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Those are just a few of the takeaways in a new book, “this is so awkward,” aptly lowercased and titled to break down all things puberty for today's parents. The book, out this week from Rodale, is written by pediatrician Cara Natterson, whose “Care & Keeping of You” series has sold more than 7 million copies, and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, a puberty educator and Natterson's co-host of “The Puberty Podcast." AP: One of the things that really struck me about the book is the often inconclusive state of science on puberty, leaving parents to suss out the truth for themselves. So issues of sleep, issues of self-esteem, issues of body image. This is a perfect opportunity for a do-over because controlling our kids' social media feels so big and it feels so hard.

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☆ Rheinmetall Receives Order for Artillery Shells for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

(Reuters) - Rheinmetall has received a further order for artillery ammunition destined for Ukraine under a framework agreement with the German military, the company said on Tuesday. Under the latest call-off, the company will deliver over a hundred thousand 155mm shells from the its new Spanish subsidiary, Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, as well as additional DM 121 high-explosive rounds. Tens of thousands of rounds are to be delivered in 2023, with the remainder due to ship in 2024, according to a statement from Rheinmetall, the world's biggest ammunition producer. (Reporting by Ozan Ergenay, Editing by Rachel More)

Persons: Ozan Ergenay, Rachel More Organizations: Reuters, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Expal Munitions Locations: Ukraine

☆ Meta's Responsible AI team shrinks amid layoffs and restructuring, even as the company goes all-in on AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Meta in 2020 officially formed the Responsible AI (RAI) team with about 30 members of staff. Over the last year, the group's numbers have dwindled, according to five people familiar with the company and its AI work. A shrinking of the RAI team comes at a time when AI has become a global phenomenon . The Responsible AI team was restructuredJerome Pesenti, who was vice president of Meta's AI group, including the RAI team, left last summer and founded his own AI company Sizzle AI. Compliance is important work as RAI workers try to keep Meta's AI work in line with upcoming rules and regulations .

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☆ Microsoft's Jaron Lanier says AI advancing without human dignity will 'undermine everything', including reality
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The future of AI is set to be "spiritually, politically, and economically" corrosive, Lanier said. He noted that people building AI tech should let go of sci-fi wish fulfillment. He noted that, while this year has been the "year of AI," next year the world is going to be "flooded, flooded with AI-generated music." A deluge of generative AI content, from simple search prompts to eerie deepfakes, is now up for broad government regulation. In addition to AI-generated content nixing human connection found through creative works and causing an eventual collapse of the creative economy, Lanier said AI-generated content that can be perfected and customized also undermines peoples' "sense of reality.

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☆ OpenAI offers a way for creators to opt out of AI training data. It's so onerous that one artist called it 'enraging.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Artists and image owners can now ask OpenAI to remove their images from DALL-E training data. OpenAI recently unveiled a new form that image owners and creators can use to request that owned or copyrighted images be removed from DALL-E training data. AI models need high quality, and human generated training data to perform well. "Enraging"Toby Bartlett, an artist with a namesake consulting firm, wrote on Threads that OpenAI's DALL-E opt-out process is "enraging." Or, as OpenAI put it, its model will have "learned from their training data" and be able to "retain the concepts that they learned."

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☆ ‘Cozy cardio’ TikTok trend can ease you into a fitness routine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Faye Chiu | Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

If that sounds like you and you’re looking for a way to improve your health, consider giving “cozy cardio” a try. Before these cozy cardio workouts, Zuckerbrow followed a workout plan, filled with loud music, to lose 100 pounds. The first TikTok video she posted of her new exercise routine garnered 400,000 views, and cozy cardio was born. Adults should be getting 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week, according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Cozy for lifeZuckerbrow’s fitness and stamina continue to increase, and trips to the gym have replaced some of her cozy cardio workouts.

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☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he worked so hard on building his first start-up with his ex-boyfriend that he got scurvy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said he got scurvy from working too hard on his start-up, Loopt. AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, may have learned how to manage his work load the hard way — through malnutrition, according to a New York Magazine profile. Before Altman started leading efforts behind ChatGPT, the buzzy conversational AI chatbot, he first stepped into the tech start-up world in 2004 when he was a sophomore at Stanford University. After selling the company, Altman said he took a year and off and spent his free time reading books, traveling, and playing video games. AdvertisementAdvertisement"It changed my life," Altman told New York Magazine in regard to the ashram.

