DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He kept seeing green sea turtles with cauliflower-like tumors. And it would just encapsulate the green sea turtles," he said. A green sea turtle afflicted with fibropapillomatosis at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida in the Florida Keys. Green sea turtles are crucial for the health of reefs worldwide, as they eat algae that would otherwise suffocate the coral. He donned his diving gear and set up motion-sensing underwater cameras to snap photos of green sea turtles.

Persons: —, Maddux Alexander Springer, Springer, fibropapillomatosis, Pablo Cozzaglio, Peggy Scripps, It's, Hugh Gentry, they're, salicornia, Narrissa, Mitchell Pettigrew, that's, he'll Organizations: Service, Business, Turtle Hospital, Getty, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Google, Springer, Communication, Regeneron, Science, Engineering, Reuters, Hawaii Division, Nature, Hawaii's Department of Health, Honolulu Civil, University of Oregon, Oregon State University Locations: Kāneʻohe, Marathon , Florida, Florida, AFP, Oahu, Hawaii, Kāneʻohe Bay, Kāneʻohe Bay . State, Cavan, Hawaii's, cesspools, Honolulu

☆ Meta is considering new paid deals with media publishers for AI training data
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Meta may need such access to make its generative AI tools, like Meta AI, more effective for users and more competitive in the increasingly crowded market of generative AI search tools and chatbots, the people said. User posts and comments on Facebook or Instagram are not necessarily the type of high-quality training data that generative AI chatbots and search tools need to generate quality outputs. Previously, Zuckerberg said he did not expect the generative AI boom. The US Copyright Office is considering new rules to cover generative AI. Major rival tech companies now fiercely competing in generative AI have already entered into deals with news publishers and media outlets for more access to content to be used as model training data.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Dotdash Meredith, Axel Springer, OpenAI, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, Meta, Facebook, Business, News, Google, US, News Corp, Financial, Associated Press, BI, Politico, Microsoft, The New York Times, Times Locations: Europe, khays@businessinsider.com

☆ The CEO behind the world's biggest science and engineering fair says the biggest mistake parents make is putting too much pressure on their kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"But they also feel the pressure of wanting to win and the pressure of going to college," she told Business Insider last week. The biggest mistake that parents with ambitious, curious kids can make is adding to that pressure, she said. Stepping back and letting the kids do the workGrace Sun holds an OECT device that helped her win the ISEF science fair. "We never pressure them," Maria Estrada, whose two children have both competed and won awards at ISEF, told Business Insider. Sun told Business Insider she had to miss hours of school to work in a university lab for her project.

Persons: —, Rhodes, it's, Ajmera, Gen Z, Grace Sun, Chris Ayers, Maria Estrada, Estrada, she's, Alexa Groff, Taylor, Groff, ISEF, Maddux Alexander Springer, Peggy Scripps, Krish Pai, Michelle Wei, George D Organizations: Service, Science, Engineering, MacArthur Foundation, Business, Society for Science, ISEF, Communication, Sun Locations: Hawaii, California, Kildare, Ireland, Shanghai, China, Los Angeles

☆ The fraud trial of Ozy Media cofounder Carlos Watson has begun. His attorneys have argued race played a role in his indictment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAttorneys began jury selection in the criminal fraud trial of Carlos Watson, the cofounder of the fallen digital media startup Ozy Media. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Carlos Watson is a Black man and Ozy Media was majority-owned by people of color." AdvertisementAttorneys for Watson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider on Monday. Semafor co-founder, former New York Times columnist, and BuzzFeed News editor in chief Ben Smith and Ozy co-founder Carlos Watson.

