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☆ Google employee said pitching new AI products wasn't worth it because of the company's 'bureaucratic roadblocks,' report says
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Former and current Google staff told The Information the firm had taken a cautious approach to AI. One current employee said "bureaucratic roadblocks" made pitching new AI products difficult. Google has announced plans to launch an AI-boosted version of Bing and unveiled an AI chatbot. Former and current Google employees told the outlet the company had taken a cautious approach to AI development internally. At least twelve former Google employees have reportedly migrated to OpenAI.
☆ OpenAI hired Google employees to do 'instrumental' work on ChatGPT before its launch, report says
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
OpenAI has hired more than 12 of Google's AI employees, The Information reported, citing sources. In recent months, the startup behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E has hired more than a dozen former Google workers, The Information reported, citing sources. At least five former Google researchers were instrumental in getting the company's viral chatbot ChatGPT ready to launch in November, a person with knowledge of the matter told the publication. Two former employees at Google Brain, Alphabet's AI division, told The Information that some staff felt the culture had become lethargic. Google and OpenAI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours.
☆ Twitter users say their feeds are being flooded with Elon Musk's tweets
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Many Twitter users say their feeds are being swamped with posts from Elon Musk. Last week, Musk reportedly fired a Twitter engineer over his declining view count. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicySome Twitter users say their feeds are being swamped with posts from the platform's owner, Elon Musk. Last week, Musk reportedly fired a top Twitter engineer who highlighted the billionaire's declining view count on the platform. Earlier this month, he made his Twitter account private for a day to see if it would boost engagement on the platform.
☆ Ex-Google exec says Microsoft has 'thrown down the gauntlet' on web search with AI-boosted Bing
  + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An ex-Google exec said Microsoft had "thrown down the gauntlet" with its new Bing search engine. On Tuesday, Microsoft launched an upgraded version of Bing powered by new artificial intelligence. Microsoft launched its AI-boosted version of Bing on Tuesday, the day after Google announced plans to incorporate AI technology into its own search engine. Ramaswamy told Insider that both Google and Microsoft were "ahead of the pack with respect to foundational technology and investment in AI." He added: "All of this can take away from the narrative of Google being the premier search engine."
☆ 'Genuinely considering canceling my subscription': Netflix's password-sharing clampdown sparks angry response from some users
  + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Netflix has said it plans to clamp down on password sharing, and some users aren't happy. "I'm genuinely considering canceling my subscription," journalist Erin Biba said in a tweet, which amassed almost 50,000 likes. The tweet was in response to similar rules about account sharing that were posted on Netflix's website on February 1. Shannon Freshour, a politician in Ohio, wrote in a tweet directed at the streaming giant: "You're by far the most expensive streaming service w/o the value matching it. A survey from US firm Jefferies found that 62% of password borrowers said they would stop using the streaming service rather than purchase an account.
☆ Twitter says low-level use of its API will cost $100 per month. The announcement comes after it blocked the use of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific.
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Twitter has announced a $100 monthly charge for low-level use of its API. Last week, Twitter's CEO Elon Musk proposed a charge but did not specify the level of usage. The official announcement comes after Twitter blocked the use of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterific. Last week, Twitter's CEO Elon Musk floated the $100 monthly charge for API access, saying the interface was being "abused badly" by "bot scammers & opinion manipulators." Popular third-party services, including Tweetbot and Twitterrific, relied on the use of Twitter's API.
☆ Web search as you know it is dead: Microsoft's and Google's new AIs are about to transform how you look for information online
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | James Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
AI-boosted search engines from Microsoft and Google are set to change the way we search the web. New versions of Google Search and Bing are meant to give conversational answers to complex queries. It's "more like just asking a personal assistant to do something," an AI expert told Insider. Nadella said in media interviews Tuesday that the AI-powered overhaul of web search represented "a new paradigm" for the industry. The new search AIs draw their answers from the web at large, and information on the web isn't always accurate, to say the least.
☆ I asked Microsoft's 'new Bing' to write me a cover letter for a job. It refused, saying this would be 'unethical' and 'unfair to other applicants.'
  + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
I tested it out by asking it to write me a cover letter for a job. Can the new Bing write a cover letter? "I'm sorry, but I cannot write a cover letter for you. In comparison, ChatGPT generated a 270-word cover letter based on the job description. ChatGPT's cover letter started with a boilerplate introduction, stating the person writing the letter (me) wants to express "strong interest" in the open role.
