Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel — - Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made jokes about ICE during an employee event, internal messages show. — Some employees took to Slack to express anger and disappointment.
Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500+ ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts — Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. has paid for thousands of television commercials to promote its safety work with teens ahead …
An eight-month study at a US tech company finds AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it, as employees worked faster and took on a broader range of tasks — Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work …
OpenAI says ads in ChatGPT are not eligible to appear near “sensitive or regulated topics like health, mental health or politics” — ChatGPT is testing ads for some U.S. users on both the free and Go subscription tiers, its most affordable offerings.
Lyft launches teen accounts in the US more than two years after Uber, with safety features such as PIN verification, real-time tracking, and audio recordings — Lyft on Monday officially launched teen accounts nationwide in a bid to match competitor Uber. — CEO David Risher addressed …
Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI — For a few days this week the hottest new hangout on the internet was a vibe-coded Reddit clone called Moltbook, which billed itself as a social network for bots.
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem — The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board.