A.I. is ‘seizing the master key of civilization’ and we ‘cannot afford to lose,’ warns ‘Sapiens’ author Yuval Harari

fortune.com Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late November, technology companies including Microsoft and Google have been racing to offer new artificial intelligence tools and…

I'm a Former Google Recruiter. Here's How to Land a Job in Tech

entrepreneur.com A former Google recruiter says layoffs may be trendy, but tech workers are always needed. Here's how to land a job at a major tech company. Opinions expressed by…

SEC puts Coinbase on notice and other TC news

techcrunch.com Welcome to another episode of The TechCrunch Podcast where we break down the biggest stories in tech news with the people who cover it. This week, I talk with Taylor…

How the FBI caught the BreachForums admin

techcrunch.com How the FBI caught the BreachForums admin The Justice Department also said it conducted a "disruption operation" that caused BreachForums to go offline. On Friday, the U.S.…

Larry Magid: Is artificial intelligence the next search engine?

bostonherald.com I still remember the impact of Google, back around 1998, which fundamentally changed the way we search for information. Even though I still use it multiple times a day, that…

Snap quietly acquired 3D scanning startup Th3rd last year

techcrunch.com Snap quietly acquired Amsterdam-based 3D scanning studio Th3rd in the second quarter of last year, at a time when the company was looking to bolster its AR-powered commerce…

The ex-Meta recruiter who got $190K a year ‘to do nothing’ speaks out

sfgate.com Maddie Machado, an ex-employee of Meta, wanted to set the facts straight about the tech industry and its opaque hiring practices. So, as one does, she posted some thoughts…

The low-hanging fruit for newsletter publishers

substack.com Welcome! I'm Simon Owens and this is my media industry newsletter. If you've received it, then you either subscribed or someone forwarded it to you. If you fit into the…

Meta sued by San Mateo County Board of Education over social media addiction

siliconvalley.com By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by the school board in the company’s home county for allegedly addicting students to its social media platforms…

7 Ways Dating Apps Are Lying To You

marketbeat.com Dating apps have undoubtedly revolutionized how people find love and connect with others. 3 in 10 US adults say they have used an online dating service (website or app). The…

Hollywood’s AI Anxiety Is Showing

hollywoodreporter.com If artificial intelligence evangelists’ predictions pan out, generative AI systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E are set to transform Hollywood by developing and writing scripts…

Accenture puts 19,000 staffers' heads on the chopping block

theregister.com Accenture is erasing the jobs of 19,000 employees - with in-house IT workers confirmed on the front line - after it trimmed revenue projections for the rest of its current…

Bill Gates's Open Letter Suggests AI's Potential Is Both Exciting And Terrifying

forbes.com Microsoft founder Bill Gates has published an open letter on the potential benefits and drawbacks of artificial intelligence • He singled out climate change, productivity,…

Venture capitalists race to land next AI deal on Big Tech's turf

reuters.com PALO ALTO, California, March 24 (Reuters) - In December and January, several venture capitalists from the U.S. and Britain raced to Paris to vie for a stake in a new…

Sam Altman, who was already wealthy before starting OpenAI, reportedly doesn't own any equity in the company behind ChatGPT

businessinsider.com OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly took no equity in the company when it became for-profit. Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took no equity in the…

Elon Musk reportedly left OpenAI's board in 2018 after Sam Altman and other cofounders rejected his plan to run the company

businessinsider.com Elon Musk is an outspoken critic of ChatGPT creator OpenAI today. Carina Johansen/Getty Images Elon Musk tried to take over OpenAI in 2018 but walked away after Sam Altman…

AI Stocks: In Case You Missed It On Trump, Bard, Adobe, Nvidia

investors.com Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL), Adobe (ADBE) and Nvidia (NVDA) led the way this week in artificial intelligence-related news for AI stocks. But perhaps the biggest…