Persons: —, Carlos Watson, Watson, Watson's, Semafor, Ben Smith, Ozy, Dia Dipasupil, Kimberly White, Marc Lasry, Laurene Powell Jobs, Ron Conway, Axel Springer, Smith, Samir Rao, Suzee Han, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Service, Ozy Media, Business, Prosecutors, Apple, Google, Vice Media, New York Times, Goldman Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Buzzfeed

☆ Reddit stock jumps 14% after it inks data training deal with OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The agreement will allow OpenAI to train its large language model using content on Reddit. AdvertisementReddit stock surged 14% on Friday after it inked a content deal with OpenAI. The deal will allow OpenAI to train its large language model using content from Reddit. Prior to the deal, Reddit and OpenAI had a connection in that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was a former board member of Reddit. Including it in ChatGPT upholds our belief in a connected internet, helps people find more of what they're looking for, and helps new audiences find community on Reddit," Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman said.

Persons: OpenAI, —, Axel Springer, Sam Altman, Reddit, Altman, Steve Huffman Organizations: OpenAI, Service, Google, Business Locations: Reddit

☆ Brands aren't hurt by advertising on hard news, a new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Leila Jordan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. A new report, "The Future of News: Ad Adjacency Study," challenges this conventional wisdom and indicates the focus on brand safety in news advertising might be misguided. The report also sought to measure how large an audience advertisers might be missing out on by advertising alongside only certain topics. "Brand safety — or at least when it comes to news advertising — really doesn't promote desirable social goals because it defunds the ability to report news." Penn told BI he was hopeful the report would help create a more productive relationship between media publishers and advertisers.

Persons: —, Mark Penn, Stagwell, Axel Springer, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Penn, Gen, Biden, Trump, Maggie Milnamow Organizations: Service, Business, Politico, The New York Times, Street Journal, Washington, Harvard, Harris, Republicans

☆ ‘Civil War’ sends a message that’s more dangerous than the violence it depicts onscreen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

In “Civil War,” tanks trample democracy. But the messages they send may be more dangerous than the violence depicted onscreen: The collapse of democracy is inevitable. In the film, Humphrey Bogart plays Rick, the cynical owner of a Moroccan nightclub at the onset of World War II. John Springer Collection/Corbis Historical/Getty ImagesOther World War II-era films like “Don’t be a Sucker,” which emphasized racial and religious tolerance in America, emphasized the same message. The box office success of “Civil War” ensures, though, that more “American carnage” stories are likely headed our way .

Persons: Yuval Noah Harari, Harari, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Alex Garland’s “, Donald Trump, Casablanca ’, Humphrey Bogart, Rick, “ We’ll, Dooley Wilson, Ingrid Bergman, Everett, Rick —, Adolf Hitler’s, Democracy’s, Cristóbal, Berry, “, Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra, ” Frank Sinatra, John Springer, Kermit Roosevelt III, Roosevelt, ” Roosevelt, Reagan, Obama, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama —, Diana Walker, ” Reagan, Reagan’s, Barack Obama, Chuck Kennedy, Trump, hasn’t, Walt Whitman, Whitman, ” Whitman, ” Read Whitman, ” Walt Whitman, Ian Beacock, ” Beacock, Beacock, Ivan Illich, ” Kirsten Dunst, John Blake Organizations: CNN, Casablanca, paragon, Library of Congress, Nazi, Convention, Former, Lions, Hulton, “ Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, America, United States, “, Casablanca, Moroccan, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi, Nazi, Charlottesville , Virginia, Vietnam, Kansas, Kenya, Denver , Colorado, Austrian, China

☆ What you need to know about Skydance's bid for Paramount, from financing a deal worth $32 billion to its plans for the media empire
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Skydance Media and its largest private-equity backer RedBird Capital Partners have been wooing Paramount for the better part of a year. The Skydance consortium, including fellow Skydance investor KKR, submitted a revised offer on Sunday. The deal would be worth roughly $32 billion, according to the source, with the value of Paramount and its $15 billion in debt making up the lion's share. Here's what we know about the deal, how much Redstone would get, and what a new Paramount would look like. Keeping Paramount public sets the Skydance bid apart from Apollo's potential offer, according to one of the sources.