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☆ Dollar up as data highlights US economic resilience; yen slumps
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Saqib Iqbal Ahmed | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Banknotes of Japanese yen and U.S. dollar are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. The data comes on the heels of disappointing data from Europe, which showed that economic activity in France fell much more quickly than expected in September. Separate survey data covering the whole euro zone showed that the economy likely contracted in the third quarter. The yen dropped as low as 148.42 to the dollar, nearing the 150-mark at which analysts have said government intervention to prop up the currency is likely. BOJ maintains ultra-low interest ratesMeanwhile, sterling was 0.47% lower at $1.2237 after data showed that the UK economy slowed sharply in September and is likely on the brink of recession.

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☆ Glass Lewis recommends Stratasys shareholders reject Desktop Metal deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Glass Lewis argued that Stratasys should look at a revised bid it received from 3D Systems this month (DDD.N) but rejected, according to the Glass Lewis note, which was published on Friday and seen by Reuters. On Wednesday, Institutional Shareholder Services, Glass Lewis' bigger competitor, also recommended against the Desktop Metal deal. Glass Lewis wrote that the Desktop Metal merger "could be a reasonable transaction from the point of Stratasys." Stratasys made its all-stock bid for Desktop Metal in May in a transaction valued at about $1.8 billion. "In our view, the 3D Systems offer presents not only compelling value for Stratasys shareholders, but also lower regulatory hurdles and greater potential scale as composed to the Desktop Metal merger.

Persons: Lewis, Stratasys, Glass Lewis, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Reuters, Services, Desktop, Metal, Systems, Svea, Thomson

☆ Proxy advisor ISS opposes Stratasys, Desktop Metal merger in 3D printing
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Svea Herbst-Bayliss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It is not clear that it (the all-stock offer Stratasys made for Desktop Metal) creates value for 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys shareholders," ISS wrote in its note to clients with a headline "vote against acquisition at SSYS meeting." The directors felt this deal was more attractive than others, including overtures from 3D Systems and Nano Dimension. But as Stratasys', Desktop Metal's and 3D Systems' share prices have dropped in the last 52 weeks, ISS argued that 3D Systems' cash and stock offer for Stratasys "holds out an important hedge against further declines." 3D Systems offered to pay $7 in cash and 1.6387 3D shares per Stratasys share, which would leave them owning 46% of the combined company. Stratasys investor Nano Dimension, which owns 14.1% of the company, said last week that it would vote against the merger.

Persons: ISS's, Stratasys, Svea Herbst, Bayliss, Josie Kao Organizations: Services, Reuters, ISS, 3D Systems, Desktop, Systems, Svea, Thomson

☆ Meta's Llama 2 gives detailed guidance on making anthrax, Senators learned in a rare moment of interest at AI Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kali Hays | Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It was a mostly staid meeting until the potential harms from Meta's new Llama 2 model came up. That prompted a testy exchange between Harris and Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Meta, formerly known as Facebook. "It was one of the only moments in the whole thing that was like, 'Oh,'" one of the senators present said, describing the exchange as having caught people's attention. "It was, 'Ok, next speaker,' it moved right along," one of the senators present said. Its ability to turn up detailed instructions for creating a biological weapon like anthrax is to be expected, two people familiar with the company said.

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☆ New layoffs at Twitter hit trust and safety workers even as advertisers worry about toxic speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk recently laid off more Twitter employees working on the platform's trust and safety efforts, roles typically crucial to keeping a social media platform safe for advertisers. While this layoff only affected a handful of people, five to 10, it was focused entirely on workers in trust and safety. Such workers are responsible for overseeing daily communications on Twitter, and mitigating the appearance and spread of toxic content, mainly so businesses feel comfortable advertising on the platform. As Musk courts controversy , conspiracy , and antisemitism , the advertising business on Twitter, renamed X, has plummeted by more than half and usage has waned . By mid-November, Twitter's trust and safety team had no engineers and no agents, as Insider reported, leaving the team mainly in the hands of people who did administrative work.

Persons: Elon, Twitter's, Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, Engineering, Yaccarino, Defamation League Locations: khays@insider.com, @hayskali

☆ The raw materials for creating AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Alistair Barr | Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The AI models behind this technology are built using high-quality datasets from millions of different sources. These are the raw materials for model "training," in industry parlance. Nvidia GPUs are the main hardware required for AI model training. AdvertisementAdvertisementOver 8,000 authors, including Margaret Atwood and James Patterson, signed an open letter demanding compensation from AI companies for using their works to train AI without permission. Got a tip or insights about the leading AI companies OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Meta?

