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☆ OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap talks about ChatGPT launch, Dev Day and how Sam Altman thinks
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

And I think that's just a testament to the world being really big and messy, and that these systems are still evolving, they're still really in their infancy. That may be a thing that's useful in your work, or maybe a thing that's useful in your life, or it may just be a fun thing – it may just be that you create a funny GPT and it's a cool thing to have. High-level, we always knew that we wanted to have a structure that, at its core, retained the original OpenAI – the OpenAI nonprofit. So that's the first thing to understand, I think, about OpenAI: It's not a normal company in that sense. We have shared that we have an initial board now, and expect to add more board membersWhat's the general mood like at the company right now?

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☆ Inside Disney interviews: 6 staffers reveal the most important question recruiters ask, hiring process hurdles, and secrets for standing out
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

According to one Disney employee hired during the pandemic, managers may tell recruiters the particulars they're seeking in candidates. For candidates looking to work in Disney's entertainment division, a question Green and other experts mentioned is: What are you watching on television and streaming right now? A third current employee, a creative assistant in Disney's entertainment division, recalled being tested on their competency in assessing creative work, namely doing script coverage. Curiosity counts — about the role, the company, the industryExperts encouraged candidates to be curious and raise their own questions with recruiters. The first employee recommended that candidates ask questions that enable recruiters to flex their own Disney spirit.

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☆ Meet 4 newly promoted Goldman MDs, including a top advisor to Silicon Valley's VCs and the investment bank's talent whisperer for boards
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Emmalyse Brownstein | Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Last week, Goldman Sachs inducted 608 employees into its exclusive "MD" club. But the investment bank still made a strong showing. Close to half of the new MDs work for Goldman's all-important global banking and markets (GBM) division, which houses the investment bank. Plus, it's one step removed from partner, which is the highest title at the prestigious investment bank below the C-Suite. Last week, she was one of the 186 women to be promoted to managing director at Goldman Sachs.

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☆ Lab models of human embryos raise hopes and concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

From the moment sperm fuses with an egg, human embryo development involves a string of complex and little understood processes. What happens during human embryo development, particularly in the crucial first month, remains largely unknown. However, 14 days is an important milestone because it is when permitted lab research on cultured human embryos routinely ends. He said, in the future, it might be possible to go as far as 40 days with human embryo models. Some in the field envision a “tipping point” wherein human embryo models might be afforded some protection like those surrounding human embryos, as scientific advances diminish the differences between the embryo models and their real-life counterparts.

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casey newton[CHUCKLES]:: And it would be so funny if the AI actually already was deceptive and was just like, oh, yeah, Kevin, you’ve already figured us out. But I also think it’s part of this sort of undercurrent of the conversation, especially around AI right now. Marc Andreessen — he is clearly so angry at all of the people who criticize technology, technology companies, tech investors. And he is just really, really going after that crowd with this piece. brent sealesYou know I don’t really know.

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A bewildering array of new terms has accompanied the rise of artificial intelligence, a technology that aims to mimic human thinking. From generative AI to machine learning, neural nets and hallucinations, we’ve gained a whole new vocabulary. Here’s a guide to some of the most important concepts behind AI to help demystify one of the most impactful technology revolutions of our lifetime:

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☆ Chuck Schumer hosts tech companies Google, Meta, Microsoft, and X over AI regulations including Chat GPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Among those attending the in-person event will be the CEOs of Anthropic, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, Palantir and X, the company formerly known as Twitter. But crucially, the event could also shed light on the political feasibility of a broad, sweeping AI law, setting expectations for what Congress may achieve. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna will also seek to “demystify” a widely held impression that AI development is done only by a handful of companies like OpenAI or Google, Padilla said. Some authors have sued OpenAI over those claims, while others have asked in an open letter to be paid by AI companies. New AI legislation could also serve as a potential backstop to voluntary commitments that some AI companies made to the Biden administration earlier this year to ensure their AI models undergo outside testing before they are released to the public.

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☆ Norwegian AI startup Strise helps banks tackle financial crime. It just raised a $10.8 million Series A round with this 8-slide pitch deck.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Norwegian AI startup Strise has raised $10.8 million in Series A funding. Strise will use the funding to expand its operations to the UK, where it plans to open an office. Strise, an AI startup that helps businesses deal with anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance issues, has raised $10.8 million in funding. Strise's Series A funding round was led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors including Maki.vc plus angels like Camilla Giesecke, COO at Klarna, and Riya Grover, CEO at Sequence. Check out Strise's Series A pitch deck below:

Persons: Orrick, It's, Marit Rødevand, Rødevand, Atomico, Camilla Giesecke, Riya Grover Locations: Oslo, Norwegian

☆ They Review Movies on TikTok, but Don’t Call Them Critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Reggie Ugwu | More About Reggie Ugwu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Unlike film departments at major metropolitan newspapers or national magazines, individuals on MovieTok generally don’t aspire to review every noteworthy film. “A lot of us don’t trust critics,” said Lucious, 31. “They watch movies and are just looking for something to critique,” he said. “Fans watch movies looking for entertainment.”MovieTok creators are not the first in the history of film criticism to rebel against their elders. And movie bloggers in the 2000s charged print critics with indifference or hostility to superhero and fantasy films.

