Office drama is brewing when employees — and their bosses — are allowed to use ChatGPT at work. Generative artificial intelligence technology from OpenAI – a billion-dollar-backed startup from Microsoft Corp. – was launched at the end of November and was immediately adopted by many workers to create professional-looking emails and PowerPoint presentations, as well … Read more
Posted: March 21, 2023 4:43 PM ET For the second time in 67 years, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said he was truly blown away by the technology. The first time was in 1980, when he discovered the graphical user interface, which became the bedrock on which he built Microsoft’s Windows MSFT operating system, Gates … Read more
The turmoil unleashed by the Silicon Valley Bank collapse demolished much of what the Federal Reserve, political leaders and investors thought they had learned from the 2007-09 global financial crisis. They assumed that complex securities, too-big-to-fail banks, and obscure, poorly regulated lenders were the weak links in the system. Instead, the weak links were its … Read more
Butter. Burgers. Sausages. Store-bought pastries, cakes and cookies. Oh, and sodas, sweet or diet. They’re all bad, and they all increase our risk of dementia – by a lot. So reports one of the largest and most chilling studies ever, involving around 60,000 people in their 40s, 50s and 60s. The study, involving massive numbers … Read more
Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook Inc. created a tool to predict the structure of hundreds of millions of proteins using artificial intelligence. Researchers say promises to deepen scientists’ understanding of biology, and perhaps accelerate the discovery of new drugs. Meta’s research arm, Meta AI, used the new AI-based computer program known as ESMFold to … Read more
What if it… works? What if everything went as planned? What if Aaron Rodgers jumped aboard the crazy New York Jets train and succeeded where Richard Todd, Ken O’Brien, Boomer Esiason, Frank Reich, Neil O’Donnell, Vinny Testaverde, Ray Lucas, Chad Pennington, Brooks Bollinger, Rick Mirer, Brett Favre (!), Mark Sanchez, Geno Smith, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Josh … Read more
Donald Trump signs the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act at the White House, May 24, 2018. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News Many in Washington blame the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the widespread loss of confidence in the banking system on Trump-era changes in which banks are considered “systemically important” and therefore … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, people familiar with the matter say, after the California lender was taken over by regulators last week amid a historic race on its deposits. The separate investigations are in their preliminary stages and cannot lead to … Read more
Trevor Bauer, who served the longest suspension ever imposed on a player under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, is returning to the field — in Japan, not MLB. Bauer has signed a contract in Japan with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball, it was announced Monday. Bauer was suspended … Read more
UberTechnologies Inc., UBER -0.93% Lyft Inc. LYFT -2.87% and other companies won a victory with a California court ruling that preserves their independent contractor model in the state and could bolster their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere. A state appeals court said workers should continue to be treated as independent contractors under a California … Read more