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☆ Gigacasting 2.0: Tesla reinvents carmaking with quiet breakthrough
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Norihiko Shirouzu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Another said the whole design process for a large metal mold would typically cost about $4 million. To overcome the obstacles, Tesla turned to firms that make test molds out of industrial sand with 3D printers. To cast subframes with hollows as part of one gigacasting, Tesla plans to place solid sand cores printed by the binder jets within the overall mold. But despite that greater flexibility achieved in both the design process and the complexity of the large frames, there was still one more major hurdle to clear. And once Tesla is happy with the prototype mold, it can then invest in a final metal one for mass production.

Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Musk, Terry Woychowski, Woychowski, Tesla's, David Clarke Organizations: Caresoft, U.S, GM, Reuters, Thomson Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Britain, Germany, Japan, United States

☆ Wendy's chief development officer had male mentors make room for her ideas, even when they weren't popular. It's made a big difference.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

In the latest Equity Talk, Pringle said male mentors made room for her ideas, even if they weren't popular. With growth comes opportunity, she told me, because "new restaurants create the next big promotion." It's working in our restaurants and talking to our crew members and our general managers on what we can do to really create opportunities. You know, new restaurants create the next big promotion — the next DM and GM and director of operations. Those are the things that I see in part of my role as being able to help create growth.

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☆ Meta's block on Canadian news content led to an increase in news app downloads and usage
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now, many news outlets are seeing an increase in downloads and usage of their apps. Meta's decision to block user access to news in Canada is not having an entirely negative effect on the country's major publishers. The Globe and Mail in August saw a 98% increase in app downloads and a 27% increase in daily users; CTV News saw a 157% increase in app downloads and an 83% increase in daily usage; La Presse saw a 32% increase in app downloads and an 8% increase in usage; and The National Post's downloads were up almost 10%, with daily usage up 3%. Meanwhile, CBC News saw downloads and daily usage remain relatively flat. "In recent weeks, we have seen an increase in CTV News app downloads, which demonstrates the importance of having access to online news from a Canadian perspective."

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☆ I built my dream job creating drone videos for hotels and fancy Airbnbs in Mexico. 'Everyone wants drone footage.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

She now has her dream job in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where she's become a go-to content creator. Her drone was a key investment and it got her a job shooting some of the top Airbnbs in Mexico. It's supposed to be some of the top Airbnbs in Mexico designed by really famous architects. AdvertisementAdvertisementI've connected with a big Instagram page that shoots all of the best Airbnbs all over Mexico. I follow real-estate pages, which are huge, because I have a drone and a lot of agents really like drone footage.

Persons: Samantha Weiss, she's, I'm, I've, Weiss, It's, it's, He's, he's, there's, we're Organizations: Service, Puerto Escondido Locations: Puerto Escondido, Mexico, Wall, Silicon, Airbnbs, Stamford , Connecticut, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Turkey, Albania, Puerto, Mexico City

☆ What to do if your flight gets canceled: 'Use every tool in the toolbox,' says travel expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Experts share the steps to take if your flight is canceled or delayed. When you travel via airplane, you run the risk of your flight being canceled or delayed and throwing a serious wrench in your plans. On Tuesday, United Airlines flights were grounded for more than an hour after the carrier experienced computer issues, the Federal Administration said. What to do if your flight is canceledThe first thing you should do when you find out your flight is canceled is contact the airline. That way, if your flight gets canceled, you can see if they are willing to book you on a competitor carrier.

Persons: It's, Tomasz Pawliszyn, AirHelp, Clint Henderson, Guy, Henderson, Martin, it's, Pawliszyn Organizations: United Airlines, Federal Administration, CNBC, U.S . Department of Transportation's, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Pawliszyn, Istock, Getty

☆ Twitter is being sued for withholding pay and firing a cofounder of an app it acquired for $36 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter acquired Squad, a screen sharing app, in 2020. Twitter acquired Squad at the end of 2020, in a cash and stock deal worth $36 million, Sutin said. The other founder of the app is Esther Crawford, who became a director at Twitter after the acquisition. Squad's rise in popularity "caught the attention" of Twitter, according to the lawsuit, and it was acquired not long after. As soon as Musk officially acquired Twitter, he ousted its entire C-suite including Agrawal.

