DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ The raw materials for creating AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Alistair Barr | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The AI models behind this technology are built using high-quality datasets from millions of different sources. These are the raw materials for model "training," in industry parlance. Nvidia GPUs are the main hardware required for AI model training. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 8,000 authors, including Margaret Atwood and James Patterson, signed an open letter demanding compensation from AI companies for using their works to train AI without permission. Got a tip or insights about the leading AI companies OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Meta?

Persons: ChatGPT, Nat Friedman, Ben Thompson, Friedman, There's, OpenAI, Reddit, Sarah Silverman, Margaret Atwood, James Patterson, JK Rowling's Harry Potter, Alistair Barr Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Tech, Amazon, LexisNexis, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, abarr@insider.com

☆ Generative AI has led to 'exploding' cybersecurity risks facing everyday people, McAfee CEO warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

McAfee CEO Greg Johnson told Insider GenAI is making threats like phishing more sophisticated. The more benefit it brings to consumers, it also goes to the scammers, Johnson said. The CEO of McAfee, the online security company known for its antivirus software, is embracing generative artificial intelligence as a way to boost his employees' productivity and help them keep up with online threats. "You used to have pretty blunt ways of attacking consumers," Johnson said. "And in that world, with Gen AI most recently, it's just accelerating the change that consumers are having to navigate."

Persons: Greg Johnson, GenAI, Johnson, Greg Johnson McAfee Johnson, McAfee, they've Organizations: McAfee, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Walmart wants associates, not gig workers, to deliver more orders as the retailer struggles to verify the identity of its Spark drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It could signal a shift after Walmart spent years recruiting gig workers for its Spark Driver service. "We'll have associates doing more deliveries," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Tuesday at a retail conference hosted by Goldman Sachs. AdvertisementAdvertisementWalmart has attracted hundreds of thousands of gig workers to Spark since it started the service in 2018. The number of Spark drivers tripled alone in the year between mid-2022 and mid-2023, according to the post. Other Spark drivers staged a protest in June about bots, or programs that drivers use to claim orders before other people.

Persons: Doug McMillon, DoorDash, We'll, Goldman Sachs, McMillon Organizations: Walmart, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ There is only one way to overcome workers' fear of AI, says PwC's Tim Ryan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Susan Caminiti | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As companies look to deploy generative artificial intelligence across their businesses, leaders run the risk of leaving the bulk of their employees behind. That's a mistake that will cost companies dearly, according to PwC's Tim Ryan. Since generative AI burst onto the business landscape last November, CEOs have been trying to understand the impact the technology will have on their companies. He knew the only way to quell that worry was to train them on the new technologies PwC was using. Upskilling was very important because we were sensitive to what our people were feeling, and that was worry."

Persons: Tim Ryan, Ryan, he's, Upskilling Organizations: Workers Locations: PwC

☆ 'Success disasters' have become a big problem in tech for companies and consumers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

These technology failures during a major scaling event — dubbed success disasters — weren't alone. Ticketmaster's failure during their scaling event was just one kind of success disaster — the overburdening of the system's capacity. Success disasters may be common, but that doesn't make them acceptable, especially if a company is offering products or services considered essential. The right answer really depends on the starting point and what scaling events are anticipated. Even on a smaller (but still substantial) scale, Urban keeps this in mind to avoid her own success disaster.

Persons: Taylor, SeatGeek, clamoring, —, Spencer Kimball, Kimball, Masa Kabayama, Kabayama, Paula Urban Organizations: Ticketmaster, Labs, Google, Uplift Labs, MLB, NBA, Apple, Houston Livestock, Taylor Swift Locations: onboarding

☆ From taking orders to cutting avocados, AI is solving the labor shortage problem for fast-food chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Checkers & Rally'sLast year, Checkers & Rally's became one of the first big chains to implement widespread use of AI-powered voice assistants. Out of the 803 Checkers and Rally's restaurants, voice AI was live in 390 as of August. AdvertisementAdvertisementSoundHound, best known as a music-recognition app, has spent years perfecting its conversational voice AI bots. Sister burger chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's also announced plans to test Presto's AI voice bots this year. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are also testing voice AI bots by OpenCity.

