2024-01-10
A virtual Amazon Dash, if you will. [embedded post]
Reuters
At CES 2024, Walmart unveils a generative AI search tool and says it is developing a tool to help InHome users quickly add commonly ordered items to their carts
Siddharth Cavale / Reuters :
2023-12-15
Oh geez. Here we go. [embedded post]
Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz says “we will, for the first time, get involved with politics by supporting candidates who align with our vision and values” for technology
As software has eaten the world, it has become integral to every industry and nearly every endeavor in our society.
2023-11-04
“NFT marketplace.” — Go do that. [embedded post]
Decrypt
OpenSea lays off ~50% of staff and is moving to “OpenSea 2.0”; after laying off 20% of its workforce in July 2022, the NFT marketplace said 230 staff remained
A company representative told Decrypt that approximately 50% of employees were impacted across the company.
2023-09-25
Ah, yes. We all wanted a Sassy Susannah to handle my customer service needs.
Wall Street Journal
Sources: Meta plans to release AI chatbots with personalities, internally called Gen AI Personas, across its apps at this week's Connect, to attract young users
Facebook parent is developing bots with personalities, including a ‘sassmaster general’ robot that answers questions
2023-08-29
“Why can't we find any employees to hire?” [embedded post]
Insider
Meeting: Andy Jassy told employees who refuse to return to the office “at least three days a week” that “it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon”
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who disagree with the return-to-office mandate that it's “not going to work out for you.”
2023-08-25
Mentioned this the other day: What is a way for Amazon to scale up their live sports streaming? [embedded post]
The Information
Sources: Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on a streaming version of ESPN, perhaps helping with distribution and taking a minority stake
Amazon has had early talks with Disney about working on the streaming version of ESPN it is developing, said people familiar with the matter.