Persons: Bob Bakish, Shari Redstone's, Tom Cruise, Mario Gabelli, Bakish, Getty, Redstone's, David Ellison, Larry Ellison, Ellison, RedBird, Gerry Cardinale, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Skydance, Jeff Shell, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon's, Axel Springer Organizations: Skydance Media, RedBird Capital Partners, Paramount, KKR, Business, Ex, CNBC, Apple, New York Yankees, NFL, Bakish, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, ' Equity, Amazon Studios, Sony, Apollo, Wall Street Locations: Santa Monica , California, New York City, Skydance, RedBird

☆ Eight newspaper publishers sue Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Eight U.S. newspaper publishers filed suit against Microsoft and OpenAI in a New York federal court on Tuesday, claiming the technology companies reuse their articles without permission in generative artificial intelligence products and incorrectly attribute inaccurate information to them. The group of eight newspaper publishers takes issue with ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot assistant — available in the Windows operating system, the Bing search engine, and other products the software maker produces. The legal challenge comes four months after The New York Times sued OpenAI over copyright infringement in the ChatGPT chatbot that the startup released in late 2022. The New York Times case also touched on the matter of OpenAI models regurgitating information from its articles. Correction: This article has been updated to reflect the correct day the lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI was filed.

Persons: Sam Altman, Microsoft's, OpenAI, Axel Springer Organizations: Economic, U.S, Microsoft, Bing, Southern, of, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, The Mercury, The Denver Post, Orange County Register, Pioneer Press of Minnesota, CNBC, New York Times, OpenAI's, Financial, Google Locations: Davos, Switzerland, New York, U.S, of New York, Florida, California, Orange

☆ Meet the ex-Goldman Sachs partner behind the scenes of the Skydance-Paramount deal negotiations
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewParamount's CEO Bob Bakish was ousted on Monday night, putting the entertainment giant one step closer to accepting a merger deal. The would-be buyer, film studio Skydance Media, is owned by David Ellison, son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry. An investor in Skydance since 2020, RedBird is the media company's largest shareholder other than the Ellison family. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "I think it's my biggest competitive advantage that I don't get emotionally attached," Cardinale told Business Insider in 2022.

Persons: —, Bob Bakish, David Ellison, Larry, RedBird, Ellison, Gerry Cardinale, Goldman Sachs, Jeff Shell, Skydance, " Cardinale, Goldman, Jon Winkelried, Gerry, Axel Springer Organizations: Service, Skydance Media, RedBird Capital Partners, Business, New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, NFL, AC Milan, Paramount, KKR, Sony, TPG Locations: Skydance, RedBird

☆ Trouble brews at The Wall Street Journal, where EIC Emma Tucker faces falling morale and the union edges toward a strike
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewEmma Tucker's arrival at The Wall Street Journal a little over a year ago was met with enthusiasm. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Business Insider talked to a dozen insiders for this story; many of them said they had felt a shift from optimism to angst regarding Tucker and the newsroom generally. A Journal spokesperson said Tucker wasn't available to comment but offered an interview with Taneth Evans, Tucker's associate editor. Evans told Business Insider that the changes were drawn out to give the new leadership time to understand how the newsroom works.

Persons: —, Emma Tucker's, Tucker, She's, effused, Liz Harris, Dow Jones, IAPE, Tucker wasn't, Taneth Evans, Tucker's, Evans, I've, Harris, Emma Tucker, Joy Malone, Rupert Murdoch, Matt Murray, Murray, Elon, Taylor, I'm, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Michael Bloomberg's, Lachlan Murdoch, Adrian Edwards, Axel Springer Organizations: Service, Wall, Business, Dow, Independent Association of Publishers ' Employees, CWA, Associates, Sunday Times, The New York Times, Times, Boeing, News Corp Locations: New York, London, Tesla, Gaza, New York City

☆ Tesla jumps 8% in premarket trade after passing key hurdle to roll out full self-driving in China
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Shares of Tesla rose sharply in U.S. premarket trading on Monday after the electric car maker passes a significant milestone to roll out its full self-driving technology in China. ET, as investors reacted to news surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk's visit to China. Tesla on Sunday said that local Chinese authorities removed restrictions on its cars after passing the country's data security requirements. While Tesla's electric cars are some of the most popular vehicles in China, they have reportedly been banned from some government-related properties due to data security concerns. Data security concerns have been a key obstacle preventing Tesla from achieving a full rollout of the system in China.