☆ Elon Musk thinks some of ChatGPT's responses are 'concerning'
  + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk has taken issue with some of ChatGPT's responses. Among them, apparently, is Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter and one of the founders of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT. On Monday, in response to a retweet of a screenshot of a ChatGPT's answer to a question about a hypothetical scenario involving racial slurs, Musk said, "Concerning." It was unclear which part of the response Musk was referring to. Researchers said in December that ChatGPT appeared to be capable of passing the US medical-licensing exam, though the research was still being peer-reviewed.
☆ OpenAI staff didn't think ChatGPT would be 'useful' and it almost wasn't released in its current form, cofounder says
  + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
OpenAI staff didn't think ChatGPT would be useful, cofounder Greg Brockman told Forbes. ChatGPT ultimately became a viral worldwide hit after its release in November. "None of us were that enamored by it," Greg Brockman, also a cofounder of OpenAI, said in an interview with Forbes. At that point, OpenAI was focusing on making alternatives to the ChatGPT bot that was ultimately released, Forbes said. Representatives for OpenAI didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
☆ Elon Musk says his last 3 months were 'extremely tough' because he had to 'save Twitter from bankruptcy'
  + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk said Sunday he'd had an "extremely tough" three months. He said he'd had to "save Twitter from bankruptcy" while "fulfilling essential Tesla & SpaceX duties." Musk was responding to a report in The Wall Street Journal about his workload, health, and sleep. The billionaire tweeted Sunday that he'd had to "save Twitter from bankruptcy" while "fulfilling essential Tesla & SpaceX duties," adding: "Wouldn't wish that pain on anyone." Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in October, having tried for months to back out of the deal.
☆ Workers are 'career cushioning' by creating a Plan B ahead of a looming recession and sweeping layoffs. Here's how it could protect you.
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Some employees are "career cushioning" to protect themselves in case they are made redundant. "They're using 'career cushioning' as an insurance policy to set themselves up for success should they need to in the future." In professional life, "career cushioning" means workers will start to look for other jobs while still in their current roles. Cushioning not only gives employees professional security but can also soften the emotional blow of being laid off. For a lot of people, career cushioning is an exercise in building confidence, LinkedIn's Davies said.
☆ Bill Gates says he was surprised at being targeted by COVID-19 conspiracy theorists and 'people were looking for a boogeyman'
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Bill Gates told the BBC he was surprised by some COVID-19 conspiracy theories. He said he thinks people were "looking for a boogeyman" around vaccines. Several COVID-19 conspiracy theories have surrounded Gates in recent years. Gates has also joked that he was more often the target of conspiracy theories than Anthony Fauci, former chief medical advisor to the president of the United States, because he's more known internationally. Representatives for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation did not reply to Insider's request for comment made outside normal working hours.
☆ Google CEO Sundar Pichai says users will be able to interact directly with AI features in its search engine 'very soon'
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
He said on the Thursday call that AI "is the most profound technology" the company is working on. Its CEO, Sundar Pichai, told investors on Thursday that AI "is the most profound technology" the company is working on. Pichai said on Thursday that the tech giant was planning to make its language models, starting with Google's Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA), available for users to "engage directly" with. "Very soon, people will be able to interact directly with our newest, most powerful language model as a companion to Search, in experimental and innovative ways," he said. Google also reportedly plans to demo a version of Google Search with AI chatbot features this year.
☆ OpenAI is finally asking some users to pay for ChatGPT. Here's what we know so far about the differences between the free and paid versions.
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
After two months of unlimited free use, OpenAI has announced a subscription model for ChatGPT. Users will still be able to access the chatbot for free but those who pay will get extra perks. Here's what we know about the difference between ChatGPT Plus and the free version. US users on OpenAI's waitlist will be invited to subscribe to ChatGPT Plus in the next few weeks. It's likely important improvements will also be rolled out to the free version but paying subscribers may get first dibs on coveted new features.
☆ OpenAI is launching a ChatGPT subscription service for $20 a month. It will offer speedier response times and priority access to new features.
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
ChatGPT has announced ChatGPT Plus, a subscription service that costs $20 a month. The service will offer users faster response times and priority access to new features. The new subscription plan will allow paid users to have general access to the bot, even during peak times when users are normally made to wait. OpenAI said last month it was testing a paid version of ChatGPT, opening a waitlist for the "experimental" update. However, the $20 price tag is much lower than the rumored $42 per month previously reported by some users.
