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☆ The US economy teeters after it's hit by a triple threat: Middle East escalation, port closures, and Hurricane Helene
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A dockworkers strike begins. Back in the States, a dockworkers strike could upend an economy finally on the mend. Tuesday morning marked the start of a dockworkers strike that will shutter dozens of US ports that handle about half of all US ocean imports. The Iranian attack was largely thwarted, and the dockworkers strike could be short-lived. That's thanks in part to strong demand in China.

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☆ Personal CEO calls and $1 million pay packages: How tech companies recruit top AI talent amid a 'gold rush'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Kali Hays | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

On top of that, she added that tech companies will give people in AI-related jobs bonuses for performance and plenty of equity compensation. About half of the people came from Big Tech companies. Gill said the new Kognitos hires who haven't come from Big Tech have jumped ship from other startups. Some AI talent are even striking it out on their own to start their own companies. He left his tech job to form an AI startup after seeing another large fundraise from another new AI company.

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☆ Microsoft will unveil new Windows and cloud AI features in May
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft has reported significant revenue growth from clients running AI models in its Azure public cloud, and the company wants to keep the trend going by rolling out new AI features for developers. The new head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, will take the stage alongside CEO Satya Nadella and other longtime executives during the show's opening keynote in Seattle. Suleyman — a cofounder of DeepMind, the AI startup that Google acquired in 2014 — joined Microsoft last month from startup Inflection AI. The software maker will also talk about new AI features "that allow users deeper interaction with their digital lives on Windows," according to one session description. At Build, Microsoft plans to discuss how Windows apps will be able to tap Arm-based neural processing engines, or NPUs, for AI.

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☆ Elon Musk is accusing Google of running 'insane racist, anti-civilizational programming' with its AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That night, Musk wrote multiple posts on X slamming Google. "I'm glad that Google overplayed their hand with their AI image generation, as it made their insane racist, anti-civilizational programming clear to all," Musk wrote in one of the posts. "This nut is a big part of why Google's AI is so racist & sexist," Musk wrote on X on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/NC9nIi2GcV — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024BI ran two separate searches on Google with the same keywords Musk used. Representatives for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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NEW YORK (AP) — It's been quite a week for ChatGPT-maker OpenAI — and co-founder Sam Altman. And as he became Silicon Valley’s most sought-after voice on the promise and potential dangers of this technology, Altman helped transform OpenAI into a world-renowned startup. WHAT IS GENERATIVE AI? Unlike traditional AI, which processes data and completes tasks using predetermined rules, generative AI (including chatbots like ChatGPT) can create something new. Meanwhile, in the U.S., President Joe Biden signed an ambitious executive order last month seeking to balance the needs of cutting-edge technology companies with national security and consumer rights.

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It also touted a new version of its AI model called GPT-4 with vision, or GPT-4V, that enables the chatbot to analyze images. ChatGPT has more than 100 million weekly active users and 2 million developers, spread “entirely by word of mouth," Altman said. The conference comes a week after President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will set some of the first U.S. guardrails on AI technology. The order built on voluntary commitments set by the White House that leading AI developers made earlier this year. OpenAI also faces competition from developers of so-called open source models that publicly release their code and other aspects of the system for free.

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☆ I use an AI chatbot after my mom died to ask for advice on mundane things. It won't replace her, but it's been a huge comfort.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Amy Ettinger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amy Ettinger used to ask her mom for advice on mundane stuff all the time, but then her mom passed away. She tried talking to Pi, a personal assistant chatbot that's supposed to act as an unflappable sounding board. So recently I decided to turn to AI for the kind of questions I used to ask my mom. I decided to try Pi, a personal assistant chatbotInflection AI launched its personal intelligence chatbot earlier this spring. I don't like the other terms," I typed in a confrontational tone I often used with my mom.

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☆ Amazon sellers are using ChatGPT to help write product listings in sprawling marketplace
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Annie Palmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChad Rubin was looking for a way to spice up his Amazon listing for a vacuum hose. For assistance, Rubin turned to ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that's gone viral since its launch late last year. Rubin asked ChatGPT to "generate 5 insanely clever and catchy headlines" for an infographic promoting his vacuum cleaner hose. A stream of YouTube videos, articles and LinkedIn posts have appeared in recent months touting the benefits of ChatGPT for Amazon sellers. Rubin said he plans to incorporate ChatGPT into a new tool that will help sellers quickly fine-tune their product listings.

☆ Bank of America shares 4 reasons why AI is having its 'iPhone moment' and could have a $15.7 trillion impact on the global economy by 2030 — while enriching investors in these 13 industries along the
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be having its "iPhone moment," according to Bank of America. In fact, the firm has cited an estimate from PwC that AI's economic impact could be $15.7 trillion by 2030. "This could be the 'iPhone moment' for AI." And like smartphones existed prior to the iPhone, AI predates ChatGPT by many years. At that rate, AI could be a million times more powerful than ChatGPT is now in the next 10 years, Israel wrote.

