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☆ A major Alphabet investor said the company should cut even more jobs and address 'excessive' pay in the wake of mass layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alphabet investor TCI is urging the company to "go further" in cutting jobs and reducing spend. A letter from TCI to CEO Sundar Pichai said "excessive employee compensation" should be addressed. The Children's Investment Fund Management wrote a letter to Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on January 20 — the day Google announced mass layoffs affecting roughly 6% of its workforce — asking him to address "excessive employee compensation." The November letter, also signed by Hohn, said its shares in the company were worth more than $6 billion. Representatives for Alphabet and TCI Fund Management did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ A striking Amazon warehouse worker says the company treats its robots better than its human staff
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An Amazon warehouse worker told the BBC the company's robots are treated better than human staff. Around 300 of the 1,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in the UK began a strike over pay Wednesday. 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 PolicyA striking Amazon warehouse worker has said the company treats its robots better than its human staff. "I wish we were treated like robots because the robots are treated better than us," Darren Westwood, who works at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry, UK, told BBC Breakfast in an interview that aired Wednesday. A spokesperson for Amazon told Insider that a "tiny proportion" of its workforce was involved in the industrial action, adding that the company was "proud to offer competitive pay."

☆ A freelance writer says ChatGPT wrote a $600 article in just 30 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Freelance writer Henry Williams said ChatGPT wrote a convincing article in just 30 seconds. Williams told The Guardian the article needed a little editing, but was worth £500 ($615). Writing in The Guardian on Tuesday, Henry Williams said the bot's article needed a little editing — but once edited, was something he'd have charged £500 ($615) to write. Williams said the bot's article was simplistically-structured and written in an inhuman tone, but the "key points, the grammar, and the syntax were all spot on." However, ChatGPT has shown a tendency to confidently present false information as true, sparking concern that it could contribute to the spread of misinformation across the internet.

☆ Elon Musk's trial over his Tesla 'funding-secured' tweets is underway. Here's everything you need to know about the case.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's trial over his 2018 tweets about Tesla kicked off in San Francisco last week. The suit revolves around tweets in which Musk said he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private. Funding secured," the billionaire tweeted to the 22 million Twitter followers he had at the time. In April, the judge presiding over the case ruled that Musk's 2018 tweets were "false and misleading," per Reuters. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) already reached a settlement with Musk and Tesla in a separate suit over the tweets.

☆ Google plans to demo a version of its search engine with AI chatbot features and launch 20 new products, following ChatGPT 'code red,' report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Google is planning to demonstrate an AI version of its search engine, The New York Times reported. The New York Times reported that Google had been shaken out of its routine, following the launch of OpenAI's chatbot. Google plans to unveil more than 20 new products and demo a version of Google Search with AI chatbot features this year, The Times reported, citing a presentation it had seen and two people familiar with the plans. AI experts, search experts, and current and former Google employees told Insider's Tom Dotan that ChatGPT was unlikely to be a replacement for Google search just yet because of concerns about its inaccurate responses. The Times reported that safety, tackling misinformation, and ensuring factual accuracy were some of Google's key priorities for the chatbot search demo.

☆ Trump wants to ditch his deal to post first on Truth Social and return to Twitter, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump wants to end an exclusivity deal with Truth Social and get back on Twitter, Rolling Stone reported. Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes denied an earlier report that Trump wants to make the switch. While Trump has just shy of 5 million followers on Truth Social, he has almost 88 million followers on Twitter. Nonetheless, according to Rolling Stone, a person close to the president said there is "no way" Nunes' statement is true. Among the ideas being floated is for a WWE-style campaign video post, or one comparing himself to Superman, according to Rolling Stone.

☆ College professors are considering creative ways to stop students from using AI to cheat
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some professors say students are using new tech to pass off AI-generated content as their own. Some professors say students are using OpenAI's buzzy chatbot, ChatGPT, to pass off AI-generated content as their own. The issue has led to professors considering creative ways to stamp out the use of AI in colleges. Blue books and oral exams"I'm perplexed about how to handle AI going forward," Aumann told Insider. Bartel agreed that students could get away with using AI very easily.

☆ I tried to guess if Apple audiobooks were narrated by AI or real people. It was harder than you'd think.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I listened to a mix of human narrators and AI voices in a blind test to guess which ones were real. The voice sounded vaguely familiar to some more neutral voice actors I had listened to before. I thought this was AI too, but my colleague who also heard it was insistent it was a human voice. Overall, it was relatively easy to tell which ones were narrated by an AI voice, but I didn't find the synthesized voices off-putting. Although the human voices were nicer to listen to, I'd also be happy opting for an AI audiobook if there wasn't another option.

