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Elon Musk’s Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points

The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.

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CNBC Daily Open: We are all farmers hoping for the end of the U.S.-China trade war

Global and U.S. markets hit highs on the prospect of a U.S.-China trade deal. And that’s before an agreement has been signed officially.

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Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha

Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha noted that there are currently 3,000 venture firms in the United States, while there were just 1,000 when he joined Sequoia 20 years ago.

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Chegg slashes 45% of workforce, blames ‘new realities of AI’

The online education company said the combination of artificial intelligence and diminished traffic from search engines like Google has hurt the business.

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Turing AI Institute boss denies accusations of ‘toxic internal culture’

Whistleblowers also accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds and failing to deliver on its mission.

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Critical Dell Storage Bugs Open Door to Remote Attacks

Severe bugs in Dell Storage Manager let hackers bypass authentication and gain remote access. Patch now to secure enterprise storage systems. The post Critical Dell Storage Bugs Open Door to Remote Attacks appeared first on TechRepublic.

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CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot

Teller says X has a 2% hit rate, which means that most of the things the company tries don’t work out, and that’s okay.

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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI.

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What you need to know about the mobsters charged in rigged poker game scandal

A group of alleged mobsters are at the heart of a rigged table game scheme that defrauded millions from poker players, according to an indictment unsealed in New York. The key figures in the racket to rig card games are … Continue reading

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Swedish court upholds gambling authority’s decision against Kornhults Idrottsklubb

An appeal against the rejection of a license application, by Kornhults Idrottsklubb in Sweden, has been rejected by the Administrative Court. The Swedish Gambling Authority has issued an update. The court agreed with the Gambling Authority’s assessment, with the regulator … Continue reading

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