Persons: DoorDash, Deloitte, Keyvan Mohajer, it's, Mohajer, Schier, Rally's, Domino's, ConverseNow, SoundHound, SoundHound's Mohajer, Beef, Chippy, Rebecca Harrington, McDonald's, Carl's Jr, Del, Carl's, Hardee's, Presto, Taco, Chris Turner, Turner, Taco Bell Organizations: Service, Chipotle, Industry, National Restaurant Association, Deloitte, Wingstop Tech, Anthony's, Slim, Dialog, Taco Bell, Taco, Yum Brands Locations: White, Wall, Silicon, McDonald's, Texas, California , Texas, Florida, Chicago, Thai, Newport Beach , California, Del Taco, Mexican, Southern California, Taco Bell's

☆ Retailers are losing $100 billion a year from return fraud, bots and coupon stacking, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This type of "friendly fraud" might feel harmless and seem like a small drop in the bucket for powerful corporations. But taken together with more nefarious forms of fraud, it's costing retailers more than $100 billion per year, according to Riskified , which published a new study on the problem on Thursday. Riskified uses artificial intelligence and automation to fight fraud and boost revenue at major retailers including Wayfair , Peloton , Revolve and Canada Goose . For the study, it surveyed over 300 global companies with more than $500 million in total annual revenue. The firm found retail policy abuses, such as return fraud and using fake email addresses for promo codes, is rising for some retailers.

Persons: Robert, there's, they've, Eido Gal, Gal Organizations: Hulu, CNBC Locations: Long, , New York

☆ This Museum Has 300 Tanks and Over 100 Million YouTube Views
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Alex Marshall | More About Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“You really have to admire the bravery and tenacity of the guys who worked in these conditions,” he said. The popularity of the museum’s videos have given the presenters a taste of the influencer life — both positive and negative. Less endearingly, he added, “Russian bots” appeared to be targeting the museum’s clips on tank use in Ukraine, spamming the videos with negative comments. At a time when many museums in Britain are struggling to cope with inflation and falling government subsidies, Wyness said that the YouTube clips had proved a financial boon. Willey, said that, thanks to YouTube, he was educating more people about tanks than he had ever expected.

Persons: clambered, ”, Willey, Wyness, Copson, Paul Famojuro Organizations: YouTube Locations: Ukraine, Britain, Bovington

☆ AI Can Build Software in Under 7 Minutes for Less Than $1: Study
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They found AI could develop software in under 7 minutes for less than $1 in costs, on average. The findings come after researchers published another study in which AI agents powered by large language models were able to run a virtual town on their own. Once the researchers gave the AI bots their roles, each bot was allocated to their respective stages. "Our experimental results demonstrate the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the automated software development process driven by CHATDEV," the researchers wrote in the paper. Nevertheless, the study isn't perfect: Researchers identified limitations, such as errors and biases in the language models, that could cause issues in the creation of software.

Persons: ChatDev, didn't, Daniel Dippold Organizations: Service, Brown University Locations: Wall, Silicon, Berlin

But as it turns out, I was just not using my imagination, because this year’s Burning Man was an absolute nightmare. casey newtonA bit more of a Drowning Man than a Burning Man, I have to say. kevin rooseYeah, so as someone who’s been to Burning Man, I was fascinated by just the logistics of it all, because it is already a mess to get in and out of Burning Man. kevin rooseSo you are, in addition to a Burning Man escapee this year, you’ve been actually going to Burning Man for a long time. When I say I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what happened to prompt the things that were being directed at us.

