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Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on Shepherding ChatGPT
OpenAI was building a reputation in the artificial intelligence field but wasn’t a household name when Mira Murati joined the nonprofit research lab in 2018.
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April 29, 2023
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CLIMATE SOLUTION: GREEN HYDROGEN COMPANY OHMIUM RAISES $250M
In what could prove a milestone for an industry that hopes to help address climate change, the Silicon Valley company Ohmium announced Wednesday it has raised $250 million to increase production of machines that can make clean hydrogen and displace fossil fuels.
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April 29, 2023
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BIG TECH CRACKDOWN LOOMS AS EU, UK READY NEW RULES
TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules this week to curb the power of digital companies.
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April 29, 2023
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UK BLOCKS MICROSOFT-ACTIVISION GAMING DEAL, BIGGEST IN TECH
British antitrust regulators this week blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition for popular titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.
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April 29, 2023
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MONEY: HOW TO BOLSTER YOUR FINANCIAL CONFIDENCE
Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her employer-sponsored retirement account because she was finally earning more than she spent. “It was exciting because for once, I had what felt like extra money,” recalls Perez, who lives in San Antonio, Texas.
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April 29, 2023
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LITTLE RICHARD BIOPIC CELEBRATES A ROCK PIONEER
The king of rock ‘n’ roll didn’t die at Graceland in 1977. He died just three years ago in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and he never really got the crown he deserved.
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April 29, 2023
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GOOGLE'S PERSISTENT AD SLUMP WEIGHS ON ALPHABET'S 1Q RESULTS
Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine.
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April 29, 2023
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US OFFICIALS SEEK TO CRACK DOWN ON HARMFUL AI PRODUCTS
The U.S. government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, the head of the Federal Trade Commission warned in a message partly directed at the developers of widely-used AI tools such as ChatGPT.
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April 29, 2023
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NO ONE IS DRIVING THIS TAXI. WHAT POSSIBLY COULD GO WRONG?
I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat.
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April 29, 2023
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MICROSOFT REPORTS BOOST IN PROFITS, REVENUE, AS IT PUSHE'S AI
Microsoft reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence.
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April 29, 2023
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APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS APPLE'S CONTROL OF IPHONE APP STORE
An appeals court upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps, rejecting the latest attempt to force one of the world’s most powerful companies to dismantle the digital walls protecting its most lucrative product.
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April 29, 2023
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FAMOUS TWITTER USERS DISAVOW MUSK OVER VERIFICATION RETURN
Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why their blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it.
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April 29, 2023
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THE SEED OF AI’S PROMPT TO ASSIST ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE
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April 29, 2023
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INFINITE BANKING HAS TIKTOK BUZZING, BUT IS IT FOR YOU?
Scroll through TikTok’s finance feed and you’ll come across viral videos on “infinite banking.” The concept is making a splash on social media, fueled by celebrities like rapper Waka Flocka Flame.
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April 29, 2023
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CITIES REVIVING DOWNTOWNS BY CONVERTING OFFICES TO HOUSING
On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills.
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April 29, 2023
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THINKING OF STARTING A BUSINESS? CONSIDER BUYING ONE INSTEAD
Starting a business can be an enticing dream. It’s also notoriously difficult to come up with an original idea, find the right team and fund its growth.
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April 29, 2023
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AFTER WEAK START TO YEAR, AIRLINES EXPECT PROFITABLE SUMMER
Most U.S. airlines lost money in the first quarter, traditionally the weakest time of year for travel, but they are all eagerly looking ahead to a summer of full planes and high fares.
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April 29, 2023
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AMAZON AXES 'HALO' FITNESS DEVICES IN COST-CUTTING MOVE
Amazon is winding down its health-focused Halo devices and membership as the tech giant continues to cut costs.
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April 29, 2023
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AMID LAYOFFS, DISNEY TOUTS UPCOMING FILM SLATE AT CINEMACON
Amid a week of massive layoffs at Disney, the leadership team of its film arm gathered in Las Vegas on Wednesday to tout its successes and upcoming slate of films to a crowd of theater owners and exhibitors.
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April 29, 2023
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SPACEX GIANT ROCKET EXPLODES MINUTES AFTER LAUNCH FROM TEXAS
SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight Thursday and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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US INVESTS IN ALTERNATIVE SOLAR TECH, MORE SOLAR FOR RENTERS
The Biden administration announced more than $80 million in funding Thursday in a push to produce more solar panels in the U.S., make solar energy available to more people, and pursue superior alternatives to the ubiquitous sparkly panels made with silicon.
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MOVIE THEATERS AND STREAMERS MAY END UP FRIENDS, AFTER ALL
After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama “Air,” the film executives at Amazon Studios threw them a curveball.
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CALIFORNIA RESEARCHERS ATTEMPT OCEAN CLIMATE SOLUTION
Atop a 100-foot barge tied up at the Port of Los Angeles, engineers have built a kind of floating laboratory to answer a simple question: Is there a way to cleanse seawater of carbon dioxide and then return it to the ocean so it can suck more of the greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere to slow global warming?
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US TAX BREAKS LURE EUROPEAN CLEAN TECH COMPANIES AS EU LAGS
Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean energy in a remote town near the Arctic Circle. Up next? An Atlanta suburb.
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WHY ARE TEEN GIRLS IN CRISIS? IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL MEDIA
Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst.
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MONEY: HOW TO EASE YOUR KIDS INTO ESTATE PLANNING
When parents talk with their kids at the dinner table, estate planning probably doesn’t come up. But considering we aren’t immortal, it should. It’s worth having age-appropriate conversations to introduce children to the idea of estate planning.
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A DIFFERENT KIND OF UNDERDOG STORY IN 'AIR'
The new movie “ Air “ is technically about a shoe. There is nothing especially extraordinary about this shoe.
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NETFLIX SET TO EXPAND PASSWORD SHARING CRACKDOWN TO THE U.S. IN Q2 2023
Netflix announced in its Q1 2023 earnings report that it will be expanding its “paid sharing” plan, which targets password sharing, to more countries in the second quarter, including the United States.
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NAME-THAT-TUNE GAME HEARDLE DROPPED BY SPOTIFY AFTER A YEAR
Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it.
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MICROSOFT AGREES TO BUY $50M FOXCONN PARCEL IN WISCONSIN
Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world’s largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers.
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