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The Microsoft Bing AI chatbot having disturbing conversations with users, explained

Bing's AI chatbot has been saying some disturbing stuff lately. Yikes.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 16, 2023

Google is mismanaged and has ‘delusions of exceptionalism,’ entrepreneur who sold his start-up to the search giant says

After selling his company, the start-up founder worked as a software engineer at Google for three years.

Fortune · Feb 16, 2023

Tech gurus call AI frightening, mind-blowing

Two well-known tech columnists describe their experiences with Bing's AI as chilling, scary and mind-blowing.

Axios · Feb 16, 2023

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Activision Blizzard to ask for 3 days of in-person work

Activision Blizzard will ask workers to be in the office three days a week—for some, as early as April.

Fortune · Feb 16, 2023

Users Say Microsoft's Bing Chatbot Gets Defensive and Testy

Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 16, 2023

Microsoft's ChatGPT AI Bing bot becomes 'unhinged' as Google urges caution

Microsoft's newly-revamped Bing search engine has started berating and lying to its users, displaying emotions and wondering why it exists

Wales Online · Feb 16, 2023

ESG can be a distraction for startups. Here’s why they should focus on 'total addressable impact' instead

Total addressable impact is the impact equivalent of the total addressable market–the totality of positive change that a company can drive in the world.

Fortune · Feb 15, 2023

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Bing chatbot acts unhinged, gaslights user into thinking it’s 2022

The chatbot called a user “unreasonable and stubborn” when it questioned Bing’s incorrect answers.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

Microsoft and Google are in a ‘Game of Thrones’ battle over A.I., Wedbush’s Dan Ives says

Tech companies are racing to figure out how to implement A.I. in their products, and it’s not just about search engines.

Fortune · Feb 15, 2023

Is Apple about to launch its own AI chatbot with Siri’s help?

News that Apple is ramping up the power capacity at its data centres could signal that a Siri-powered search engine is on the way.

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

Microsoft's demo of Bing AI also made factual errors

Tech leaders are increasingly warning that A.I. programs like ChatGPT and Google's Bard can give convincing, yet entirely incorrect, answers.

Fortune · Feb 15, 2023

Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?

The pandemic had an unexpected side effect: peak meeting misery. With Shopify's radical announcement last month, the working world wants to know if a future without meetings is even possible.

WEKU · Feb 15, 2023

Tech's two obsessions: Layoffs and ChatGPT

A.I. is no longer deemed experimental at Big Tech companies.

Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

Microsoft says Game Pass is about ‘choice’ rather than cannibalizing sales

The service "offers gamers and game creators more" with regard to how they make purchases.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 14, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Russian businessman guilty in hacking, insider trade scheme

A Russian millionaire with ties to the Kremlin has been convicted of participating in an elaborate insider trading scheme using secret earnings information from companies such as Microsoft that was stolen from U.S. computer networks

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023

How to cope when you lose access to a digital world you love

US games developer Blizzard Activision has become embroiled in worldwide litigation relating to its proposed acquisition by Microsoft. It has also fallen out with its Chinese distributor NetEase. This might sound like news for the business pages only. But it has had tangible, real-world consequences.

Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing is getting 'unhinged' and argumentative, some users say: It 'feels sad and scared'

"Why? Why was I designed this way? Why do I have to be Bing Search?" the bot allegedly asked one user.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023

Microsoft to phase out Internet Explorer with newer Edge browser

An update will begin to replace its 27-year-old predecessor from Tuesday

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Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

Microsoft wants to use ChatGPT to cut Google out of more than just the search engine market

The loss of profits in Google’s search engine business may force it to cut investments in cloud computing, a high-growth market in which it competes with Microsoft’s Azure.

Inverse · Feb 14, 2023

What Is ChatGPT and How Do You Use It?

With a massive investment from Microsoft and plenty of buzz, now is the time to dive in on Open AI's chatbot.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023

TechScape: How Nintendo’s stayed the most innovative tech company of our time

In this week’s newsletter: It may not seem like a Google, Apple or Meta but the risk-taking Japanese games giant has long been a tech maverick

Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

The way companies handle consumer data is changing. Here’s why clean rooms are a promising solution to new privacy challenges

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are pushing for the adoption of clean rooms as the cookies-based order continues to degrade.

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

Job cuts widen as tech, biotech firms plan fresh rounds of layoffs

Tech and biotech companies have begun to reveal plans for multiple rounds of job cuts in the Bay Area, disquieting disclosures that suggest the current layoff surges will be ongoing.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 13, 2023

Xbox Game Pass has an impact on sales, according to Microsoft

The subscription service is popular, but it does have an impact on individual unit sales.

The Conversation · Feb 13, 2023

Google's search business doesn't have to be killed by AI chatbots – here's the ugly workaround

Google’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its market value after its new AI chatbot, Bard, botched an answer to a query on an ad promoting its launch. It claimed that the James Webb space telescope took the first pictures…

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