Persons: casey newton, kevin roose, I’ve, KEVIN, casey newton It’s, you’ve, it’s, I’ll, casey newton What’s, kevin roose Bluetooth, Kevin Roose, ” casey newton, Casey Newton, Jonathan Greenblatt, Elon, Kevin, casey newton Oh, casey newton You, “ shay, denfreude, kevin roose Schadenfreude, shay, who’s, It’s — casey newton, casey newton That’s, Smart, casey newton Ugh, kevin roose —, casey newton Right, — casey newton, kevin roose What’s, casey newton Sure, ” casey newton Never, Adrian Aoun, He’s, ” adrian aoun, adrian aoun, Larry Page, Adrian, I’m, casey newton Amen, here’s, you’d, we’ve, you’re, Larry, roose, Max, Harry Potter, adrian aoun I’m, they’re, adrian aoun —, —, Rice Krispie, kevin roose Wow, let’s, adrian aoun Oh, adrian aoun She’s, She’s —, We’re, wrenches, hitchhike, I, Gerlach, kevin roose She’s, Y, It’s, They’re, — you’re, casey newton We’re, it’s Elon Musk, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, West, kevin roose It’s, Casey, casey newton Well, Linda Yaccarino, Jonathan, kevin roose Jonathan, ” jonathan greenblatt, jonathan greenblatt, CHUCKLES, I’d, Linda, kevin roose You, Nick Fuentes, haven’t, Kevin —, that’s, what’s, we’re, casey newton I’ve, jonathan greenblatt I’m, We’ve, — what’s, Here’s, That’s, John, “, ”, CASEY, kevin roose Totally, Hank Green, Hank, ” Hank, hank, It’s Hank, Ben Shapiro, kevin roose Hank, Diana Dionisio, Diana, Snapchat, Jay Hepler, Jay, ” Casey, don’t, casey newton Really, casey newton I’m, Holly Godfrey, Holly, Kevin Scott, Kevin Scott’s, Bing, Rachel Cohn, Jen Poyant, Caitlin Love, Chris Wood, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Paula Szuchman, Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti, Jeffrey Miranda, CASEY CHUCKLES Organizations: The New York Times, Defamation League, porta, Electric, Google, Labs, Black Rock, casey newton Fair, Burning, Reno, Defamation, Elon, Labor, Twitter, Center, ADL, Nazi, Anti, Twitter’s Trust, Safety, OG, YouTube, Cato Institute, US, Microsoft, Kevins, Davis Locations: Nevada, La Habra , California, Spanish, East, Iraq, Coachella, Bay, Solano County, Toronto, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Hogwarts, playa, Haiti, Dunkirk, ”, Gerlach, LA, New York, Reno, it’s Reno, America, Florida, chemo, Tokyo, That’s, hardfork@nytimes.com

Tencent has said it was internally testing its Hunyuan AI model on advertising and fintech. Tencent is integrating Hunyuan's capabilities with its existing products for video conferencing and social media, Tong told CNBC. The company operates WeChat, a widely used messaging and payments app in China, and video conference platform Tencent Meeting. Baidu and several other Chinese companies received the green light in the last few weeks to release AI-powered chatbots to the public. "The constraint that we're facing will hinder the progress, the speed of development," Tong told CNBC in response to a question about U.S. restrictions.

Persons: Dowson Tong, Tencent, Tong, Ernie, ChatGPT Organizations: CNBC, Baidu Locations: China, Beijing

☆ I compared drive-thrus at McDonald's and Chick-fil-A and preferred the fried-chicken chain's human touches over AI — even though it took double the time
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I visited McDonald's and Chick-fil-A to compare their drive-thru experiences. Both chains are trying to speed up their drive-thrus with order-ahead options on their apps. McDonald's is using AI voice recognition to take orders, while Chick-fil-A is humanizing its customer service with friendly fast-food workers. McDonald's has been adding AI-powered voice bots to its drive-thru lanes, while Chick-fil-A has been opening some drive-thru only locations, as the chains look to improve convenience and speed of service. I recently tested drive-thrus at Chick-fil-A and McDonald's in Overland, Kansas to see how they compared.

