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These influencers, generated using AI, have amassed thousands, or sometimes hundreds of thousands of followers — like Sika Moon and Aitana. Unlike its competitors, which largely ban adult content generated with AI, Fanvue is bullish on it and is investing heavily in its community of AI influencers. But as Fanvue continues to build its user base and business model on AI-generated explicit content, some of its practices have prompted concerns among creators. For many creators behind these AI influencers, however, the hiccups and doubts about Fanvue don't outweigh the attention the company is giving them, and they continue to nurture their relationship with it. "The way they treat us AI creators is good," a third creator said.
Persons: , they've, Fanvue, Will Monange, Monange Organizations: Service, Business, BI
“Honestly, sometimes lately, I’ve thought my entire career is a ZIRP,” a tech worker recently reflected. More tech workers get laid offOver the last 18 months, tech workers say it's felt difficult to stay employed as round after round of layoffs have swept Big Tech and the broader industry. The tech job market got tougherTo add insult to injury, keeping a job in tech isn’t the only thing that’s more difficult. Aline Lerner, a former tech engineer and founder of interviewing.io, a site for tech recruiting and mock interviewing for tech job seekers, said it's now much more difficult to land a tech job, particularly at a high-profile or Big Tech company. “Anecdotally, I’d say it’s the hardest it’s been to get a tech job since probably the dot-com bust," Lerner said.
Persons: I’ve, gainfully, Hacker, it's, Layoffs.fyi, Elon Musk, nix, Meta, Elon Musk's, Winni, you’re, they're, Aline Lerner, ” Lerner, , Lerner, it’s, Organizations: Federal Reserve, Business, Big Tech, Tech, Google, Microsoft, ” Tech, Twitter, Menlo, Elon, The Washington Post, Getty Images Tech, , Department of Education Locations: Big, LeetCode
CNN —House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden tried to downplay the importance of an FBI informant whose claims they once championed after he was charged with fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving the president and his son. Special counsel David Weiss charged the FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, with lying to the FBI and creating false records. The indictment is just the latest setback to House Republicans who are struggling to build momentum to impeach the president. In the wake of the charges, President Joe Biden called out the informant for lying and said Republicans should end their impeachment inquiry. In the wake of the charges, Republicans have seized on the idea that Smirnov was initially presented as a credible witness.
Persons: Joe Biden, David Weiss, Alexander Smirnov, Smirnov, Biden, Jim Jordan, Jordan, James Comer, Comer, Jason Smith, Joe Biden corruptly, Hunter, Donald Trump’s, Alejandro Mayorkas, , Jamie Raskin, , Johnson, Scott Brady, Brady, ” Brady, Tony Bobulinski, ” Comer, Raskin, Hunter Biden, James, CNN’s Marshall Cohen Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, FBI, Republicans, CNN, Fox, of Homeland, House Republicans, Hunter Biden, CHS, GOP Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian
The cushy Big Tech job is dead
  + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Hopping from one mid-six-figure salary job in Big Tech to the next? More tech workers get laid offOver the last 18 months, tech workers say it's felt difficult to stay employed as round after round of layoffs have swept Big Tech and the broader industry. The tech job market got tougherTo add insult to injury, keeping a job in tech isn’t the only thing that’s more difficult. Aline Lerner, a former tech engineer and founder of interviewing.io, a site for tech recruiting and mock interviewing for tech job seekers, said it's now much more difficult to land a tech job, particularly at a high-profile or Big Tech company. “Anecdotally, I’d say it’s the hardest it’s been to get a tech job since probably the dot-com bust," Lerner said.