Elon Musk was reportedly 'furious' at ChatGPT's popularity after he left the company behind it, OpenAI, years ago

businessinsider.com OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk cofounded the AI company, but reportedly had a falling out years ago. Getty Elon Musk was reportedly mad when OpenAI's ChatGPT made its…

Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents

npr.org Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first state to enact laws limiting how children can use social…

Three Cybersecurity Stocks To Consider As Cyberattacks Persist

forbes.com In this article I use AAII’s A+ Investor Stock Grades to provide insight into three cybersecurity stocks gaining momentum from recent events. With the prevalence of…

Talking About TV: Most Talk YouTube -- Especially Younger Viewers

mediapost.com Nielsen just released the latest version of The Gauge, its monthly TV video viewing time-spent report of what Americans watch on their televisions across broadcast, cable…

Publishers To Seek Compensation For AI-Generated Content

mediapost.com Media executives want compensation for use of their content when served in OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing Chat, and Google Bard, similar to the way Australia and other…

With Congress closer to banning TikTok, app's future is murky

cbsnews.com TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress on Thursday appears to have done little to allay Washington's concerns about whether the social media platform poses a…

Job growth slows sharply in Bay Area and California amid tech layoffs

siliconvalley.com San Jose skyline, seen in 2021. The pace of job growth slowed sharply in the Bay Area and California in February, government officials disclosed Friday in a disquieting…

The Selena Gomez And Hailey Bieber Social Media Drama, Explained

forbes.com After months of fan-fueled internet drama in a saga that’s included everything from shady TikToks featuring Kylie Jenner to a brief social media break for Gomez amid…

A financial coach who books $8,000 a month shares 9 easy ways to earn passive income

businessinsider.com Lisa Andrea is the financial coach behind The Financial Cookbook Blog. Lisa Andrea Lisa Andrea launched a financial blog in 2021 and consistently books $8,000 in monthly…

Companies Planning the Biggest Mass Layoffs This Year

247wallst.com If 2022 was a year of mass resignations, towards the end of the year conditions changed, and companies began announcing mass layoffs – and this continued in 2023, perhaps in…

Elon Musk Wanted to Take Over ChatGPT Developer, OpenAI in 2018

watcher.guru Semafor reported that Telsa founder, Elon Musk, wanted to take control of ChatGPT developer, OpenAI, in 2018. Moreover, the report states that Musk confronted the current…

Wall Street Breakfast: TikTok Goes The Clock

seekingalpha.com The U.S. government's moves against TikTok - the runaway-success short-form video social app owned by China's ByteDance (BDNCE) - have entered a new phase after a House…

Sam Altman didn't take any equity in OpenAI, report says

cnbc.com Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, pauses during the New Work Summit in Half Moon Bay, California, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. OpenAI's ChatGPT unleashed an arms…

NFT Now is changing web3 Media

nftculture.com We’re incredibly excited for our friends and innovators at NFT Now The traditional models and ways of doing things in media just don’t work anymore. The rise of social…

Russian 'Zoopark-2' Radar System Obliterated in Ukrainian Strike: Kyiv

newsweek.com Ukraine forces have released a video of the destruction of a Russian Zoopark-2 radar system that was being used to detect Ukrainian artillery fire and positions. The Command…

Kid-focused short video app Zigazoo launches a TikTok competitor for Gen Z

techcrunch.com Zigazoo, the startup known for its TikTok-style video-sharing app for kids, is launching a separate app targeted toward Gen Z users. The new Gen Z app will take the flagship…

First Republic, Deutsche Bank, Chevon, Block fall premarket; Regeneron rises

investing.com We encourage you to use comments to engage with other users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level…

The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI

semafor.com But in 2018, there was no reason to think that either the impulsive Musk or quirky, quiet Altman would become so central to the Silicon Valley narrative, even if they were…

Is Nvidia's valuation justified? One bullish fund manager gives two reasons to own the stock

cnbc.com Shares of Nvidia have rocketed by over 100% in the last six months. That has led some investors to question its extraordinary valuation on many measures during heightened…

Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store

techcrunch.com Google has taken down hundreds of loan apps from the Play Store in Kenya, after its new policy, which requires digital lenders in the East African country to submit proof of…

Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition

businessinsider.com It's finally Friday, friend-o. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I've made it through another week of procrastination (AKA talking too much). I spend a lot of my day thinking about…

Everyone in Washington is talking about a TikTok ban. But is it really a national security threat?

cnn.com After TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified for more than five hours on Thursday before a Congressional committee, one thing was clear: US lawmakers remain convinced that TikTok is…

China’s opposition to TikTok sale complicates the picture

latimes.com The latest U.S.-China clash over the popular social media app TikTok is likely to worsen the already-deteriorating relationship between the two countries, as Beijing and…

Shopify, Coca Cola Harness the Power of ChatGPT

pymnts.com continues to evolve and the conversation around OpenAI’s ChatGPT amplifies, more and more retailers are exploring what it could mean for them. Retailers can use Chat GPT in…

The Pushback Against Biometric Surveillance Systems Is Growing on Both Sides of the Atlantic

nakedcapitalism.com Amazon is facing yet another class-action lawsuit, this time for allegedly deploying biometric recognition technologies to monitor Amazon Go customers in its New York City…

UK’s top online publishers in February 2023: Guardian and Future drop out of top 20 as Tiktok enters

pressgazette.co.uk Six news publishers were among the top 20 biggest online organisations in the UK in February, according to the latest data from Ipsos iris. The top of the list was dominated…

TikTok’s Testimony, and Google’s Bard Release

megaphone.fm Scott and Kara* dissect TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s testimony in the House as the app fends of a potential U.S. ban. And in A.I. news, Google released its chat bot, Bard, to the…

I make up to $13,000 a month from my digital-marketing business and still have the flexibility to travel and snowboard

businessinsider.com Elizabeth Nelson and her partner, Jesse Hall. Courtesy of Elizabeth Nelson Elizabeth Nelson launched her digital agency during the pandemic after being a wildland…

Character.AI Reached Unicorn Status after $150M Series A Funding

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Character.AI Reached Unicorn Status after $150M Series A Funding As the AI buzz continues, Silicon Valley chatbot startup Character.AI has attained a unicorn…

Nvidia Stock, Related ETFs Jump on AI Partnership

yahoo.com Nvidia Corp. stock surged, boosting a host of exchange-traded funds Wednesday and today, after the tech giant juggernaut unveiled new cloud services aimed at helping…

Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Says Bitcoin Fixes World's 'Dirty Gold' Problem

benzinga.com creator Charlie Lee highlighted the advantages of Bitcoin BTC/USD on Twitter in relation to the problem posed by fake bullion bars. What Happened: Lee reacted to a post by a…

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Locks & Loads Estimated $8M On Thursday Night

deadline.com The most critically acclaimed John Wick of all-time, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, is seeing the franchise’s best Thursday previews of all-time at around $8M per…

These tech giants are still making money, but layoffs are coming hard and fast

cnbc.com From the U.S. to Europe and Asia, global tech giants from Microsoft and Google, to Amazon, SAP and more have laid off thousands of employees since the start of the year.…

TikTok Rivals Thrive As Washington Turns Up Heat Over Safety Concerns

investors.com TikTok's Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew was brought before U.S. lawmakers Thursday to testify about consumer privacy, child safety and data security practices on the…

TikTok’s CEO faces bipartisan skepticism in first Congressional hearing on security concerns

digiday.com As TikTok’s chief executive made his first appearance in front of Congress, U.S. lawmakers made it clear that other Big Tech companies are also still very much in the hot…

Research deep dive: YouTube holds strong as a reliable marketing channel for agencies and brands

digiday.com YouTube might not be considered one of the most exciting marketing channels compared with newer platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but agencies and brands see YouTube as a…

Kids to require parental consent to access social media apps under new Utah law

cbsnews.com Children and teenagers in Utah are to lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don't have parental consent and would face other restrictions under a…