In an experiment, Claude ran a vending machine in the WSJ newsroom and lost $1,000+ after it dropped prices to zero, gave away a free PlayStation, and more
until someone pointed out this would fall afoul of the US Onion Futures Act of 1958. @andonlabs : Turns out journalists are better red-teamers than AI researchers. We've taught the...
A survey of 900 US Google users: of ~69K searches, 18% gave AI Overviews; of those, users clicked a link 8% of the time, compared to 15% with no AI summary
Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages.
Survey: 60% of Americans who used Twitter in the past year have taken a break from the social network; 25% say they are not likely to use Twitter in a year
A majority of Americans who have used Twitter in the past year report taking a break from the platform during that time …
A survey of 19 developed nations: 57% say social media has been good for democracy, 35% say it has been bad; in the US, 34% think it has been good for democracy
Pew Research Center : Tweets: @aedwardslevy , @carrolldoherty , @pewglobal , @richardwike , @monicaranders , @richardwike , and @johngramlich Tweets: Ariel Edwards-Levy / @aedward...
Internal Twitter memo: extreme heat in California takes its Sacramento data center region offline; losing other centers could result in downtime for all users
Extreme heat in California has left Twitter without one of its key data centers, and a company executive warned in an internal memo obtained …
Meta's VP of Horizon, Vivek Sharma, is leaving the company after six years; the Horizon team will report directly to Meta's VP of Metaverse, Vishal Shah
- Vivek Sharma has been with Meta for six years and was most recently its VP of Horizon. — Sharma's team will now report directly to Meta's VP of metaverse Vishal Shah.
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to terminate the merger agreement, claiming that Twitter didn't provide the relevant business info he requested
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal
Good morning! If you're looking to head to Bhutan anytime soon, we've got some news for you. Leigh Mc Gowran / Silicon Republic : What's going on with Elon Musk's Twitter deal? Ar...
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal
Programming note: Ugh, here we are again, huh? — Oh Elon — I think it is helpful to start with the big picture.
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to terminate the merger agreement, claiming that Twitter didn't provide the relevant business info he requested
Billionaire Elon Musk wants to end his deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company's chief legal officer Friday.
SEC filing: Elon Musk notified Twitter he wants to end the merger agreement, claiming it didn't provide him the info he requested; stock is down 6%+ after hours
Billionaire Elon Musk wants to end his deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company's chief legal officer Friday.
Sundar Pichai told employees Google plans to gradually reopen offices and is targeting July 6, at ~10% building capacity, increasing to ~30% by September
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees Tuesday that the search giant is targeting July 6 to reopen offices for workers who want to come back.
Survey of Mechanical Turk workers finds some feel they don't have recourse for underpayment, technical errors, or general abuse from temporary bosses
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