Persons: Elon Musk, Axel Springer, Elon Musk's, Tesla, Biden Locations: Berlin, Germany, U.S, China

☆ Jeff Bezos says work-life balance is a 'debilitating phrase,' and that work and life are actually a circle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Britney Nguyen | Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos thinks "work-life balance" is a "debilitating phrase." The billionaire and former Amazon CEO instead taught employees that work and life are a circle. AdvertisementJeff Bezos doesn't like the phrase "work-life balance," and has said in the past that he views work and life as actually a circle. "I get asked about work-life balance all the time," Bezos told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. "If you can get your work life to where you enjoy half of it, that is amazing.

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, —, Jeff Bezos doesn't, Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner, MacKenzie Scott, Shah Rukh Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Andy Jassy, fiancée Lauren Sanchez, doesn't, Katie Canales, Zoë Bernard Organizations: Amazon, Service, Vox's, AWS, Origin Locations: Mumbai

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked about what it will take to maintain Ukrainian independence, his soldiers’ morale, and the country’s next presidential election in an exclusive video interview with German media house Axel Springer.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Axel Springer

☆ 'Best thing' is for everyone to stay 'puzzled' on last week's odd retaliation strike on Iran, Israeli president says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jake Epstein | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I think the best thing would be for everybody to stay puzzled," Herzog said during an interview with Axel Springer media outlets on Sunday. Military equipment displayed at the Army Day ceremony in front of the President of Iran and high-ranking military commanders on April 17, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. The bold strike killed several high-ranking military officials, including two generals in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. AdvertisementThe incidents of the past few weeks have dragged a decades-long shadow war between Israel and Iran into broad daylight. However, Tehran has signaled that it won't retaliate over the Isfahan strike after appearing to dissociate itself from the attack.

Persons: —, Isaac Herzog doesn't, Herzog, Axel Springer, ATTA KENARE, Antony Blinken, Iran's Organizations: Service, Business, Tehran's, United Nations, Getty Images, Experts, US, Army, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Locations: Tehran, Iranian, Isfahan, AFP, Iran, Israel, America, Syria

☆ All the deadly drones Ukraine is building to fight Russia can't make up for the weapons it really needs but doesn't have, Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jake Epstein | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine has built up a formidable arsenal of drones capable of attacking Russian forces everywhere. But these systems are no alternative to the other weapons Kyiv needs, President Zelenskyy said Tuesday. Ukraine needs air defenses, missiles, and artillery, he told Axel Springer media outlets. That said, Kyiv's drone program does not make up for the weapons that the country really needs but doesn't have in its arsenal. Advertisement"If we don't have air-defense systems and the appropriate long-range weapons to match Putin, he will destroy our country," Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

Persons: Zelenskyy, Axel Springer, —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Libkos Mykhailo Fedorov, Dmytro Kuleba, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Service, AP, NATO, Ukrainian, INA FASSBENDER, Patriots Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Kharkiv, Moscow, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Brussels, Poland, Washington

☆ Russia 'knew where we were going to attack,' Zelenskyy says in reflection on why Ukraine's big counteroffensive stumbled
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Chris Panella | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia knew where Ukraine's big counteroffensive last year was going to attack, Zelenskyy said Tuesday. Ukraine has said its 2023 counteroffensive plans were leaked to Russia before the operation began. Along with Russia learning about Ukraine's plans ahead of time, Zelenskyy said some of the issues were Ukraine's fault. AdvertisementOne of Ukraine's sea drones, funded by the large-scale volunteer collection platform UNITED24. Ukraine's drones have also been upgraded over time, some carrying larger, more powerful warheads to do more damage.

