles 2" ($182.6 million). AdvertisementClearly, now that Pixar movies are back in theaters, they're going to be playing everywhere — and that strategy is working.

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☆ Abortion Groups Say Tech Companies Suppress Posts and Accounts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Emily Schmall | Sapna Maheshwari | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

TikTok has briefly suspended the account of Hey Jane, a prominent telemedicine abortion service, four times without explanation. The groups and women’s health advocates say these examples, all from recent months, show why they are increasingly confused and frustrated by how major technology platforms moderate posts about abortion services. They say the companies’ policies on abortion-related content, including advertisements, have long been opaque. And when the platforms do restrict the accounts, the companies can be difficult to contact to learn why. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, an organization dedicated to abolishing abortion, said big technology companies had routinely limited its and other groups’ pro-life speech, suspending accounts and blocking ads with little explanation.

Persons: TikTok, Hey Jane, Instagram, Bing, Susan B, Anthony Pro Organizations: America

☆ I asked the new ChatGPT to find me a job and was surprised by what it came up with
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Armed with a new update, ChatGPT can now act as your free personal recruiter. In an earlier test, ChatGPT sent me one job that I couldn't track down. After some probing, the bot acknowledged that the bot role probably wasn't real. AdvertisementApplyingIt's not news that ChatGPT can help job seekers write a killer cover letter, but the new update allows for some more specific back and forth. Armed with my CV and the job description, I asked ChatGPT to tailor my CV to the role and write a quick cover letter.

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☆ Leaked Microsoft org chart reveals the top people running Mustafa Suleyman's new AI organization
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Microsoft in March hired Suleyman, head of startup Inflection AI and cofounder of AI pioneer Deepmind, to be CEO of a newly formed "Microsoft AI" group. Here are top players at Microsoft AI:AdvertisementKarén Simonyan, CVP and chief scientistKarén Simonyan Inflection AI Inflection AISimonyan is one of three Inflection co-founders. Kya Sainsbury-Carter, CVP Microsoft AdvertisingSainsbury-Carter is an 18-year veteran of Microsoft. Qi Zhang, CVP Microsoft AI APRDZhang is based in Beijing and has been at Microsoft for 22 years. Chris Daly, VP strategy and business operationsDaly joined Microsoft AI in May after spending about nine years in investment banking at Robey Warshaw.

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☆ Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman's ghostwriter for its new AI org, internal chart shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's ghostwriter joined the company's new AI organization. Microsoft hired Suleyman in March to lead the consumer artificial intelligence group. AdvertisementMicrosoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman's ghostwriter landed a job on staff in the company's new consumer artificial intelligence organization, according to an internal organizational chart. Microsoft in March hired Suleyman, head of startup Inflection AI and cofounder of AI pioneer DeepMind, to be CEO of a newly formed "Microsoft AI" group. The organization is responsible for consumer AI products such as Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot and the Bing search engine.

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☆ It's all unraveling at OpenAI (again)
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In a statement to Business Insider, an OpenAI spokesperson reiterated the company's commitment to safety, highlighting an "anonymous integrity hotline" for employees to voice their concerns and the company's safety and security committee. Safety second (or third)A common theme of the complaints is that, at OpenAI, safety isn't first — growth and profits are. (In a responding op-ed, current OpenAI board members Bret Taylor and Larry Summers defended Altman and the company's safety standards.) "I have been disagreeing with OpenAI leadership about the company's core priorities for quite some time, until we finally reached a breaking point." (Altman and OpenAI said he recused himself from these deals.)

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What Ukraine Has Lost A drone photograph shows numerous severely damaged buildings with labels highlighting residential buildings, a football field and a high school. This is the first comprehensive picture of where the Ukraine war has been fought and the totality of the destruction. More buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine than if every building in Manhattan were to be leveled four times over. In mid-May, the Russians bombed some towns in northeastern Ukraine so ferociously that one resident said they were erasing streets. “No matter how unpatriotic it may sound, there’s not much future for her in Ukraine,” Ms. Hrushkovska said.

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☆ These S&P 500 stocks are cheap and well-liked by analysts heading into June
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The company has a low forward price-to-earnings ratio of roughly 8.6. Ulta Beauty also made the screen as a cheap stock that analysts are bullish on. The stock has a 14.5 forward price-to-earnings ratio and a consensus buy rating from analysts polled by FactSet. Online pickup orders inside an Ulta Beauty store in the Upper East Side neighborhood in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. The stock has a 14.5 forward price-to-earnings ratio and a consensus buy rating from analysts polled by FactSet.

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☆ LLMs, GPUs, and hallucinations — what you need to know about AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Aaron Mok | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's a list of the people, companies, and terms you need to know to talk about AI, in alphabetical order. GPU: A computer chip, short for graphic processing unit, that companies use to train and deploy their AI models. Nvidia's GPUs are used by Microsoft and Meta to run their AI models. Multimodal: The ability for AI models to process text, images, and audio to generate an output. As a profession, prompt engineers are experts in fine tuning AI models on the backend to improve outputs.