Persons: I’ve, gainfully, Hacker, it's, Layoffs.fyi, Elon Musk, nix, Meta, Elon Musk's, Winni, you’re, they're, Aline Lerner, ” Lerner, , Lerner, it’s, Organizations: Federal Reserve, Business, Big Tech, Tech, Google, Microsoft, ” Tech, Twitter, Menlo, Elon, The Washington Post, Getty Images Tech, , Department of Education Locations: Big, LeetCode
What the team discovered while piecing together Vittrup Man’s life is shedding light on the movements and connections between different Stone Age cultures. Vittrup Man was likely born and grew up along the coast of the Scandinavian Peninsula, perhaps within the frigid climes of Norway or Sweden. Studying Vittrup Man has helped researchers gain insights about the genetics, lifestyles and ritual practices that can be traced to Stone Age societies, Sjögren said. A cartoon included with the new research depicts how Vittrup Man was possibly sacrificed in a swamp. But it’s also possible that Vittrup Man was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Persons: , , Anders Fischer, piecing, Vittrup, Karl, Göran Sjögren, Lasse Sørensen, ” Sørensen, Sjögren, ” Fischer, Fischer, Niels Bach, Kristian Kristiansen, it’s, Roy van Beek, Van Beek, ” van Beek Organizations: CNN, Stone, University of Gothenburg, National Museum, Wageningen University & Research Locations: Denmark, Northern Europe, Vittrup, Sweden, Sealand, Norway, Scandinavia, subsisting, Copenhagen, Europe, Netherlands
San Francisco Ballet has a vibrant new artistic director: the celebrated Spanish dancer Tamara Rojo. Now San Francisco Ballet has received a groundbreaking gift: It announced on Thursday that it had secured a $60 million contribution from an anonymous donor, the largest in the company’s 91-year history and one of the biggest ever to an American dance company. “It was, for me, an enormous surprise,” Rojo, who joined the company in 2022, said in an interview. “The impact is immeasurable.”The vast majority of the gift, $50 million, will be used to bolster the company’s endowment, currently valued at about $108 million, and to help finance the creation and acquisition of new works. The remaining $10 million will be used to help cover operating costs in Rojo’s first few seasons.
Persons: Tamara Rojo, ” Rojo Organizations: San Francisco Ballet Locations: Spanish, American, Rojo’s
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a contentious fund-raising mechanism that allowed individuals and corporations to make anonymous political donations, a system that was widely seen as an advantage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party. Though the judgment came just months before the country’s next general election, probably too soon to affect its outcome, activists said it could bring more accountability to campaign finance down the road. The ruling on “electoral bonds,” as the fund-raising instruments are known, came a full six years after Mr. Modi’s government introduced them. Under the contested fund-raising system, the government-owned State Bank of India, India’s largest commercial bank, issued paper bonds that could be purchased in exchange for donations to a political party of the donor’s choice. They range from just $12 to more than $120,000, with no limit on the number of bonds that a donor could buy.
Persons: Narendra Modi’s Organizations: Bharatiya Janata Party, State Bank of India Locations: India’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to stop dirty money from flowing through the U.S. financial system with a slew of new rules aimed at increasing corporate transparency and regulating occupations that are exploited for money laundering. “We are undertaking a concerted effort to address the systemic deficiencies in the United States’ anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism framework," Nelson said. The international community is expecting the U.S. to improve its corporate transparency rules in order to maintain its status as a safe haven for investment. “We have identified numerous cases involving criminals and U.S. adversaries seeking to operate with anonymity using opaque corporate structures,” Nelson said. Anonymous companies are a favorite tool for bad actors seeking to conceal their activities and their funds,” Nelson said.
Persons: , Biden, Brian Nelson, Nelson, ” Nelson, , Organizations: WASHINGTON, Hamas, Force, Atlantic Council, Treasury Locations: Ukraine, Gaza, U.S, Russia, Iran, Paris, United States
YourMove.AI, an AI dating tool that offers a range of services such as drafting messages, analyzing conversations and evaluating users' dating app profiles, has about 250,000 users, founder Dmitri Mirakyan estimates. Rizz, an AI dating assistant, debuted in 2022 after ChatGPT took off. Like in other areas, relying too much on AI in dating can cross the line into unethical behavior. Although the use of AI for dating purposes isn't necessarily all bad, he added, dating apps will still need to "tread with caution." WATCH: How I built my $400 million-a-year dating app
Persons: Stan Marsh, Clyde Donovan, Clyde, Stan, OpenAI, it's, Dmitri Mirakyan, YourMove, Mirakyan, ChatGPT, he'd, Roman Khaves, Josh Miller, Khaves, It's, Jonathan Raa, Alex Weitzman, Weitzman, They've, Gary Kremen, Kremen, Lisa Marie Bobby, Bobby, Renate Nyborg, Nyborg, Meeno Organizations: Nvidia, CNBC, Nurphoto, OpenAI's Locations: U.S, New York, chihuahua, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands
Jon Stewart Returns to Form on ‘The Daily Show’
  + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The next nine months, Stewart said, “they’re going to suck.”“Look, Joe Biden isn’t Donald Trump. What’s crazy is thinking that we’re the ones, as voters, who must silence concerns and criticisms. So, the good news is, I’m not saying you don’t have to worry about who wins the election. I’m saying you have to worry about every day before it and every day after, forever. Although, on the plus side, I am told that at some point, the sun will run out of hydrogen.” — JON STEWART
Persons: Stewart, Biden, Donald Trump, “ they’re, Joe Biden isn’t Donald Trump, hasn’t, ” — JON STEWART “, ” — JON STEWART “ I’ve, I’m, — JON STEWART
President Joe Biden privately called Benjamin Netanyahu an "asshole" three times, per NBC News. Biden has tried to talk Netanyahu into agreeing to a cease-fire in Gaza, sources told the outlet. But the Israel prime minister is "giving him hell," one source said, per the outlet. AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden has taken to privately calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an “asshole,” NBC News reported , citing three sources. "The president has been clear where he disagrees with Prime Minister Netanyahu, but this is a decadeslong relationship that is respectful in public and in private," the spokesperson said.
Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden, Netanyahu, , — Biden, Israel, we're Organizations: NBC, Service, NBC News, Israel, ABC, Gaza, Fox News, National Security Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Egypt, Ukraine, Taiwan
The project, dubbed Metamorphosis, focuses on transforming what otherwise might be discarded into something of value to society: rotten wood into fine instruments, inmates into craftsmen, all under the principle of rehabilitation. Two inmates were granted leave to see the concert featuring 14 prison-made stringed instruments playing a program that included works by Bach and Vivaldi. Other inmates, like Nikolae, who joined Lamponi at La Scala, are permitted more latitude. His own rocky journey to a new country has given him an understanding of the desperation that drove migrants onto unseaworthy boats. Originally, the boats were being transformed into crucifixes and nativity scenes, but the inmates who were already trained luthiers thought: why not instruments?
Persons: Bach, Vivaldi, Giuseppe Sala, , , Claudio Lamponi, Nikolae, Lamponi, Nikolae —, ’ ’, ” Lamponi, Andrea Volonghi, ’ ’ Volonghi, Mario Brunello, Arnoldo Mosca Mondadori Organizations: MILAN, Orchestra of, Scala, La Scala, rosaries, Opera, Spirit and Arts Foundation, Orchestra Locations: Italy’s, La, Rome, Tunisia, Cremona, Milan
I once visited a domestic violence shelter in New England. It had three bedrooms and a shared kitchen and bath, beige walls and furniture and a single kitchen table that required eating in shifts. In exchange, traumatized families were given temporary housing with other traumatized families behind walls and gates, often with shared bathrooms, kitchens, living rooms. As a result, this guiding philosophy of secrecy as safety is drawing scrutiny from advocates, policymakers and survivors. Calls for what are termed open or public shelters appear to be on the rise.
Persons: aren’t Organizations: D.C Locations: New England, Cape, . Montana , Colorado , Michigan, California, North Carolina, Washington
When the United Nations launched an investigation a decade ago into whether a handful of its employees in Gaza were members of Hamas, it was not long before a senior U.N. legal officer in the territory started receiving death threats. First there were emails, sent from anonymous accounts, according to three senior U.N. officials based in Gaza at that time. Then came a funeral bouquet, delivered to the main U.N. compound, labeled with the legal officer’s name. Finally there was a live grenade, sent to the compound with its pin still inside, according to two of the officials.
Organizations: United Nations Locations: Gaza
Finnair says that weight data helps the safe operation of flights. AdvertisementAn airline’s trial policy to ask passengers to weigh themselves before flights has sparked controversy, with critics saying it could be triggering and embarrassing. Travel journalist Yvette Caster, also interviewed by GB News, called Finnair's move to weigh passengers "fatphobic." Finnair has announced it will begin weighing passengers with their carry-on luggage to better estimate the plane's weight before take-off. Uzbekistan Airlines began weighing passengers for the same reason in 2015.
Persons: Finnair, , Hayley Hasselhoff, Yvette, Kate Staniforth, , Laura Sanders, MailOnline, “ It's Organizations: Service, GB, Travel Republic, Air, Zealand, Korean, Hawaiian Airlines, Uzbekistan Airlines Locations: Finland, British
London CNN —Growing up in Nigeria as the oldest sibling, Adejoké “Joké” Bakare was usually the one cooking for the family. Now, her restaurant Chishuru has been awarded a Michelin star, making Bakare the first Black female chef in the UK to earn the accolade. In the West African language of Hausa, Chishuru means “the silence that descends on the table when the food arrives,” according to Bakare. She explained that she’s never looked to create an “authentic” restaurant for West African cuisine, but instead fuse different styles together and create new recipes. They just didn’t have the vision to see a West African restaurant in their premises.”Chishuru found its new home on Great Titchfield Street in the heart of London, and nearby West African restaurant Akoko was also awarded a Michelin star on February 5.