Persons: Zelenskyy, —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelensky, Axel Springer, Ukraine's, Kyrylo Budanov, could've, Muhammed Enes Yildirim, Ukraine couldn't, Ukraine Zelenskyy, That's, Vladimir Putin, It's Organizations: Service, CBC News, Anadolu Agency, Getty, NATO, Security Service, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Azov, Donetsk, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kerch, Crimea

☆ A data specialist shares the 2-page résumé that got him a $300,000 job at Google — and explains 3 details he got right on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The résumé that landed Virmani a job at Google is two pages long — a decision he defends today. Six months after deciding to switch careers, he landed a role as a data and machine learning specialist at Google's Seattle office. Related storiesHere's the résumé he used to apply for his job at Google, which pays more than $300,000 a year. She sent her video résumé, which took her 10 hours to create, to the hiring manager directly, Kobayashi previously told BI. A Google recruiter saw the video and reached out to her, and she eventually landed a role at the tech giant.

Persons: Ankit Virmani, —, Virmani, Ankit, you'll, Gen Zs, West, Mariana Kobayashi, Kobayashi, Axel Springer Organizations: Deloitte, Google, Service, Microsoft, Business Locations: India, Seattle, shubhangigoel@insider.com

☆ Zelenskyy bashes the idea Ukraine would cede land to Russia — the core of Trump's reported secret plan to end the war
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Paul Ronzheimer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Trump's reported secret plan to end Russia's war. According to The Washington Post, Trump favors Ukraine ceding territory to Russia to end the war. "If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that's the idea behind it, then it's a very primitive idea," Zelenskyy said in an interview with Axel Springer media outlets. AdvertisementIn a statement to the Post, Trump's campaign cast doubt on any claims that the former president has formulated a way to end the war. "President Trump is the only one talking about stopping the killing."

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump's, Trump, Zelenskyy, —, Donald Trump, Axel Springer, Joe Biden's, Karoline Leavitt, @ZelenskyyUa, Z69XAR0f0f, Paul Ronzheimer, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Johnson, Mitch McConnell, Reagan, McConnell, Biden Organizations: The Washington Post, Service, Washington Post, CNN Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Kharkiv, Russian, Israel, Taiwan, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

☆ How one real-estate unicorn is getting past gutting layoffs and slowing deals
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Rising interest rates have slammed the brakes on deals, and many real-estate companies have cut staff as revenues slowed. Founded in 2020 by real-estate executives Ryan Stroker and William Martiner, Avenue One was profitable by early 2021, company officials told Business Insider. AdvertisementAvenue One cofounder and CEO Ryan Stroker told BI in an interview how the company is navigating the difficult business environment. "I was told that I wasn't spending enough money six months before the layoffs," Stroker said. Layoffs and Big SpendingBoth Stroker and Avenue One's followup statement said the company is financially secure and described the layoffs as prudent rather than necessary.

Persons: It's, Ryan Stroker, William Martiner, Wall, Stroker, Martiner, John Burns, Ryan, Axel Springer Organizations: Service, KKR, Global, Business, MetLife, Wall, Amherst, John Burns Real Estate Consulting, BI Locations: Manhattan, Axel

☆ Vancouver Island: Rescuers work to save orphaned orca calf stranded in a remote lagoon
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Sara Smart | Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A team of rescuers are working to save an orca calf that has been stranded for nearly two weeks in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of Canada. Cottrell explained crews have tried multiple methods to get the calf to leave the lagoon on its own, including “acoustic playbacks” – playing the sounds of other orca whales. Moving the orca calf “will require a lot of patience as well as cooperation from the whale,” Bay Cetology added. This isn’t the first time officials in Canada have strategized to rescue a solitary and stranded orca calf. In 2002, an orca calf who came to be named Springer was spotted alone in Puget Sound, prompting an extensive capture and relocation effort.

