How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles

Tue, 02/07/2023 - 05:00
Tech Insider : Economy
A baby wearing a too-large suit sits at a desk with a job-title plaque in front of them that reads 'Senior Executive Vice President
Associates are now "partners," and everyone's a "senior executive VP." Why did regular-old job titles suddenly get so pompous-sounding?

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AGI's 'big brass ring,' artificial general intelligence, will be worth trillions, ex-Meta executive predicts

Tue, 02/07/2023 - 04:45
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Ex Meta exec John Carmack said that we can achieve artificial general intelligence by the 2030s.

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Google just took the wraps off its long-awaited ChatGPT rival: Meet Bard

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 16:11
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CEO of Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai in Warsaw, Poland on March 29, 2022.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai unveiled Bard, the tech giant's ChatGPT competitor in a blog post on Monday.

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Can't get enough of Showtime's 'Billions'? Get ready for 'Trillions'

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 15:26
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David Costabile as Mike "Wags" Wagner in "Billions," a show that is getting two spinoffs: "Millions" and "Trillions."

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Spain launched its long-awaited 'digital nomad visa' — here's who qualifies and how to apply

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:58
Tech Insider : Travel
A group of tourists walking along Marques de Larios in Málaga, Spain.
A group of tourists walking along Marques de Larios in Málaga, Spain.

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Twitch suspended a GPT-powered AI comedy show trained on 'Seinfeld' episodes after it made transphobic comments

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:38
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The AI standup comic Larry who was banned from Twitch.

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ChatGPT 'may make up facts,' OpenAI's chief technology officer says

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:34
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Mira Murati speaking at Diane Von Furstenberg's InCharge Conversations 2020, in March 2020 in New York City.
Mira Murati, OpenAI's CTO pictured, said in an interview with Time magazine that ChatGPT "may make up facts."

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Take a look at the new emoji that could be approved this year, from a shaking head to a phoenix rising from the ashes

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:03
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The new candidates for Emoji 15.1, which could be approved later this year, include a fiery phoenix, a broken chain, and more.

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You'll have to pay more to see a movie at an AMC Theatre if you want prime seating

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:53
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Nicole Kidman will have to pay extra to sit in the middle of an AMC theater — unless she's subscribed to AMC's Stubs A-List program.

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Dell is slashing 6,650 workers amid a layoff wave that has expanded past tech to include bellwethers like Dow and 3M. Here's the full list of major US companies making cuts in 2023.

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:35
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Dell's co-chief operating officer Jeff Clarke told employees in a memo, "market conditions continue to erode with an uncertain future." The company is eliminating 5% of its workforce.

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