. Discover how the growing popularity of AI-based service ChatGPT has caused shares of education platforms, such as Chegg, Pearson and Duolingo, to drop. Chegg has also introduced CheggMate to compete with ChatGPT, as universities ban its use due to an unfair advantage it could give students. Will Chegg's new strategy be enough to recover its losses?
Meta, the parent company of the social media giant, Facebook, recently reported an increase in malware attacks. Powered by artificial intelligence and lures such as ChatGPT, Meta's security team uncovered 10 different malicious software families targeting online users. Attackers use malicious browser extensions on official web stores, social media, and sponsored search results to trick people into downloading them. Protect yourself with the help of Meta's new protective tools and features.
This article discusses the anxiety among workers over the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various industries, and presents evidence from a Fortune 500 study that shows that AI is beneficial and enhances the productivity of workers while also helping to retain them. It also sheds light on how the AI system can help inexperienced employees perform at the same level as those with more experience. The study also showed that AI brought customer satisfaction and higher customer sentiment. A professor at the Stanford Institute for Human Centered AI shares his thoughts on this more efficient way of using software.
This article explores the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) and how it seeks to create a fairer digital space by breaking open tech companies such as Google and Apple, rather than breaking them up. It also looks at how the DMA affects companies like Meta and the key role played by Cédric O, France's former digital economy minister. Find out more about the DMA's guidelines, criteria for potential “gatekeeper” companies, and the potential fines for non-compliance.
Databricks, a cloud-based data analytics and machine learning platform, has completed their fifth acquisition of 2021: Okera, a data security startup. With this acquisition, customers will benefit from enhanced data protection while training AI-based language models such as Apache Spark 2.0. Overall, the valuation of Databricks stands at $38 billion, demonstrating the immense potential of data and AI.
Explore the evolution of tech policy from Obama's optimism to Harris's vision at the Democratic National Convention. What's next for Democrats in tech?