Persons: Bakare, , , Harriet Langford, ” Bakare, she’s, Harriet Langford “, Chishuru, Jay Rayner, ” Chishuru, “ There’s Organizations: London CNN, CNN, Observer, Michelin Locations: Nigeria, Brixton, South London, London, West Africa, African, West African, West, Chishuru
AzmanL/Getty ImagesHuman resources leaders urge job applicants to prepare questions to ask during the interview or risk being perceived poorly. Getting the recruiter's name wrong —24.4%Going into the interview without knowing who's interviewing you can rub recruiters the wrong way. Not dressing appropriately — 28.2%Wearing a questionable outfit to your job interview could make a bad impression on the recruiter. Getting the name of the company wrong — 28.4%You may be interviewing for multiple jobs at a time. Obradovic/Getty ImagesThe biggest pet peeve for hiring managers, Ringover's survey shows, is when a job candidate is late to the interview.
Persons: , Amy Hoover, TalentZoo, Teri Hockett, sturti, CareerBuilder, fizkes, Obradovic, Tardiness Organizations: Service, What's, Getty, LinkedIn, Zapier
Rusty could barely bring himself to say the word “fat” when filming for the documentary first began six years earlier. Under the pseudonym “Your Fat Friend,” she began blogging anonymously, spotlighting these ways in which the world makes life harder for fat people. “Just say fat,” Gordon says in an accompanying voiceover, reading aloud one of her essays. “Just say fat,” Gordon says in a voiceover in the film. There’s space for my parents to grow and change, there’s space for the audience to grow and change,” Gordon says.
Persons: Aubrey Gordon, Rusty, , , ” Gordon, Jeanie Finlay, Gordon, Jeanie Finlay “ It’s, sidelong, , Phil Sharp, ” Finlay, “ It’s, Aubrey, — Pam, Rusty —, Pam grapples, ” Jeanie Finlay “, Gordon’s, Finlay, “ I’ve, Darren Aronofsky’s, Hal ” —, I’m, Roxane Gay, Aidy Bryant, Annie Easton, Fatphobia, Kate Manne, Desiree Burch, Julie Murphy, Jennifer Aniston Organizations: CNN, SNL, Cornell University, Netflix Locations: Europe, Canada, Oregon, proofread, London, Fatness
Finnair starts weighing flying passengers at the gate
  + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —We all know what it’s like to have our baggage weighed at an airport check-in. But now, some brave airline passengers are consenting to being weighed themselves before boarding the plane. In a trial by European carrier Finnair at its Helsinki Airport hub, volunteer passengers are being weighed at the departure gate in order to allow the airline to refine weight estimates for planes before takeoff. Korean Air conducted its own weighing program in 2023, while Air New Zealand also did a weight survey last year. Finnair is collecting data for both winter and summer seasons, since passengers tend to wear heavier clothing and coats during the cold Finnish winters.
Persons: “ crouch, , you’ve, who’s, Päivyt, Finnair’s, Tallqvist, Alessandro Rampazzo, Finnair, Munnukka Organizations: CNN, Helsinki Airport, Getty, Civil Aviation Authority, European Aviation Safety Authority, Korean Air, Air New, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Locations: Helsinki, AFP, Air New Zealand, Finnish, Munnukka
A man exercises in a gym near a barcode for Paytm, an Indian cellphone-based digital payment platform, in New Delhi on November 18, 2021. The Indian Finance Ministry, the RBI and Paytm did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment. A Paytm spokesperson has denied any violation of foreign exchange laws, calling them "unfounded and factually incorrect," according to Reuters. The shares saw a massive three-day sell-off following the RBI's order last week which wiped out more than $2.5 billion in value, before a subsequent bounce. Earlier in the week, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio Financial Services denied media reports it was buying Paytm's wallet business.