Persons: CNN —, ” Paul Cottrell, Cottrell, –, Simon John said, Hunter ”, John, “, ” Cottrell, “ We’re, ”, Orcas –, Springer Organizations: CNN, Fisheries, Oceans, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Puget Sound Locations: Vancouver, Canada, Oceans Canada, Esperanza, Zeballos

☆ Microsoft made cuts to its Teams chat app to focus on its Copilot AI tools, leaked memo shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewMicrosoft reorganized teams under Jared Spataro, its head of "AI at Work," shifting focus to its Copilot AI products and reducing the number of employees working on its Teams chat app, according to an excerpt of an internal memo shared with Business Insider. "In early 2022, we recognized the pandemic as a once-in-a-generation opportunity and we surged on Teams to win," Spataro wrote. AdvertisementMicrosoft spokesman Frank Shaw confirmed Spataro is putting more resources behind Copilot, but said Teams remains a core priority and Copilot is a part of Teams. Copilot for Teams, Shaw said, is the company's most used and loved Copilot according to customer surveys and research and will continue to be a focus of future investments. Microsoft is leaning into the potential of its new Copilot tools, built on OpenAI's GPT models, which so far have mixed feedback from customers.

Persons: —, Jared Spataro, Spataro, Colette Stallbaumer, Frank Shaw, Shaw, OpenAI's, Ashley Stewart, Axel Springer Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business

☆ More startups are paying for ChatGPT as generative AI becomes a go-to tool for tech employees like engineers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

65% of startups on Kruze Consulting's platform are paying for OpenAI, up from just 3% when the chatbot launched in late 2022. Back then, OpenAI had an API service that one to three percent of his clients were using, Jones told Insider in an interview. At fintech unicorn CloudWalk, which is building a payments network, a few engineers started using ChatGPT Plus on their own and praising the application on company Slack channels. Indeed, the growing adoption of ChatGPT is creating demand for engineers who are especially savvy at using generative AI to get work done more quickly. "The feedback we got, which is indirectly related to our using AI, is that investors didn't understand how our team has so many clients and has built so much," Siegal said.

Persons: Healy Jones, OpenAI, Jones, Luis Silva, Carlyle, Lauder, ChatGPT, Silva, We're, CloudWalk, he's, Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Jared Siegal, Siegal, Copilot, Axel Springer Organizations: Kruze Consulting, OpenAI's, Business, OpenAI, Kruze, ChatGPT, eBay, Slack, ChatGPT Enterprise, Lauder Companies Locations: Brazil, Kruze, GitHub

☆ Why the big winner in the Reddit IPO is ... a magazine publisher
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIt's easy to write gloomy stories about the state of the media business. The media business is often pretty gloomy! This one is about a very Old World Media Company that has struck gold in digital media — one of the very few times that has ever happened. (While we're in disclosure mode, I should note that Business Insider itself is a digital media company acquired by German media conglomerate Axel Springer in 2015. AdvertisementMaybe a worthwhile playbook the next time — and there will be a next time — a big media company opens its wallet for a digital upstart again.

Persons: Condé Nast, —, Reddit, Time Warner, Axel Springer Organizations: Advance, Service, World Media Company, Vogue, Yorker, Big Media, News Corp, MySpace, Penguin, YouTube, Maker Studios, Disney, Fox, Time, Comcast, NBC, Vox Media Locations: Reddit

☆ An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental BiologyTo its credit, the journal quickly retracted the paper. Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental BiologyBut this rat's towering phallus is just one symptom of a crisis of fake science. Each step has holes in it that bad science could squeeze through, but the overlapping steps tend to cover each other's holes, making it difficult to squeeze all the way through the whole process. Still, bad science does make it through sometimes, and over the years more holes have opened up. The retracted paper's corresponding author, Dingjun Hao, did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Persons: —, Guo, Guo et, you've, Ivan Oransky, Peter Finch, Vox, Fred Fenter, Fenter, Dingjun Hao, Oransky, they've Organizations: Service, Cell Development, Business, Cell, Springer, IEEE, Guardian Locations: Swiss

Search resuls for: "Springer"

25 mentions found