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Can you make money following activist investors into a stock? It depends

Following an activist investor into a stock might not offer as big a financial win as expected. Here’s what to consider.

Fortune

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

Tech's two obsessions: Layoffs and ChatGPT

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

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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.

Fortune

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…

The Conversation

Google Cautions Against 'Hallucinating' Chatbots

The boss of Google's search engine warned against the pitfalls of artificial intelligence in chatbots in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, as Google parent company Alphabet battles to compete with blockbuster app ChatGPT. "This kind of artificial intelligence we're talking about right now can sometimes lead to something we…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google v Microsoft: who will win the AI chatbot race?

Bard’s misfire on launch cost owner $160bn but experts believe ChatGPT is also prone to errors

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AI blunders like Google chatbot’s will cause trouble for more firms, say experts

Warning comes as Alphabet’s shares continue to plummet after error made by Bard AI system during demo

The Guardian - UK

ChatGPT’s founder aims jab at 'lethargic' Google

Sam Altman was bullish about the “fabulous” opportunities the joint venture with Microsoft presented.

Fortune

Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

Google's Bard, an answer to Microsoft's ChatGPT, delivered a factual error in a search demo that the company shared widely. That sent Alphabet's market value plummeting this week.

WEKU

How much employers spend on layoffs

Severance pay, health benefits, and vacation days add to employers' costly layoff bills.

Fortune

Why did Google’s ChatGPT rival go wrong and are AI chatbots overhyped?

Alphabet’s shares plummeted after Bard gave incorrect answer in a demo

The Guardian - UK

Japan greenlights use of delivery robots in bid to solve labour shortages

Starting in April, wide-eyed delivery robots will be allowed to use Japan's roads to deliver food and parcels. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin explains how this could help the country's ageing workforce. But first, Disney cuts 7,000 jobs in a bid to make its streaming business profitable. Plus, Alphabet's stock tumbles…

France 24

Alphabet spent $2 billion on layoffs. Here’s how much job cuts cost Meta, Amazon, and 7 other companies

Companies conduct layoffs to cut costs, but they end up being a pricey approach.

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Evening Standard

Google owner Alphabet loses $100bn in value after Bard chatbot makes factual error

Is there more of the liar than the lyre to Google’s chatbot Bard?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Sydney man found dead in earthquake rubble; Alan Tudge resigns; and World Pride’s rainbow capitalism

The first Australian death in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes confirmed and a byelection looms for Tudge’s Victoria seat

The Guardian - UK

Google AI chatbot Bard sends shares plummeting after it gives wrong answer

Chatbot Bard incorrectly said James Webb Space Telescope was first to take pictures of planet outside Earth’s solar system

ABC News

Alphabet shares dive by $144b after Google AI chatbot Bard makes error in ad

The massive stock market dive comes as longtime rival Microsoft launches a campaign to dominate the search engine space.

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Big banks all pass on rate hikes to homeowners, as AGL has its worst day in 15 years ⁠— as it happened

The ASX 200 followed Wall Street down on Thursday, and companies posted a mixed bag of results, including Megaport and AGL. Find out how the day unfolded.

Fortune

Google shares tank after ChatGPT rival Bard’s mistake

It looks like Google’s new chatbot to challenge ChatGPT and OpenAI still needs a lot of work.

The Times of India

Meta, Alphabet target middle managers with tech jobs cuts

SAN FRANCISCO: As Meta Platforms Inc, Alphabet Inc and other Silicon Valley behemoths look to lighten payrolls after years of feverish hiring, a clear target has emerged: the middle manager.

Tribune News Service

A clear target emerges in tech layoffs: Middle managers

As Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc. and other Silicon Valley behemoths look to lighten payrolls after years of feverish hiring, a clear target has emerged: the middle manager.

Fortune

'Every Googler' to test ChatGPT competitor: CEO Pichai

OpenAI's A.I. program is disrupting internet search as both Google and Baidu announced ChatGPT competitors on Monday.

Tribune News Service

Biden expected to assail Silicon Valley Big Tech in State of the Union address

President Joe Biden will reportedly attack Big Tech in his State of the Union address Tuesday in a bid to unite lawmakers in Washington concerned about the industry’s unprecedented influence and impact on all facets of American life.

Tribune News Service

Google releases ChatGPT rival AI ‘Bard’ to early testers

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is getting its ChatGPT competitor ready for prime time.

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