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CNN —Taylor Swift fans are in their record-breaking era. The “Swift Quake” has been compared to the 2011 “Beast Quake,” when Seattle Seahawks fans erupted after an impressive touchdown by running back Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch. The ensuing celebration was detected on the same local seismometer as the Swift concert, Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. Seismograms compare seismic activity from the 2011 'Beast Quake' with activity recorded during one of Taylor Swift's July concerts in Seattle. While the magnitude difference between “Beast Quake” and “Swift Quake” is only 0.3, Caplan-Auerbach said the Swifties have the Seahawks fans beat.

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☆ The founder of fallen adtech startup MediaMath is trying to buy back the bankrupt company's assets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

MediaMath Cofounder and CEO Joe Zawadzki is assembling a syndicate to buy back the company. MediaMath cofounder Joe Zawadzki is looking to assemble a syndicate of adtech industry investors to attempt to buy back the company's assets at its upcoming bankruptcy auction, according to people familiar with the matter. Former employees and industry observers have said Zawadzki's MediaMath was also ahead of its time developing tools to demystify how digital ad dollars were being spent. MediaMath's supply chain optimization assets could become the backbone of FxM's "SCF+" supply chain financing product, the adtech industry sources suggested. Zawadzki is also a general partner at the venture capital firm AperiamVentures, which has invested in dozens of adtech startups.

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☆ The Menopause Canon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Hope Reese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Each day, around 6,000 women in the United States enter menopause, which officially starts 12 months after a woman’s last period. But perimenopause, the time leading up to menopause, can last anywhere from two to 14 years (the average is around four). “Many women enter into this transition without any information about what may occur,” said Rebecca C. Thurston, a professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Books can help demystify the experience of perimenopause and menopause, but many titles are rampant with misinformation. To help you sort through the options, The New York Times asked nine experts — gynecologists, endocrinologists, researchers and podcasters — to recommend their favorites.

Persons: ”, Rebecca C, Thurston, ” Dr, Joyce Harper, —, podcasters — Organizations: University of Pittsburgh, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, New York Times Locations: United States

☆ The story behind this playful rooftop portrait
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hong Kong’s humidity – already oppressive – was intensified in the dark, maze-like alleyways of an unruly enclave known as Kowloon Walled City. Greg Girard, courtesy of Blue Lotus GalleryA ‘strange, vertical village’Girard first visited Kowloon Walled City in 1986 while on a shoot at the nearby airport. As such, the Walled City remained technically subject to Chinese rule, though this was never enforced. The site of the Walled City has since been transformed into a public park, which opened in 1995. Ongoing interest in the Walled City is, Girard suggests, because of the spirit it encapsulates: the aptitude for survival even in the harshest of circumstances.

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☆ Millennials and Gen Zers are the most concerned about AI and their jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Millennials and Gen Zers are "extremely or very" concerned about how AI will affect their careers. Gen Zers haven't lived through as many tech evolutions as Gen Xers and Boomers. Indeed, Insider's UK bureau chief, Spriha Srivastava, has written how the flurry of Gen AI tools is getting out of control , creating a generational divide. These types of efforts are meant to help "demystify the impact that Gen AI has on our jobs," Torchia said. "We have a responsibility to train people on how to responsibly use Gen AI to get work done."

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☆ I made about $6,500 for 2 days of work as a stand-in for 'SNL' star Chloe Fineman on a commercial shoot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sarah Pribis is a working actor who also makes TikToks explaining her range of jobs and pay. I had never done stand-in work before. The reasons that I've gathered that it was so much — because this is not the norm for stand-in work — is that it was a commercial job, and commercial rates for stand-in work are higher. I've built a career as a working actor and want to demystify the experienceI've been doing this since I was 18. So really showing that being an actor runs from being in a CW show to doing stand-in work for Chloe Fineman to being in a full panda costume.

☆ Investing in Space: Deloitte formalizes its space consulting business, with an eye on growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC's Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. The space industry keeps growing, and global consulting groups aren't ones to be left behind. This week saw Big 4 firm Deloitte formalize its space consulting services, even as other consulting giants like McKinsey, BCG and Bain compete for pieces of the space pie. Loubert breaks the space consulting opportunity into two areas: Space as a mission or business, and space as a growth opportunity. For more on consulting and space, I'll be sitting down on April 18 with McKinsey Senior Partner Ryan Brukardt at Space Symposium in Colorado.