☆ Researchers just tested ChatGPT on the same test questions as aspiring doctors – and found the AI was 'comfortably within the passing range'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

ChatGPT appeared capable of passing the US medical licensing examination in a research experiment. ChatGPT showed "moderate accuracy" and was "comfortably within the passing range," per the research. According to a new research experiment, ChatGPT showed "moderate accuracy" and was "comfortably within the passing range" in the exams. "ChatGPT performed at or near the passing threshold for all three exams without any specialized training or reinforcement," the researchers wrote in the paper. Another AI, developed by AI safety and research firm Anthropic, has passed a university-level law and economics exam, according to an academic at Virginia's George Mason University.

☆ Climate crisis misinformation is thriving on Elon Musk's Twitter, research shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Misinformation about the environment is flourishing on Elon Musk's Twitter, a study said. The study said Twitter recommended "#ClimateScam" when users search for "climate." The hashtag suddenly spiked on Twitter in July 2022 and has been increasing since, per the study. The study, published on Thursday by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), said Twitter was recommending the hashtag "#ClimateScam" when users search "climate." Elon Musk has slashed Twitter's content moderation team since he bought the platform in October last year.

☆ Police raided a gym after Siri called emergency services because it misheard a boxing instructor's words, owner says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Siri called emergency services after mishearing a boxing instructor, a gym owner told Insider. The term is similar to the number for emergency services in Australia and other countries. He said the digital assistant then called 112, which is an alternative emergency number in Australia and other countries. If the message is not dismissed it sends an automated message to the nearest emergency call center. Last week, a spokesperson for Apple told The New York Post that the company was getting feedback from emergency call centers, which have reported a spike in automated calls.

☆ AI art generators face separate copyright lawsuits from Getty Images and a group of artists
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two separate lawsuits have been launched against AI text-to-image generators. Getty Images also began separate litigation against Stability AI, which is behind Stable Diffusion. On Tuesday, Getty Images filed a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging it used copyrighted images to train software. The company said in a statement that Stability AI "unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright." A representative for Stable Diffusion told Insider that the artists' "allegations represent a misunderstanding about how our technology works and the law."

☆ 'Transformative, fascinating': Here's what top executives at Davos are saying about ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Cadie Thompson | Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Buzzy AI chatbot, ChatGPT, has only been open to the public for a few weeks. Here's what top executives are saying about the technology at the World Economic Forum. Here's what top executives have been saying:Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEOCoursera's CEO said ChatGPT is a mind-blowing "game changer" in an interview with Insider. Peggy Johnson, Magic Leap CEOJohnson told Insider she thought ChatGPT was "definitely a transformative technology." Becky Frankiewicz, ManpowerGroup CCO and presidentFrankiewicz said the chatbot was "super fascinating" and she had been experimenting with it to write job descriptions.

☆ A job application written by ChatGPT fooled recruiters who shortlisted it for an interview, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The recruitment team at a consultancy shortlisted an application written by ChatGPT, per Sky News. He told Sky News the ChatGPT-written application was "more competent" than a lot of candidates. Neil Taylor, the founder of a communications consultancy firm called Schwa, tested his recruitment team and hiring software to see if they could spot an application written by ChatGPT. "It was more competent than a lot of the bad people who apply to us," he told Sky News. "When I told the assessor that she had shortlisted ChatGPT, she was slightly crestfallen," he told Sky News.

☆ Nick Cave says a ChatGPT song written in his style 'sucks' and is 'a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Award-winning musician Nick Cave said a ChatGPT song written in his style "sucks." He wrote in his newsletter that he didn't share some of his fans' enthusiasm for the technology. In his newsletter The Red Hand Files, the Australian musician replied to a fan who sent him an AI-generated song "in the style of Nick Cave," saying he had received dozens of similar songs. "ChatGPT may be able to write a speech or an essay or a sermon or an obituary but it cannot create a genuine song. "I have got the fire of hell in my eyes – and it's ChatGPT," the musician wrote.

☆ Copilot feared dead in the Nepal plane crash was married to a pilot killed in similar crash 16 years earlier, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The copilot of a plane that crashed in Nepal was married to a pilot killed in a crash, per Reuters. The plane crashed near Pokhara airport, per Reuters, and was carrying 72 people. Khatiwada is feared to be dead but her remains have not been identified, a Yeti Airlines spokesman, Sudarshan Bartaula, told Reuters. The spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that Khatiwada's husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in 2006 when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane crashed in Jumla. "She got her pilot training with the money she got from the insurance after her husband's death," Bartaula told Reuters.

