Why Shrinkflation Is A Great Pricing Strategy In Inflationary Times
Providing a little less of something for the same price is smart business.
How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech
Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target so-called “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments. The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO […]
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November 2023
Ghost, now OpenAI-backed, claims LLMs will overcome self-driving setbacks — but experts are skeptical
It’s not hyperbolic to say that the self-driving car industry is facing a reckoning. Just this week, Cruise recalled its entire fleet of autonomous cars after a grisly accident involving a pedestrian that led the California DMV to suspend the company from operating driverless robotaxis in the state. Meanwhile, activists in San Francisco have taken […]
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California regulators weigh a do-over for Cruise’s robotaxi permit
California regulators have issued an order to halt the implementation of Cruise’s permit to charge for robotaxi rides across San Francisco 24/7 as they consider the city’s request for a redo of the hearing that granted the permit. The action by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is in addition to the agency’s October 24 […]
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Moving on from SBF trial with Circle IPO rumors, a massive new crypto fund and sanctions
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The Match-Google antitrust settlement netted the dating app maker over $300M
Last week, Google and Match reached a settlement in the app store antitrust case where Match had sought the right to offer its users an alternative to Google Billing in an effort to avoid Google’s Play Store commissions on in-app purchases. As a part of the agreement, Match said it would implement Google’s new User […]
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Snap confirms small-scale layoffs as part of product team re-org
Snap confirmed that a workforce reorganization has resulted in a small number of layoffs for the app maker, impacting people in product management roles. The layoffs were not directly tied to specific products, however, even though Snap recently shuttered its enterprise services division after less than a year. Instead, the reorganization of the Product team […]
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OpenAI wants to work with organizations to build new AI training data sets
It’s an open secret that the data sets used to train AI models are deeply flawed. Image corpora tends to be U.S.- and Western-centric, partly because Western images dominated the internet when the data sets were compiled. And as most recently highlighted by a study out of the Allen Institute for AI, the data used […]
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4 Reasons Your PR Campaign Isn’t Driving Sales — and How to Fix Them
Media coverage can be lucrative, but you need to employ the right strategies.
Why Influencers and Ecommerce Should Be the New Power Duo for Your Business
The convergence of ecommerce with social media influencers creates a dynamic symphony of trust, engagement, and sales.
Don’t Talk to Another Customer Until You Learn This Simple Customer Service Secret
Every customer is at the center of their own world. This simple realization can be your ticket to customer service transformation and excellence, as this customer service consultant and trainer explains.