How does it feel to be replaced by a bot? Gardening copywriter Annabel Beales “One day, I overheard my boss saying to a colleague, ‘Just put it in ChatGPT….’ [My manager] stressed that my job was safe. Six weeks later, I was called to a meeting with HR. They told Read more…
Thursday Anthropic’s CEO/cofounder Dario Amodei again warned unemployed could spike 10 to 20% within the next five years as AI potentially eliminated half of all entry-level white-collar jobs. But CNN’s senior business writer dismisses that as “all part of the AI hype machine,” pointing out that Amodei “didn’t cite any Read more…
Negotiations are under way between the UAE and OpenAI that may make the company’s ChatGPT Plus artificial intelligence chatbot available to all residents free of charge, though a final deal has not been reached. An agreement involving ChatGPT Plus would be part of the recently announced Stargate UAE infrastructure plan Read more…
AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within the next five years — and overall unemployment potentially spiking between 10 and 20% during that period. The prediction comes as new data from venture capital firm SignalFire shows Big Tech companies have already reduced their hiring of new graduates Read more…
The recent surge in cyberattacks is pushing cyber insurers toward a fundamental reassessment of premium pricing, with industry analysts warning of an impending “inflection point” that could reshape the market. Marks & Spencer’s impending $404 million hit to its operating profit from a recent hack underscores claims that will “attract Read more…
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned that LaLiga’s ISP blocking campaign — intended to stop football piracy — has caused widespread collateral damage by blocking millions of unrelated websites, including emergency services, in Spain. He called the strategy “bonkers” and expressed fear that lives could be lost due to the overblocking. Read more…
AI’s downside for software engineers for now seems to be a change in the quality of their work. Some say it is becoming more routine, less thoughtful and, crucially, much faster paced… The new approach to coding at many companies has, in effect, eliminated much of the time the developer Read more…