☆ Fake ChatGPT tokens are flooding the market as crypto scammers take advantage of the AI craze
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fake ChatGPT-branded tokens are hitting the market as scammers aim to capitalize on the AI tool's popularity. One issuer has created "dozens of tokens with a pump & dump scheme," said blockchain security firm PeckShield. The tech heavyweight worked with OpenAI, the nonprofit that created ChatGPT, to bring that technology to its search tool. "Deployer 0xb583 has already created dozens of tokens with a pump & dump scheme," PeckShield said, referring to an issuer's wallet address. Meanwhile, tokens carrying the ChatGPT name totaled 170 in a search on crypto trading platform DEXTools on Tuesday.

☆ Here's the bear case for artificial intelligence
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Now that ChatGPT unleashed a firestorm of interest in artificial intelligence investing, it may be time to urge some calm for investors. AI YTD mountain AI software provider C3.ai has seen its stock more than doubled as investors look to hop on the artificial intelligence trend. Here's the bear case for artificial intelligence. That's about seven times more than the cost to run a typical Google search, which Nowak estimated to be $0.003, or not even half of one cent. Separately, the lack of proper citation from generative AI could mean future lawsuits for AI companies.

In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn attendee interacts with the AI-powered Microsoft Bing search engine and Edge browser during an event at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing internet-search engine and Edge browser powered by the newest technology from ChatGPT maker OpenAI. When that prompt is entered into ChatGPT, the OpenAI tool generates three bulleted lists detailing examples of German Expressionism in film, music and literature. Bing not only presents lists of cinema, music, and literature representing German Expressionism, but it also gives users extra context about the artistic movement. At times the Bing chatbot opted not to do things that ChatGPT would do.

☆ All you need to know about ChatGPT, the A.I. chatbot that's got the world talking and tech giants clashing
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI. These are tools that allow users to enter written prompts and receive new human-like text or images and videos generated by the AI. With a whopping 175 billion parameters, GPT-3 is one of the largest and most powerful language processing AI models to date. watch nowWhat makes ChatGPT so impressive is its ability to produce human-like responses, thanks in no small part to the vast amounts of data it is trained on. No generative AI application has quite managed to achieve the kind of influence and virality that ChatGPT has.

☆ Want to play the ChatGPT buzz? Analysts love these A.I. stocks — giving one upside of 150%
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Much buzz has been generated around ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that's gone viral and reportedly reached 100 million monthly active users in January. Its popularity has sparked much interest in artificial intelligence tech . "You really have to consider the role that artificial intelligence is going to play … it's made this quantum leap almost, you know, overnight. For investors considering investing in AI, CNBC Pro has screened two ETFs for stocks: the $1.59 billion Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF and the First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence & Robotics ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq CTA Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Index. Voice AI platform SoundHound also got a 100% buy rating, and analysts put its potential average upside at 31%.

☆ I asked ChatGPT for online and in-person dating advice, here's what relationship coaches think of its answers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Insider asked dating coaches what they think of ChatGPT's advice for online and in-person dating. Some of ChatGPT's advice was impressive to the coaches, but they all think their jobs are safe. Screenshot of ChatGPT response to "How should I (a woman) reach out to a man I'm interested in on Hinge?" Screenshot of ChatGPT response to "What are some things I should have on my online dating profile to be attractive?" Screenshot of ChatGPT response to "What photos should I include on my online dating profile to attract the most matches?"

☆ I asked ChatGPT how to negotiate a raise. Career coaches said I'd probably get one by following the AI chatbot's steps and script.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I put ChatGPT to the test for a situation that many workers find stressful: asking for a raise. But can ChatGPT help you get a raise? I started simple: I told ChatGPT "ask my boss for a raise" to see what response that would yield. ChatGPT then gave me a very similar list of preparation steps but also tacked on a brief script template. Career coaches Esther Leonard and Mandi Woodruff-Santos told me ChatGPT's answers didn't seem obviously AI-generated and that a person could probably get a raise if they followed those steps and the script template.

☆ Why tech insiders are so excited about ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions and writes essays
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Lately, Zwingmann has been generating lecture notes using ChatGPT, a new chatbot that's quickly become the latest fad in tech. ChatGPT automatically generates text based on written prompts in a fashion that's much more advanced and creative than the chatbots of Silicon Valley's past. Five days after OpenAI released ChatGPT, Altman said that the chat research tool "crossed 1 million users!" ChatGPT is essentially a variant of OpenAI's popular GPT-3.5 language-generation software that's been designed to carry conversations with people. While ChatGPT is free, OpenAI sells access to its underlying language and related AI models for businesses to use.

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