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☆ Strong spending is obscuring an economy that isn’t working for many Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —Even after years of inflation, geopolitical chaos and recession in Europe, the US economy remains robust and resilient. Unemployment rose to 3.9% last month, lower-income consumers are spending less and businesses are limiting employee hours and pay. A recent survey by Santander Bank of its customers found that while inflation fears have largely subsided, middle-income Americans are pessimistic about the economy. Those Americans could still be suffering, but their stories are obscured by data that paints a broad picture of a resilient economy. Piepszak, meanwhile, now leads the company’s newly combined commercial and investment bank with her co-CEO Troy Rohrbaugh.

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☆ Inquiry Seeks Source of Ketamine That Caused Matthew Perry’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Matt Stevens | More About Matt Stevens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The police in Los Angeles are working with the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate the source of the ketamine that caused the death of the actor Matthew Perry in October, the authorities said on Tuesday. The inquiry began after investigators determined that ketamine, an anesthetic with psychedelic properties, was the cause of Mr. Perry’s death, Capt. Scot Williams of the Los Angeles Police Department said in a brief interview. Captain Williams said investigators would seek to discover whether the ketamine was obtained legally. TMZ reported earlier that the authorities were still looking into the source of the ketamine.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Perry’s, Scot Williams, Perry, superstardom, Chandler Bing, ”, Captain Williams Organizations: Drug, Administration, Los Angeles Police Department, TMZ Locations: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County

☆ Microsoft thinks it found a way to make PCs relevant again
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Microsoft jumped headfirst into building artificial intelligence directly into its Windows operating system on Monday, announcing new AI computers that could help ramp up flagging PC sales. The computers, which are packed with processors that power advanced AI tools, come as PC sales have stalled for years. Microsoft isn’t alone in its AI PC ambition. Dell and Lenovo also recently debuted AI-first PC computers under the Copilot+ AI umbrella, an emerging category that experts widely believe will become the next stage of computing. Last month, Microsoft reported quarterly profits of $21.9 billion, up from $18.3 billion a year ago.

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☆ Microsoft announces new PCs with AI chips from Qualcomm
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Copilot+ PCs with AMD and Intel chips will follow, Microsoft said during a press keynote address on its campus in Redmond, Washington. AI models will be able to generate images based on written descriptions as well as drawings. Microsoft is banking on Qualcomm's energy-efficient Arm -based chips that can handle AI models to defend its Windows franchise. The new PCs can run some AI models locally without an internet connection. Microsoft has had little success in getting people to adopt Arm-based Windows computers, which haven't always performed as well as PCs running Intel or AMD chips.

Persons: Satya Nadella, Snapdragon, haven't, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Microsoft Corp, Microsoft, Windows, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, Acer, Samsung, AMD, Intel, Apple Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia, Redmond , Washington

☆ Microsoft is about to show off its next move in AI. Here's what to expect.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIt's about to be a big week for Microsoft. Copilot and other AI features in WindowsWedbush analysts expect Microsoft to roll out more Copilot and AI features into its consumer and enterprise product stack. Related storiesIves said putting AI features into Windows will give developers the foundation to build AI use cases through Windows and, ultimately, Azure. Ives said the new AI Surface updates will start a new PC-driven cycle that's "AI-led, from Dell to Microsoft, and ultimately to Apple as well." But according to Ives, Microsoft will be a "showstopper."

Persons: —, Dan Ives, Wedbush's, Wedbush, Ives, Google Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Google, Business, Windows, Oracle, Apple, Dell, Ives

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Narayana Nadella speaks at a live Microsoft event in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 26, 2016. Microsoft 's Build developer conference kicks off on Tuesday, giving the company the opportunity to showcase its latest artificial intelligence projects, following high-profile events this month hosted by OpenAI and Google . Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in January that 2024 will mark the year when AI will become the "first-class part of every PC." Now, PC users will get to hear more about how AI will be embedded in Windows and what they can do with it on new AI PCs. Demand for PCs was "slightly better than expected," Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said on the company's quarterly earnings call last month.

Persons: Satya Narayana Nadella, Satya Nadella, OpenAI, Morgan Stanley, Erik Woodring, Amy Hood Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Windows, Bing, Dell, Technology, Gartner Locations: Manhattan, New York City

☆ Google's shiny new AI gave the wrong information in a promo video — again
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Google's Tuesday video shows one of the major pitfalls of AI: wrong, not just bad, advice. A minute into the flashy, quick-paced video, Gemini AI in Google Search presented a factual error first spotted by The Verge. Professional photographers — or anyone who has used a film camera — know that this is a terrible idea. AdvertisementEarlier this year, the Gemini chatbot was hammered for refusing to produce pictures of white people. Last year, users of Bing, Microsoft's AI chatbot, reported strange interactions with the bot.

Persons: —, Bard chatbot, James Webb, Bing Organizations: Service, Google, Gemini, Business, Google Google, Telescope, gaslight, Companies, Air Canada

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