Persons: Chick, McDonald's Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Overland , Kansas

[1/2] AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken June 23, 2023. Some have expressed concern that students might similarly rely on AI to produce work and effectively cheat - especially as AI content gets better with time. Passing off GenAI as original work could also raise copyright issues, prompting questions over whether AI should be banned in academia. It has provided that tool free to more than 10,000 education institutions globally, although it plans to charge a fee from January. So far, the AI detection tool has found that only 3% of students used AI for more than 80% of their submissions and that 78% did not use AI at all, Turnitin data shows.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Bard, Leif Kari, Rachel Forsyth, Sophie Constant, Stefania Giannini, Kirsten Rulf, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Lund, University of Western, University of Hong, Microsoft, Royal Institute of Technology, United Nations Educational, Cultural Organization, UNESCO, Strategic, Lund University, England's University of Oxford, Reuters, European Union, EU, Boston Consulting Group, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, University of Western Australia, Perth, University of Hong Kong, Stockholm, Sweden, Britain, Singapore

The logo for Morgan Stanley is seen on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Wealthy clients going to a Morgan Stanley banker to discuss their investments may soon have a different sort of experience: having a chatbot listen to their conversation. They signed a deal last summer in which Morgan Stanley has preferred access in product development for wealth management. WEALTH RACEThe AI initiative is part of Morgan Stanley's strategy to drive its wealth division, where net revenue surged 16% to a record in the second quarter and new client assets grew $90 billion. Morgan Stanley is not alone in its AI efforts.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Andrew Kelly, Sal Cucchiara, Morgan Stanley's, Cucchiara, Andy Saperstein, Sam Altman, Boris Power, OpenAI, they'll, Morgan, James Gorman, JPMorgan Chase, Teresa Heitsenrether, Erica, Nick Reed, Michael Abbott, Abbott, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, Megan Davies, Nick Zieminski Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Bankers, Saperstein, Wall, JPMorgan, Rival Bank of America's, OpenAI, Microsoft, Accenture, Thomson Locations: Manhattan , New York City, U.S, California, New York

☆ China's government-approved AI chatbots were released to the public this week. Baidu's chatbot Ernie reportedly says a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is possible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Aaron Mok | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Chinese government recently approved several generative AI chatbots for public use. Baidu's new Ernie AI chatbot weighed in on the future of Taiwan. Zhipu, from shopping-platform Meituan, gave the best results, he said, though "all the Chinese bots have catching up to do." On Taiwan: When the reporter asked these AI bots whether Taiwan is a country, Ernie declared that a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is possible, according to the report. When the reporter asked these AI bots whether Taiwan is a country, Ernie declared that a Chinese military takeover of Taiwan is possible, according to the report.

Persons: Ernie AI chatbot, Baidu's, Ernie, Baidu, SenseTime's SenseChat, Bytedance's, Zheping Huang, Tencent's, SenseTime, Xi Jinping Organizations: Bloomberg News, Morning, Baidu, Reuters, Bloomberg Locations: Taiwan, China

☆ Elon Musk met then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal for a secret dinner in 2022 and said Agrawal was not the 'fire-breathing dragon' the platform needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk and then-Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal got dinner together in March 2022. Musk came away from the meeting describing Agrawal as a nice guy, but not the "fire-breathing dragon" Twitter needed. After the meeting, Musk said Agrawal was a "really nice guy." Messages between Musk and Agrawal were released in September 2022 as part of a lawsuit Twitter filed against Musk in July 2022. "Great dinner :)," Musk responded.

Persons: Elon Musk, Parag Agrawal, Musk, Agrawal, Walter Isaacson's, Elon, Walter Isaacson, Isaacson, Twitter's, Bret Taylor —, Ned Segal, Vijaya Gadde Organizations: Twitter, Street Journal, Musk Locations: Musk's

☆ There's no way for teachers to figure out if students are using ChatGPT to cheat, OpenAI says in new back-to-school guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bad news teachers: You have no way to figure out if students are using ChatGPT to cheat. Bad news for teachers and professors though: OpenAI says that sites and apps promising to uncover AI-generated copy in students' work are unreliable. Professors began to detect students using ChatGPT to cheat on college essays a little over a month after the chatbot was released in November 2022 . A survey earlier this year found that one in four teachers claimed to have caught students cheating by using ChatGPT. "By keeping a record of their conversations with AI, students can reflect on their progress over time.

