The goal of the competition between Google and Microsoft is to use as much generative AI as possible in their productivity tools.Google just announced a big update to Workspace just a few days before Microsoft’s “Future of Work” event. The update includes new developer tools that will make Google’s foundation …
Read More »Microsoft dismisses its ethical AI team while promoting OpenAI
At Microsoft, it was the job of a whole team to guide AI innovation toward moral, responsible, and sustainable results.According to Platformer, the elimination of the ethics and society team was part of a recent round of layoffs that affected 10,000 workers throughout the company. Microsoft has recently redesigned its …
Read More »Meta will eliminate 10,000 more workers and “low priority initiatives.”
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Meta, confirmed recent reports that another round of layoffs was looming by announcing plans to trim its employment by another 10,000 individuals and remove roughly 5,000 open positions that it had not yet filled. Also, according to Zuckerberg, the business would halt “lower priority …
Read More »Meta will stop rewarding Facebook and Instagram creators with Extra bonuses
In order to reward producers for creating Reels and achieving certain milestones, Meta is stopping its program. The program encouraged content creators to produce more brief video content when it was first offered in 2021. The Instagram program was only open to producers residing in the U.S., therefore the shutdown …
Read More »Apple releases a preorder for their new classical music streaming app
Apple is launching a brand-new music streaming service that focuses on classical music.According to Apple, the new Apple Music Classical app will provide Apple Music subscribers access to more than 5 million classical music tracks, including new releases in high-quality audio, as well as hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of …
Read More »Discord releases AI-generated discussion summaries, improves its bot with ChatGPT-like functionality, and more
The newest firm to join the AI craze is Discord. The business revealed today that it is introducing a number of new AI experiences to its servers. Most significantly, Discord is integrating OpenAI ChatGPT technology into its Clyde bot update so that users can have more in-depth conversations with the …
Read More »Silicon Valley Bank puts itself in harm’s way
The incident with Silicon Valley’s best-known bank, which was started over 40 years ago, may go down in the history of the area as the time when it hurt itself so badly that it had to be saved by another bank or it could have gone up in flames in …
Read More »Tweed is a crypto wallet API that can be added to any web service to give it a web3 feel
Meet Tweed, a startup that has been working on a white-label cryptocurrency wallet and payment solution. The company is coming out of stealth today. With Tweed, companies can make wallets for their users so they can buy, hold, send, and spend crypto assets without knowing how to do it. Accel …
Read More »The startups of today should scare you
Rporters hear from a steady stream of new startups every day about their ideas, concepts, products, and services. Startups that say they can tell when an employee might want to leave for a new job, that think they can tell if someone is depressed by listening to their voice, that …
Read More »After creator backlash, YouTube loosened profanity and monetization rules
YouTube relaxed its controversial profanity rules today. The company claims the new rules created a “stricter approach” than intended. The new policy allows moderate and strong profanity without demonetization. The November policy flagged videos with profanity in the first 15 seconds and made them ineligible for monetization, meaning YouTube wouldn’t …
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