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Parler Acquired by Starboard With Plans to Repurpose ‘Twitter Clone for Conservatives’
Starboard envisions the growth of this platform in the Cloud space
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Elon Musk Sets 2-Night Tucker Carlson Interview on Twitter, AI
The high-profile sit-down comes one week after the Fox News host booked former president Donald Trump
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Insider Editor-in-Chief Calls on Journalists to Use ChatGPT Generative AI to Report Stories
“Generative AI can make all of you better editors, reporters, and producers,” Nich Carlson said in a memo to staff
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s 2022 Take Home Pay Plunges to $1.3 Million
The CEO warns that Amazon Web Services faces “headwinds” but sees growth ahead in chips, AI and advertising
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Peacock Launches on Meta’s Quest 2, Quest Pro Virtual Reality Headsets
The move is part of a broader partnership that will bring NBCUniversal IP to Horizon Worlds later this year
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Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Launches Tech Division, Former Siri CMO Joins as President
Faith Sedlin will oversee all operations for the production company’s new business unit, including its VR editing tool ViewScreen
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Chatbots Flip the Script: For Screenwriters, AI’s Evolution Brings New Tools and New Fears
TV showrunners and film scribes may be keeping an open mind about growing tech like ChatGPT, but concerns about job loss and credit are already generating heated talk
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ChatGPT Can ‘Corrupt’ a Person’s Moral Judgment, New Study Finds
Researchers believe that even if users know they are advised by a chatting bot, “they underestimate how much they are influenced”
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As AI Gets Better, Could It Swallow the Companies Building With It? | PRO Insight
OpenAI, Microsoft and Google may never be free of the tension between being AI technology providers and developers themselves
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Substack Responds to ‘Abrupt’ Twitter Sharing Restrictions: ‘Livelihoods Should Not Be Tied’ to Platform That ‘Can Change on a Whim’
The Elon Musk-owned app has made it difficult to embed tweets in Substack stories
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The Bot Stays in the Picture: How AI Could Transform Acting
New technology is opening up possibilities like a virtual 007 or a “Casablanca” prequel, but old fights around mimicking actors’ likenesses could heat up again
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Cash App Creator and Former Square Exec Bob Lee Killed in Apparent Stabbing
The 43-year-old executive was fatally stabbed on Tuesday, according to reports
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The Raine Group, Lead WWE Adviser on UFC Merger, Acquires Boutique Tech M&A Bank Code Advisors
Code Advisors co-founders Quincy Smith and Michael Marquez join Raine Group as partner and special adviser, respectively
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy, Plans to Sell Itself
The billionaire’s satellite launch company said last week it would lay off 85% of its staff
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No One’s to Blame for ChatGPT’s Made-Up ‘Facts’ About ’80s Synth-Pop Icon Howard Jones | PRO Insight
No human, that is — maybe the generative-AI chatbot should be benched, as critics like Elon Musk suggest
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