Microsoft Is on Track to Hit a Major Milestone, the ‘Fastest Business in Our History,’ According to Its CEO
Microsoft has invested billions of dollars into AI.
How the largest gathering of US police chiefs is talking about AI
This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. It can be tricky for reporters to get past certain doors, and the door to the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference is one that’s almost perpetually shut to the media. Thus, I was…
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Customers Have a Favorite Payment Method — But 30% of Businesses Don’t Accept It. Are You Driving Business Away?
This article examines the surprising gap between what consumers want in payment options and what small businesses currently offer. It also provides strategies for small business owners looking to adapt to these preferences and enhance customer loyalty.
Could We Have The First Native American Woman Governor? DEI Expert Weighs In On What Allyship Should Look Like If History Is Made.
We can all learn more about what it means to be a better ally for those who are the “firsts” in their space. Here are three strategies around allyship this DEI expert recommends to her diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) consultancy clients.
This AI-generated Minecraft may represent the future of real-time video generation
When you walk around in a version of the video game Minecraft from the AI companies Decart and Etched, it feels a little off. Sure, you can move forward, cut down a tree, and lay down a dirt block, just like in the real thing. If you turn around, though, the dirt block you just…
This Is the Best Time of Day to Make a Deal, According to Barbara Corcoran: ‘I Never Invest Before Lunch’
Barbara Corcoran thinks the best deals happen on a full stomach.
‘Additional Human Touch’: Starbucks Has a Turnaround Plan That Includes Buying 200,000 Sharpies. Here’s Why.
Faced with declining sales, Starbucks has a comeback plan that involves several changes to stores and menus. Here’s a look at the changes coming to your store.
AI search could break the web
In late October, News Corp filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, a popular AI search engine. At first glance, this might seem unremarkable. After all, the lawsuit joins more than two dozen similar cases seeking credit, consent, or compensation for the use of data by AI developers. Yet this particular dispute is different, and it…
How to Reclaim Your Time and Start Focusing on Your Business’s Big Picture
You can always get more money, but you can never get more time.
OpenAI brings a new web search tool to ChatGPT
ChatGPT can now search the web for up-to-date answers to a user’s queries, OpenAI announced today. Until now, ChatGPT was mostly restricted to generating answers from its training data, which is current up to October 2023 for GPT-4o, and had limited web search capabilities. Searches about generalized topics will still draw on this information from…
The Government Is Forcing Business Owners to Share Personal Data or Get Fined $10,000 — So Why Don’t More People Know About It?
The Treasury Department wants to know who owns your business, and the smaller your business, the more attention you should pay.