☆ Tesla says the Department of Justice asked the company to hand over documents about Autopilot and FSD features
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Tesla has confirmed that the US Department of Justice asked the company for documents. The documents were related to the EV company's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features, per a public filing. The company is already under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In a public filing released on Tuesday, the company said it had "received requests from the DOJ for documents related to Tesla's Autopilot and FSD features." Reuters reported in October that Tesla was facing a criminal probe from the DOJ over the company's claims the vehicles can drive themselves.
☆ SpaceX's Starlink is active in Africa for the first time
  + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, is now live in Nigeria. SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, announced Starlink's plans to expand into Africa last year. SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, announced Starlink's plans to expand into Africa last year. SpaceX has provided the country with thousands of Starlink dishes since Russia invaded in February. The billionaire said in October that only 10,630 out of 25,300 Starlink terminals in Ukraine were paying for service.
☆ Former Twitter employees are confused over the company's failure to collect their work laptops, report says
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Some former Twitter employees say the company hasn't collected their work laptops, Wired reported. Two other former Twitter employees told Wired they still had their work laptops, but were worried keeping them could lead to further delays with severance or even legal trouble. Laid-off Twitter employees received severance agreements from Twitter earlier this month after waiting for two months. Wired reported that other former Twitter employees said they had received emails asking them to fill out a "Twitter Device Collection Survey" in the last few days. Monitors and other computer equipment did not need to be collected and the document did not make clear what workers should do with laptops, Wired reported, citing the survey.
☆ Here are the schools and colleges that have banned the use of ChatGPT over plagiarism and misinformation fears
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Education officials are trying to stop students from using OpenAI's ChatGPT. Seattle Public Schools and Los Angeles Unified School District put similar limits on the use of the bot in December. Seattle Public Schools also cited cheating concerns for the ban, per GeekWire. A spokesperson told the publication that "Seattle Public Schools does not allow cheating and requires original thought and work from students." In India, Bangalore's RV University banned students from using ChatGPT.
☆ ChatGPT has only been around for two months and is causing untold chaos
  + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
An updated version of OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT, launched on November 30. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyIt's safe to say ChatGPT is causing chaos. The AI chatbot from OpenAI has only been around for two months and has already amassed more than one million users. From job-seekers, to rival tech companies, and academics, here are some of the people feeling the heat of ChatGPT. I asked ChatGPT to write my cover letters and sent them to hiring managers to see what they thought.
☆ Emirates passenger gave birth midway through 12-hour flight
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An Emirates passenger gave birth midway through a 12-hour flight. The passenger was assisted by the cabin crew, an Emirates spokesperson told Insider. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAn Emirates passenger gave birth midway through a 12-hour overnight flight from Tokyo to Dubai. The passenger was assisted by cabin crew on board the flight, which landed on time despite the emergency, an Emirates spokesperson told Insider. Last year, a United Airlines flight made headlines after a woman gave birth to a healthy baby weeks before her due date.
☆ Trump's return to Instagram and Facebook could doom Truth Social
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Truth Social only just became available on Androids in October. Trump's return to social media spells doom for Truth Social. After the Capitol insurrection, former president Donald Trump was banned from a slew of social media platforms. Trump is contractually required to post on Truth Social before making the same post on another site for six hours. My colleague Beatrice Nolan breaks down the future of Truth Social and what it means for Trump's supporters.
☆ Now that Trump can return to Facebook, Truth Social could be all but doomed
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
If Trump is no longer exclusively on Truth Social, it could reduce the platform's appeal for many. Shunned from mainstream platforms, Trump founded and launched Truth Social in February 2022. Matt Navarra, a social-media consultant, said it was "inevitable" that Trump's return to Facebook or Instagram would negatively affect Truth Social. Trump evangelists may lose faith"For most people, Donald Trump is the face of Truth Social," Navarra said. Navarra added that Truth Social would likely still be of value to many users, however, because of its lighter approach to content moderation.
☆ Elon Musk says he's stuck with his new Twitter name — 'Mr. Tweet'
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk recently updated his display name to "Mr. Tweet" and says he can't change it back. Twitter users have complained about being unable to change their names before. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyElon Musk says he's stuck with his new Twitter display name — "Mr. Nicholas Porritt, an attorney representing a group of shareholders who are suing Musk over his 2018 tweets, accidentally called Musk "Mr. Tweet" during the trial on Monday. Twitter users have complained of having their names locked by the platform before.
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