Persons: Ethan Sutin, Esther Crawford, Sutin, he's, Elon Musk, Crawford, Musk, Parag Agrawal, Twitter's, Agrawal, Kayvon Keykpour, curt, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, Musk, Agrawal Locations: San Francisco, khays@insider.com, @hayskali

☆ Investors are getting bearish on China — but see other upside opportunities in Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

However, some investors believe a bearish China story is shifting the spotlight onto investment opportunities in other Asian markets. Morgan Stanley downgraded the iShares MSCI China ETF (MCHI) to equal weight from overweight in early August, citing lower earnings growth expectations and structural challenges. Opportunity in Japan Japan currently stands out as a "particularly attractive" investment play, according to Horizon Investments chief investment officer Scott Ladner. Investors can get access to the Japanese market through the iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) , which has an expense ratio of 0.5% and more than $13 billion in assets. Ways to play the space include the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) , the Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (FLKR) and the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (EWT) .

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☆ Social Media Is Dead: Instagram, TikTok Replaced by Group Chats, Messaging
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Sydney Bradley | Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Frustrated with the state of the platform, Breuning launched the "Make Instagram Instagram Again'' crusade in 2022. Influencers, marketers, average users, and even social-media executives agree: Social media, as we once knew it, is dead. Social media to social mediaNo app better defines the changing nature of social media than Instagram. "I'm honestly just tired of social media," said 23-year-old Walid Malb, who works in the creator economy. Amanda Perelli is a senior creator economy reporter covering social media influencers, advertising and marketing trends for Insider.

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☆ Cisco CEO says AI is already becoming a huge new market after it 'missed' the initial cloud computing boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cisco CEO surprised analysts by mentioning it had already sold half a billion dollars of AI gear. Cisco is trying to woo cloud companies away from offerings by Nvidia. "To date, we have taken orders for over half a billion dollars for AI Ethernet fabrics. But Robbins says this new AI cloud market will be triple or more the size of the original and, this time, he plans to make sure Cisco gets its share. And, you know, unfortunately for us, as it's been well documented, we missed the original cloud build out," Robbins said.

Persons: it's, Chuck Robbins, That's, Infiniband, Robbins, Morgan Stanley, Meta Marshall, Julie Bort Organizations: Cisco, Nvidia, Morning, Mellanox Technologies, AMD, Arista, Broadcom, HPE, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Arista Networks, Twitter

☆ Meta's updated RTO mandate is as strict as Amazon's, with a few unique rules. Here are all the key details.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Kali Hays | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The company is putting in place detailed and mandatory rules for in-office and remote work. See new rules on badge tracking, monthly evaluations, and remote workers only allowed in-office a few days per quarter. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg used to say remote work was the way of the future . Meta's guidelines appear to be tailored specifically to avoid remote workers having their cake, and eating it, too. Both will be evaluated monthly, for in-office and remote workers, and employees found to be non-compliant will be notified.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Lori Goler, Meta, Andy Jassy, Zuckerberg, Kali Hays, Hugh Langley Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Google, Employees, Twitter Locations: khays

Yields on one-year real estate bonds rated AA- have widened 220 bps in the past month, data from Chinabond shows. That divergence reflects investors' expectations that Beijing will support LGFVs in order to minimise financial contagion, despite rising delinquencies among developers. Yields on LGFV bonds issued in August averaged around 3.9%, the lowest seen this year, according to data provider Dealing Matrix(DM). The chorus of economists calling for China to support LGFVs as part of measures to shore up the economy has grown. Chi Lo, Hong Kong-based senior economist at BNP Paribas Asset Management, said Beijing needs to refinance LGFV debt over the next three to five years to prevent the system from imploding.

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☆ Snap is ending employees' cash food benefit, citing 'on-site' meals ahead of full RTO mandate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That benefit is disappearing as Snap wants to get people in the office at least four days a week. Instead of the food benefit, workers have been told to "explore" on-site lunch offerings. Snap is ending a benefit for employees to buy food during the work week. It also afforded Snap employees who worked in other offices that did not offer catered food some parity on a company perk they'd never had access to. Snap was one of the first tech companies, after Apple, to reveal to employees such a strict RTO policy .

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