By Mark Sullivan April 20, 2023 San Francisco-based startup Patented.ai has released a plug-in, called LLM Shield, designed to warn a company’s employees when they’re about to share sensitive or proprietary information with an AI chatbot such as OpenAI‘s ChatGPT or Google‘s Bard. The company says that when employees enter company data into … Continue reading This plug-in stops employees from leaking sensitive data to AI chatbots
By Chris Morris April 20, 2023 After hemorrhaging cash for years, WeWork is now facing a possible delisting by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company announced this week that it had received a “continued listing standard notice” from the exchange, stating that, since April 11, 2023, it had fallen out of … Continue reading With its stock down 65% this year, WeWork is now at risk of being delisted from the NYSE
Rakuten Sees Benefits From Inflation, Consumers Turning To Cash-Back Rewards by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, April 11, 2023 Cash-back apps make it easy for shoppers to earn rewards and for retailers to build relationships. Rakuten, which partners with thousands of stores, makes it free to join the program. Consumers can make an eligible purchase with the … Continue reading Rakuten Sees Benefits From Inflation, Consumers Turning To Cash-Back Rewards
By Linda Rosencrance April 11, 2023 Over half of the data that companies collect is for single-use purposes. We give companies Social Security and credit card numbers, addresses and phone numbers, emails, and health data. That information, called “dark data” in internet circles, generally sits stored away, long forgotten by users. Dark data comes … Continue reading 4 steps to protect your dark data from theft and misuse
Twitter designates NPR as ‘US state-affiliated media’ Kris Holt @krisholt Twitter has added a label to the main account of NPR to designate the public broadcaster as “US state-affiliated media.” Until now, such labels have typically been reserved for state-run organizations such as RT and Sputnik in Russia and China’s Xinhua News Agency. The … Continue reading Twitter removes ‘US state-affiliated media’ label from NPR account
Concerns about GDPR compliance might extend to other AI solutions too. Kim Davis on April 3, 2023 On Friday, Italian regulators imposed a ban on generative AI tool ChatGPT with immediate effect while giving its creator, OpenAI, 20 days to address concerns about the way data is collected and processed under penalty of a fine … Continue reading ChatGPT under threat from European regulators
New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devices Kris Holt @krisholt New Zealand has joined the growing list of countries and jurisdictions that have banned TikTok from certain government devices. Unlike elsewhere, the restriction doesn’t apply to all government employees. It’s limited to devices that have access to New Zealand’s … Continue reading France bans TikTok (and Candy Crush) from government phones
Publishers To Seek Compensation For AI-Generated Content by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, March 23, 2023 Media executives want compensation for use of their content when served in OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing Chat, and Google Bard, similar to the way Australia and other countries began requiring payment to publishers when snippets of content appear in search-engine results. … Continue reading Publishers Prepare To Ask For AI-Generated Content Compensation From Google, Microsoft, Others
To consolidate or negotiate? Optimize your marketing and sales technology for better ROI with these cost-saving strategies. Ali Schwanke on March 21, 2023 Businesses are under increasing pressure to optimize expenses and find ways to do more with less. Tech stacks, which have grown from a small portion of the budget a decade ago to … Continue reading 5 tips to get more value from your tech stack
By Elizabeth Grace Saunders March 20, 2023 Did my colleague Brenna enjoy the conference? I should send a chat message to ask her now. I was just out of town last weekend but maybe I should hit the road this Friday, too. I’m going to search for last-minute deals. I just overheard … Continue reading 5 busyness barriers that hold you back from being productive