Persons: OpenAI, Shakespeare, ChatGPT Organizations: Independence

☆ Baidu, SenseTime stocks rise from launch of ChatGPT-style AI bots to the public
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Chinese tech firms Baidu and SenseTime launched their ChatGPT-style AI bots to the public on Thursday, marking a new milestone in the global AI race. The news sent its shares 3.1% higher in New York on Wednesday and 4.7% higher in Hong Kong on Thursday. Meanwhile, SenseTime, an AI startup based in Hong Kong, also announced the public launch of its SenseChat platform on Thursday. China published new rules on generative AI in July, becoming one of the world’s first countries to regulate the industry. Since then, competitors such as Alibaba (BABA) and SenseTime have announced plans to launch their own ChatGPT-style tools, adding to the list of Chinese businesses jumping on the bandwagon.

Persons: SenseTime, ERNIE Bot, ERNIE, Alibaba, ”, Robin Li Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Baidu, CNN, Alphabet’s Google Locations: Hong Kong, New York, China, United States

☆ AI is killing the grand bargain at the heart of the web. 'We're in a different world.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Kali Hays | Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementAI is undermining the web's grand bargain, and a decades-old handshake agreement is the only thing standing in the way. Now, though, generative AI and large language models are changing the mission of web crawlers radically and rapidly. Without a supply of potential consumers, there's little incentive for content creators to let web crawlers continue to suck up free data online. It's also open to manipulation, especially given the voracious appetite for quality AI data. Because robots.txt is voluntary, web crawlers can also simply ignore the blocking instructions and siphon the information from a site anyway.

Persons: Microsoft's Bing, Joost de Valk, It's, de Valk, Nick Vincent, Valk, OpenAI, robots.txt, Jason Schultz, Catherine Stihler, Archie, NYU's Schultz, Steven Sinofsky, who's, Andreessen Horowitz, De Valk, Stihler Organizations: Big Tech, Google, Wordpress, NYU's Technology, Policy Clinic, AWS, Creative Commons, Creative, Microsoft, Nvidia, Star Wars, DC Comics, Warner Brothers, Marvel, Disney, Atlantic, Meta Locations: CCBot, EleutherAI

☆ AI tools make things up a lot, and that’s a huge problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But as more people turn to this buzzy technology for things like homework help, workplace research, or health inquiries, one of its biggest pitfalls is becoming increasingly apparent: AI models often just make things up. Researchers have come to refer to this tendency of AI models to spew inaccurate information as “hallucinations,” or even “confabulations,” as Meta’s AI chief said in a tweet. A number of high-profile hallucinations from AI tools have already made headlines. Cracking down on AI hallucinations, however, could limit AI tools’ ability to help people with more creative endeavors — like users that are asking ChatGPT to write poetry or song lyrics. How to prevent or fix AI hallucinations is a “point of active research,” Venkatasubramanian said, but at present is very complicated.

Persons: Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Venkatasubramanian, ”, ” Venkatasubramanian, West, Bard, James Webb, ChatGPT, they’re, ” West, Google’s Bard, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, “, Sam Altman, OpenAI Organizations: CNN, Brown University, ” Companies, University of Washington, Center, Google, James Webb Space Telescope, New, CNET, CBS, Indraprastha, of Information Technology Locations: United States, New York, Delhi

☆ 25-year-old tried 23 side hustles before launching a company that brings in $354,000 a month—his No. 1 piece of advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The platform, which Schwartz describes as "Etsy for software products," currently brings in roughly $354,000 per month, according to a CNBC Make It estimate. "You want to really orient yourself around a real problem that needs to be solved," Schwartz, 25, tells Make It. During high school, he and Zoub built sneaker bots, or pieces of software that nabbed limited-edition shoes faster than people who manually clicked "buy now." The company clearly solved a problem, but the co-founders didn't find the work creatively fulfilling. It solved a safety problem: Zoub patrolled online forums where people sold software, and found them rife with scammers and rip-off artists.

