At the DealBook Summit, Jeff Bezos said he is “very hopeful” about President-elect Donald Trump, and praised his deregulatory agenda and Elon Musk's leadership
The Amazon founder said he saw signs of a “calmer” Donald J. Trump on the eve of his return to the White House.
Sources: Uber has explored a possible bid for Expedia as it seeks to grow into a super app; Expedia, valued at nearly $20B, would be Uber's largest acquisition
Buying the travel website would be the ride-hailing group's biggest deal as it looks to diversify
The NYT, Puck, and more are focusing on Reddit; Semrush says Reddit's monthly visitors went from 132M in August 2023 to 346M in April 2024 after Google changes
AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature
The startup, hailed as an AI-focused Google challenger, is republishing parts of exclusive stories from multiple publications …
AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature
The startup, hailed as an AI-focused Google challenger, is republishing parts of exclusive stories from multiple publications …
The Atlantic and Vox Media sign multiyear licensing and product deals with OpenAI; The Atlantic plans an experimental Atlantic Labs with OpenAI's and other tech
- The Atlantic has been publishing content since 1857. … - Both agreements also allow OpenAI to tap into the respective …
Screenshots of Google's AI Overview giving bizarre answers go viral, including telling users to add “1/8 cup of non-toxic glue” to make cheese stick to a pizza
- Google's AI Overviews feature suggested a user put glue on pizza so the cheese would stay put.
Airbnb will no longer let hosts use indoor security cameras, starting April 30, citing renters' privacy; previously, cameras in common areas had been allowed
Expedia says CEO Peter Kern will step down after four years in the role and names its president for business, Ariane Gorin, as CEO, effective May 13, 2024
Expedia's President for Business to succeed Peter Kern as CEO —Exiting CEO Peter Kern: “We delivered on our full-year guidance and drove record results...” $EXPE: -12.4%AH [image]
Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment”
To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment”
To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”
The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …
Airbnb reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $3.4B, vs. $3.37B est., Nights and Experiences Booked up 14% YoY to 113.2M, and Q4 revenue forecast below estimates
NYC's Local Law 18, which imposes registration and other requirements on short-term rentals, goes into force, potentially wiping out thousands of Airbnbs
Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
Shoddy self-published guidebooks, which appear to be compiled with the help of generative AI and promoted via deceptive reviews, are proliferating on Amazon
In March, as she planned for an upcoming trip to France, Amy Kolsky, an experienced international traveler who lives in Bucks County …
Shoddy self-published guidebooks, which appear to be compiled with the help of generative AI and promoted via deceptive reviews, are proliferating on Amazon
In March, as she planned for an upcoming trip to France, Amy Kolsky, an experienced international traveler who lives in Bucks County …
Sources: Vox Media plans to stop using Chorus, its CMS that the company licensed to external publishers from 2018 to 2022, and move its websites to WordPress
Vox Media, the parent company to websites such as New York Magazine, Eater and SB Nation, will no longer use Chorus …
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue”
Adam Mosseri ran Facebook's News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics … See also Mediagazer
Adam Mosseri says Threads will not “encourage” politics and “hard news” as such content brings scrutiny that isn't worth the “incremental engagement or revenue”
/ Adam Mosseri ran Facebook's News Feed in 2016, and now he tells Alex Heath that politics …
Sources: Meta is working on ways to make the next version of LLaMA available for commercial use; the open-source LLM is currently only licensed for research use
Meta wants to make the next version of LLaMA — its open source LLM —available for commercial use. https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @SylviaVarnham @jon_victor_ [image] @rafat : T...