☆ Elon Musk says Instagram makes people depressed and Twitter makes them angry
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk says Instagram makes people depressed and Twitter makes them angry. 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 PolicyTwitter's CEO, Elon Musk, says Instagram makes people depressed and Twitter makes them angry. On Sunday, Musk asked his Twitter followers which platform was better, tweeting: "Instagram makes people depressed & Twitter makes people angry. One Twitter account replied that Twitter doesn't make them angry but makes them laugh. Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion last year, has also been wondering if people should use social media less.

☆ This man used AI to write and illustrate a children's book in 1 weekend. He wasn't prepared for the backlash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ammaar Reshi wrote and illustrated a children's book in 72 hours using ChatGPT and Midjourney. He then used Midjourney, an AI art generator, to illustrate it. Artists accused him of theftReshi's book touched a nerve with some artists who argue that AI art generators are stealing their work. Some artists claim their art has been used to train AI image generators like Midjourney without their permission. Reshi said he would be hesitant to put out an illustrated book again, but he would like to try other projects with AI.

☆ Two professors who say they caught students cheating on essays with ChatGPT explain why AI plagiarism can be hard to prove
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Two philosopher professors said they caught their students submitting essays written by ChatGPT. If students don't confess to using the program, professors say it can be hard to prove. Antony Aumann, a religious studies and philosophy professor at Fordham University, told Insider he had caught two students submitting essays written by ChatGPT. When the chatbot said it was 99% sure the essays were written by ChatGPT, he forwarded the results to the students. Christopher Bartel, a professor of philosophy at Appalachian State University, said that while the grammar in AI-generated essays is almost perfect, the substance tends to lack detail.

☆ Twitter cofounder Biz Stone isn't enjoying the platform as much as he used to and has been 'tinkering' with its rival Mastodon, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone says his experience on the platform isn't as good as previously. Ev Williams, another Twitter cofounder, has also signed up for Mastodon, per the outlet. In an interview with Bloomberg, Stone said: "I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or what, but my Twitter experience isn't as great. Ev Williams, another Twitter cofounder, has also signed up for Mastodon. "I love the idea of an open and distributed — yet connected — network," Williams told Bloomberg via email.

☆ Art collector says a Van Gogh painting that he owns went missing for nearly six years and resurfaced in a Detroit gallery
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An art collector says a Van Gogh painting he owns went missing and resurfaced in a Detroit museum. The 1888 oil painting is hanging in the Detroit Institute of Art. The collector said in a lawsuit he hadn't seen the artwork since shortly after he bought it in 2017. He wants the painting to be given to him when the DIA's "Van Gogh in America" exhibition closes on January 22, court documents said. Representatives for Soter and the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Elon Musk tells Twitter employees he's available to discuss urgent product needs: 'We are going to agonize until we achieve as close to the perfect product as possible'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk reportedly emailed Twitter staff saying he was available to discuss urgent product needs. The Twitter CEO told workers he was finished with most of his Tesla work for the weekend and free to discuss Twitter product needs, Platformer's Zoë Schiffer tweeted on Wednesday. Per Schiffer, Musk said in the email: "We are going to agonize until we achieve as close to the perfect product as possible." He told Twitter employees to focus the meetings on "urgent product decision matters, engineering progress, and legal, finance and HR," Schiffer also tweeted. All of Twitter's product changes have to be personally signed off by Musk, per Schiffer.

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried says guards outside his parents' house stopped a vigilante who wanted to make a citizen's arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Bankman-Fried said a citizen vigilante was stopped by security guards, per an interview in Puck. Bankman-Fried said people wanted to come to his parent's house and make a "citizen's arrest." Bankman-Fried told Teddy Schleifer, a reporter from Puck, that some people claimed they wanted to come to the house and make a citizen's arrest. As part of his bail terms, he is required to stay at his parent's house while he awaits trial. He told Schleifer he had not spoken to his ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, or FTX co-founder Gary Wang.

☆ Passengers' hats and belongings were sucked out of a plane after a door opened mid-flight, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

There were 25 passengers and six crew members on board the IrAero flight, the carrier said. Passengers lost some items as they were sucked out of the cabin, Magan Airport told the outlet. Not long after taking off from Magan Airport, the plane's rear entry ramp door slid open while the aircraft was at around 9,000 ft, per the news outlet. "Fortunately, the 25 people on board, including the crew, were unharmed," a report from Magan airport said, via the Independent. Representatives for IrAero and Magan airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Jimmy Fallon jokes that the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds like Elon Musk's son's name
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Jimmy Fallon joked that the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 sounded like Elon Musk's son's name. Fallon appeared to be referring to the name of Musk's son, X Æ A-Xii. He appeared to be referring to the name of Musk's son, X Æ A-Xii. Musk's son, X Æ A-Xii, was born in 2020. As Insider previously reported, the couple appeared to have changed the spelling of the baby's name from X Æ A-12 to X Æ A-Xii to comply with California state law.

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