Persons: Paytm, It's, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Nirmala Sitharaman, Sharma, Mukesh Ambani's Organizations: Reserve Bank of, CNBC, Reuters, Indian Finance Ministry, One97 Communications, India's National Stock Exchange, Financial Services Locations: New Delhi, Reserve Bank of India
NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Sanders started his company, Silent Donor, based on his own experience giving money to charities. Christie Herrera, president and CEO of the conservative advocacy nonprofit Philanthropy Roundtable, has said the fight for donor privacy is the biggest challenge her organization currently faces, “I think it’s time for philanthropy to step up and start talking about these donor privacy issues,” she said. Silent Donor also sets a deadline of 30 days to move a donation through its system and into a charity. Sanders said nonprofits should listen more to donors who seek more privacy for their gifts. He said that recent decline in philanthropic donations may be related to donors not wanting others to know about their financial decisions.
Persons: — Tim Sanders, , ” Sanders, , Malala Yousafzai, Christie Herrera, , ” Chuck Collins, Collins, , Donor's Sanders, Sanders, ” Collins Organizations: Internal Revenue Service, Peace, IRS, Republican, Institute for Policy Studies, DAF, U.S . House, U.S . Senate, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Ukrainian, United States
Caitlyn Jenner has asked Elon Musk for legal help after claiming Disney discriminated against her. The reality star also criticized Disney CEO Bob Iger in earlier social-media posts. AdvertisementCaitlyn Jenner asked Elon Musk for legal help on X (formerly known as Twitter) after claiming that Disney and Bob Iger discriminated against her. — Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) February 7, 2024Musk had not publicly responded to Jenner as of Thursday morning. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Disney, Caitlyn Jenner, and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Persons: Caitlyn Jenner, Elon Musk, Jenner, Bob Iger, , Disney, Musk, Richard Grenell, Bruce ’, Bob, … — Caitlyn Jenner, Iger, Hunter Biden, Gina Carano Organizations: Disney, Service, Hulu, Marvel, ESPN, ABC, Iger, X Corporation, Business Locations: Hulu
On Wednesday, China’s Commerce Ministry posted a document signed late last year by nine government agencies, including the Foreign Ministry and the central bank, vowing to support Chinese EV makers with their globalization push. It also encouraged Chinese EV companies to cooperate with foreign manufacturers in technology and build supply chains that can benefit everyone. Chinese EV makers are taking the world by storm, even if they are largely locked out of key markets like the United States. Chinese EV makers are seeking alternative growth engines overseas because the picture is gloomy at home. The flood of cheaper Chinese vehicles has triggered trade tensions with some countries.
Persons: , Biden Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, China’s Commerce, Foreign Ministry, Chinese EV, Getty, EV, China Association of Auto Manufacturers, European Commission, Wall Street Locations: China, Hong Kong, Europe, United States, Chinese, China's Shandong, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Shenzhen, Hungary
The revelation builds on CNN’s previous reporting that OAN President Charles Herring forwarded the purported Smartmatic passwords to ex-Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell within days and later passed it to Mike Lindell. OAN denies defaming Smartmatic or anyone else, and its lawyers say nobody at OAN broke the law in connection with the alleged passwords. In a recent court filing, Smartmatic publicly disclosed – for the first time – the original email that OAN received on January 5, 2021, containing the alleged passwords. If you come across any addition (sic) information, please pass along,” according to emails made public in court filings. OAN handed over the emails to Smartmatic last year, but later claimed they were privileged and should be returned.
Persons: Charles Herring, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, Joe Biden, Smartmatic, OAN, defaming Smartmatic, Eric Coomer, Herring, tipster, , , Powell, , It’s, ’ Smartmatic, OAN “, Carl Butzer, , Moxila Upadhyaya, OAN’s, Charles Babcock, Upadhyaya, Babcock, Oprah Winfrey, Bill O’Reilly, Phil Organizations: CNN, America, Trump, Voting Systems, Court, Fox News Locations: DC
(AP) — DePauw University has received $200 million in donations, representing the largest gift in the western Indiana school’s history, university officials announced Wednesday. The private 1,800-student liberal arts college said it received a $150 million gift from an anonymous donor and $50 million in supporting matches from other donors. The donations will bolster campus-wide initiatives and the school's strategic plan, announced in 2022, that includes strengthening DePauw's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, its new School of Business and Leadership and its Creative School, which will launch this fall, officials said. The school’s largest previous gift was $128 million it received in 1999 to support teaching and learning. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesDePauw's campus is located in Greencastle, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Indianapolis.
Persons: Lori S, White Organizations: — DePauw University, DePauw, DePauw's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, of Business, Leadership, Creative School Locations: GREENCASTLE, Ind, Indiana, Greencastle, Indianapolis
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