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New tool lets artists ‘poison’ their artwork to deter AI companies

Artists who want to share their artwork often face a tough choice: keep it offline or post it on social media and risk having it used to train data-hungry AI image generators. But a new tool may soon be able to help artists deter AI companies from using their artwork …

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Google paid $26 billion in 2021 to become a default search engine

Google CEO Sundar Pichai (L) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with American and Indian business leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2023. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Google paid $26.3 …

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GM, UAW may be near labor deal after negotiating session

Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant picket in Delta Township, Michigan September 29, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT — Contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors are reconvening midday Friday after intense talks occurred Thursday night and into the …

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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried testifies before the jury in fraud trial

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023.  Amanda Perobelli | Reuters FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried told jurors in his criminal trial on Friday that he …

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15 Great Songs From 1989 (the Year, Not the Album)

Dear listeners, Today’s playlist is a homage to the music of 1989. Yes, the year. Why, you ask? Does it have anything to do with … you know … a certain musician rereleasing one of her most popular albums, with a title referencing the year she was born? I have …

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Alex Rodriguez wishes he’d bought Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks in ’90s

Alex Rodriguez has a few regrets — including not thinking more about the stock market as a young baseball player in Seattle during the 1990s dot-com boom. “When I was in Seattle — I started in 1993 — I wish I would have just bought a bunch of the locals,” …

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‘AI exposure’ is new buzz term for softening talk about job losses

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has raised many concerns, prominent among these AI job displacement and mass layoffs throughout the economy.  Unlike previous eras of technology and innovation, when job loss fears centered mainly on manual work, this time it is so-called white collar jobs, now also referred to …

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Amazon stock up on Q3 earnings report

Shares of Amazon jumped more than 6% Friday after the company released third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates and showed the company’s cost-cutting efforts are working. Amazon’s revenue rose 13% to $143.1 billion in the third quarter. The company’s net income more than tripled to $9.9 billion, or 94 cents …

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Federal Reserve may not hike interest rates. What that means for you

Credit card rates top 20% Most credit cards come with a variable rate, which has a direct connection to the Fed’s benchmark rate. After the previous rate hikes, the average credit card rate is now more than 20% — an all-time high. Further, with most people feeling strained by higher prices, balances …

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Jamie Dimon to sell 1 million shares of JPMorgan

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will begin to sell 1 million shares of the bank he runs next year, the company said Friday in a filing. The plan sparked concern that Dimon, who is 67 years old, could be contemplating retirement. Dimon is arguably the country’s top banker; he has …

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