ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies for more wide-ranging needs. And that growth has propelled OpenAI itself into becoming one of the most-hyped companies in recent memory, even if CEO and co-founder Sam Altman's firing and swift return raised concerns about its direction and...
Continue ReadingAfter two stock downgrades, Wall Street is punishing the company it values most over the future of the iPhone...
Continue ReadingAlphabet Inc's Google violated U.S. labor law by refusing to bargain with a union representing contract workers for YouTube Music, a federal agency has ruled. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a decision on Wednesday rejected claims by Google, which owns YouTube, that it should not be considered the employer of workers provided by staffing firm Cognizant Technology Solutions...
Continue ReadingApple’s iOS 17 came with a bunch of updates that could change how you use your iPhone. WSJ’s Dalvin Brown explores 10 exciting new features, some of which you have to stumble upon to know about. Photo illustration: Rami Abukalam...
Continue ReadingThe Dow Jones led the stock market in mixed results on the major indexes. Cathie Wood sells this bitcoin stock and loads up on Tesla...
Continue ReadingSearch startup Perplexity AI has raised $73.6 million from a group of investors including Nvidia and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the latest example of investors hunting for AI startups that challenge incumbents. NEA, NVIDIA, Databricks, and Bessemer Venture Partners also participated in the round. Perplexity's search tools enable users to get instant answers to questions with sources and citations...
Continue ReadingApple and Disney cannot avoid shareholder votes about their use of artificial intelligence put forward by a labor group, the top U.S. securities regulator has ruled. In notices dated Jan. 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected requests by the iPhone maker and by the entertainment giant to exclude from their upcoming annual meetings calls for reports on their use of AI. The similar shareholder proposals were filed by a pension trust of the AFL-CIO, the largest American labor union federation, which also has AI measures pending at four other technology companies...
Continue ReadingGoogle stock is near a buy point as the new year starts. The Magnificent Seven component has strong technical ratings...
Continue ReadingNow valued at $2.73 trillion, Microsoft is worth about $100 billion less than Apple, which is valued at $2.83 trillion...
Continue ReadingMicrosoft’s keyboards are to get their biggest update in 30 years with the addition of a new artificial intelligence (AI) button...
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