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Holiday Shopping Can Be Easier With AI Tools. Sort Of.
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Holiday Shopping Can Be Easier With AI Tools. Sort Of.

Listen to article(1 minute)Artificial intelligence could upend the way we shop for loved ones around the holidays. It’s just not ready to do everything yet.A third of people say they plan to use ChatGPT or some other generative AI while holiday shopping this year, according to a September analytics survey by Adobe. Those surveyed said they wanted AI to surface good deals, brand recommendations and gift alternatives.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Overwhelmed by Email? How AI Tools Can Get You to Inbox Zero
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Overwhelmed by Email? How AI Tools Can Get You to Inbox Zero

NO MATTER HOW much time we spend unclogging our email inboxes on any given day, more calendar invites, premeeting memos and “urgent” tech updates will pile up tomorrow. Given the scale of the problem, it might feel like a personal email butler is necessary.Enter artificial intelligence. Companies like Shortwave, launched by ex-Googlers, or Sanebox, a $3.49-a-month utility, offer third-party extensions that can triage your unread messages. Major email platforms are increasingly developing similar tools. When drafting a note in Gmail, for instance, you can now add context that Google’s Bard chatbot pulls from your Google Calendar, Maps searches and Google’s other apps. (You can access Bard free at bard.google.com. With a work account, you might have to ask your company’s IT administrator to...
Nvidia’s AI Boom Almost Blows Past Politics
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Nvidia’s AI Boom Almost Blows Past Politics

Nvidia rules the artificial intelligence world, but that world is getting a little smaller—and more crowded. The chip maker now synonymous with AI reported another quarter of blowout sales and earnings growth late Tuesday. Revenue more than tripled to $18.1 billion thanks mostly to soaring sales at the company’s data center segment, which is now four times as large as its other businesses combined. Nvidia’s strong lead in the chips necessary to power generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT is also evident in its surging bottom line. Adjusted operating margins hit a record high of 64% in the fiscal third quarter ended October, far above the company’s average of 38% for the same quarter over the past five years. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe8...
OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO
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OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 8:01 pm ETThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees threatened to quit if the board that fired the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, didn’t resign itself and restore him to power.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said late Sunday that the company was hiring Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president who resigned in protest after Altman was ousted, and was opening its doors to more joining from the company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Amazon Launches Free AI Classes in Bid to Win Talent Arms Race
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Amazon Launches Free AI Classes in Bid to Win Talent Arms Race

Amazon.com is launching a program to train millions of workers in artificial-intelligence skills as the tech giant seeks to gain an edge in a pitched battle for talent with Microsoft, Google and other companies.Named “AI Ready,” Amazon’s new program plans to train at least two million people by 2025 on basic to advanced AI skills, including how to make use of the generative AI technology that has powered language-based models such as ChatGPT. Amazon aims to fill a gap in AI talent as it has sought to generate interest in its generative AI efforts after falling behind rivals. In launching its program, Amazon is adding to a broader effort by the corporate world to get workers in various fields trained in AI.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5e...
OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO
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OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 8:01 pm ETThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees threatened to quit if the board that fired the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, didn’t resign itself and restore him to power.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said late Sunday that the company was hiring Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president who resigned in protest after Altman was ousted, and was opening its doors to more joining from the company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO
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OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns After Sam Altman Was Fired as CEO

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 8:01 pm ETThe future of OpenAI was in jeopardy Monday, as the vast majority of employees threatened to quit if the board that fired the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, didn’t resign itself and restore him to power.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said late Sunday that the company was hiring Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president who resigned in protest after Altman was ousted, and was opening its doors to more joining from the company behind viral chatbot ChatGPT.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Nvidia Earnings Preview: What Investors Should Expect From the AI Stock Star
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Nvidia Earnings Preview: What Investors Should Expect From the AI Stock Star

Updated Nov. 20, 2023 4:47 pm ETThere is a lot riding on the earnings report this week from Nvidia, both for the company’s ebullient investors and the entire stock market.Nvidia has been the big winner of the bet that artificial intelligence is the next big thing in tech, the so-called AI trade that surged in popularity after OpenAI’s release of its ChatGPT app. The chip maker’s shares have more than tripled this year, contributing to a sizable portion of the S&P 500’s 18% rise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Amazon Launches Free AI Classes in Bid to Win Talent Arms Race
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Amazon Launches Free AI Classes in Bid to Win Talent Arms Race

Amazon.com is launching a program to train millions of workers in artificial-intelligence skills as the tech giant seeks to gain an edge in a pitched battle for talent with Microsoft, Google and other companies.Named “AI Ready,” Amazon’s new program plans to train at least two million people by 2025 on basic to advanced AI skills, including how to make use of the generative AI technology that has powered language-based models such as ChatGPT. Amazon aims to fill a gap in AI talent as it has sought to generate interest in its generative AI efforts after falling behind rivals. In launching its program, Amazon is adding to a broader effort by the corporate world to get workers in various fields trained in AI.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5e...
Nvidia Earnings Preview: What Investors Should Expect From the AI Stock Star
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Nvidia Earnings Preview: What Investors Should Expect From the AI Stock Star

There is a lot riding on the earnings report this week from Nvidia, both for the company’s ebullient investors and the entire stock market.Nvidia has been the big winner of the bet that artificial intelligence is the next big thing in tech, the so-called AI trade that surged in popularity after OpenAI’s release of its ChatGPT app. The chip maker’s shares have more than tripled this year, contributing to a sizable portion of the S&P 500’s 18% rise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8