Persons: Steven Schwartz, Cameron Zoub, Schwartz, Jack Sharkey —, Mark Cuban, Cuban, Todd Wagner, Zoub, didn't, Whop, it's, Warren Buffett Organizations: Tesla, CNBC, Indiana University, Yahoo Locations: Whop

☆ Disney, The New York Times and CNN are among a dozen major media companies blocking access to ChatGPT as they wage a cold war on A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Guardian’s Ariel Bogle reported last week that CNN, The New York Times, and Reuters had blocked GPTBot. Publishers such as Condé Nast, Hearst, and Vox Media, which all house several prominent publications, have also taken the defensive measure. The deep archives and intellectual property rights of these news organizations are immensely valuable — arguably crucial — to training A.I. “I see a heightened sense of urgency when it comes to addressing the use, and misuse, of our content,” Coffey said. News organizations might feel they’re on solid legal ground, as Coffey told me, but there has yet to be any serious action taken against the OpenAI.

Persons: Ariel Bogle, Condé Nast, GPTBot, Danielle Coffey, Coffey, newsrooms “, ” Coffey, Barry Diller, OpenAI, “, ”, they’re Organizations: CNN —, CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, Disney, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, ABC News, ESPN, Hearst, Vox Media, News Media Alliance, Associated Press Locations: The, …

☆ Merch, vinyl, hotels and credit cards: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour helped a bunch of companies – but hurt others
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour had a significant impact on several public companies this summer. "Knowing how our guests can't get enough of Taylor Swift, we proactively secured an exclusive vinyl offering that Swifties bought in droves." "In July, Taylor Swift launched her Eras Tour merch shop with us experiencing unprecedented volume sales and site visitors on launch day, and we were ready for it." "Folks aren't buying as much patio furniture when they're spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to go to Taylor Swift. Rolling Stones, U2, Madonna, Prince, and this Taylor Swift performance was at a whole different level.

Persons: Taylor, Taylor Swift, Swifties, Christina Hennington, — Harvey Finkelstein, — Boyd Muir, — Leslie Hale, Raymond Martz, Jon Bortz, Wee Ee Cheong, Thomson Leighton, James Conroy, It's, Jonathan Johnson, Tom Schmitt Organizations: Service, AlphaSense, Merchandising, Universal Music, Lodging, Overseas Bank, Bot, Akamai, Forward Locations: Wall, Silicon, Chicago

☆ Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Shubham Agarwal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

One of the latest is flooding social media with spam bots and AI-generated content that could further degrade the quality of information on the internet. Botnets are networks of hundreds of harmful bots and spam campaigns on social media that can go undetected by current anti-spam filters. We can still detect AI-generated spam — for nowBoth NewsGuard and the paper's researchers were separately able to unearth AI-generated spam content using an obvious tell that chatbots currently have. AdvertisementAdvertisementResearchers look for when these responses slip out in an automated bot's content, whether on a webpage or in a tweet. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne such measure was tagging AI-generated content with a hidden label to help people distinguish it from content made by humans, per the White House.

Persons: Kai, Cheng Yang, Filippo Menczer, Yang, Menczer, ChatGPT, chatbots, Wei Xu, Europol, Xu, Biden Organizations: Indiana University, Twitter, ChatGPT, Indiana University's Observatory, Social Media, telltale, Georgia Institute of Technology, Regulators, Google, Microsoft, House Locations: Indiana

☆ Despite Cheating Fears, Schools Repeal ChatGPT Bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Natasha Singer | More About Natasha Singer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Students who depend on district devices and connectivity are restricted.”In May, New York City schools issued a public mea culpa, saying the district had acted too hastily and would unblock ChatGPT. This week, Mr. Carvalho said that Los Angeles schools were also working on a more permissive policy. As schools reopen for fall, educators and district leaders are wrestling with complex questions posed by the A.I. tools: What should writing assignments look like in an era when students can simply employ chatbots to generate prose for them? Some districts like Newark Public Schools are trying out specialized chatbots specifically designed for student tutoring.

Persons: OpenAI, Bard, ” Alberto M, Carvalho Organizations: “, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los, Newark Public Schools Locations: San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark

Search resuls for: "Bots"

25 mentions found