☆ Car companies and dealers are so desperate to demystify electric cars that they'll let you drive one for a month before buying
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hyundai launched Evolve+ in February, a program that lets the "EV curious" try driving an electric car for a flat monthly rate. Brad Sowers, president at Jim Butler Auto Group in Fenton, Missouri, offers DriveBLACKTIE, a way to help customers try an EV without a major commitment. But automakers and dealers are desperate to speed up EV adoption, as they spend trillions of dollars to develop and launch new electric cars. EV adoption in the US has been slower than elsewhere across the globe due to a lack of public charging infrastructure, inventory availability, cost, and more. Allowing drivers to take home EVs and try them out could help increase education and familiarity with electric cars, with relatively little effort on the part of automakers and dealers.

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☆ From battery health to tax credits, there's a lot to consider when buying a used electric car. Here's how to shop smart.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Tim Levin | Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Driving habits can also impact which type of used EV you should shop for. Aside from wondering which car to buy, used EV shoppers might be wondering if their (used) battery can die. The good news is that an EV's battery is unlikely to fail completely or render the car useless. The used EV tax credit is your friendAt the start of the year, a new used electric vehicle tax credit went into effect as part of a larger EV incentive program in the Inflation Reduction Act. Vehicles that qualify for the used EV tax credit must have a sale price of $25,000 or less and must be at least two model-years old.

☆ Some New York City high schoolers reportedly don't like ChatGPT-created lessons, calling them 'biased' and 'very bland'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Bronx high school teacher asked ChatGPT to make a lesson plan and script on wearable tech, per NYT. Students followed the lesson as part of an experiment — and they were unhappy with the results. Jayda Arias, an 18-year old student, told the Times that the lesson was "very bland" and that it "reminded me of fourth grade." The classroom experiment comes as teachers at schools inside and outside of New York grapple with how to integrate ChatGPT into their curriculums. Shuman's ChatGPT lesson experiment was part of that approach.

☆ 3 of TikTok's most popular financial influencers want you to know one thing: There's no one quick way to get rich
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Most young Americans are on TikTok, and surveys have found that roughly a third of them are seeking financial guidance on the platform. The 34-year-old uses his knowledge to dole out investing advice for his over 500,000 followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Patreon. He produces what he hopes is "entertaining but also educational" financial content for his 1.6 million TikTok followers, he told Insider. He says "absolutely nothing" he posts should be taken as financial advice, however. That said, he shares his investing tips and opinions with his audience, as well as what has helped him personally as a crypto investor.

☆ Dealing with a layoff? There's a TikTok community for that
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It's kind of like more unfiltered (and sometimes messier) version of the LinkedIn layoff post that gained steam throughout the last year. And it's a sharp turn from viewing a layoff as something to be embarrassed about and keep private. Young workers aren't staying quiet. Many young workers are using the platform to process their feelings, especially when they receive the news at while working from home and don't have colleagues or friends nearby to vent with. If not for connection, viewers may flock to these layoff reaction TikToks hoping to calm their own anxieties about layoffs.

☆ How to set up your home to charge an electric car — and what you should expect to pay
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

People new to the world of electric cars may wonder what it takes to set up home charging. You can charge a car at home in just a few hours by adding a Level 2 charger to your garage. This article is part of a series called Getting Ready for Electric, a practical guide to buying your next EV. Going electric introduces a whole new element to car ownership: home charging. When it comes to choosing a charger, Sapp says going with the model recommended by the auto manufacturer is "a safe bet."

☆ Hope Global Forums rallies business leaders for financial literacy, ‘so that everyone learns the language of money’
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Frank Holland | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Our goal is that by the time your kids grow up, financial literacy is in school — kindergarten through college — as a requirement so that everyone learns the language of money." To that end, Operation Hope in 2021 launched Financial Literacy for All, a joint initiative with businesses such as Walmart, Bank of America, Disney and many others. Ambassador Andrew Young were among the business leaders joining Bryant on stage at the Hope Global Forums in Atlanta to talk about silver rights and the power of financial literacy. "John Hope Bryant and I have come together to form Financial Literacy for All to take on financial education. Operation Hope is focused on wealth inequality in the Black community and communities of color, and narrowing that gap.

☆ Belgian social media star uses power of visuals to demystify disability
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Yves Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

loading"Thanks to the era of social media, we can exploit the power of images," Talbi told Reuters from her home in Belgium's capital, Brussels. In recent years she has emerged as an influential champion of the disabled, meeting politicians, attending conferences and creating social media content to promote understanding, demystify disability and squash taboos. She now has about half a million followers on social media channels. "Often we are treated like children," she told a European Day of Persons with Disabilities conference in Brussels last month, where she explained that many people post unpleasant comments and even mock her disability on social media. "I realised that these limits didn't exist in reality, that they were all in the mind."

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