OpenAI logo seen on screen with ChatGPT website displayed on mobile seen in this illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on December 12, 2022. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images You may have heard the recent buzz around ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was released to the public at the end of November. I’ve read about people using the service to write their school essays and I was curious as to how it could help me in my daily life. The technology was developed by OpenAI, a… Source link
Read More »Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says
Investors are learning a painful lesson that Tesla’s stock price is valued on Elon Musk’s pomp and circumstance in addition to the automaker’s fundamentals. “Is Tesla a great company that produces a great car? Absolutely. Is Tesla worth what General Motors should be or Ford or Toyota should be? Of course not,” veteran venture capitalist Bradley Tusk said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So much of Tesla’s share price is based on hype and the pixie dust that Elon Musk is so good at… Source link
Read More »Tesla stock price largely based on ‘hype’ and ‘pixie dust,’ venture capitalist says
Investors are learning a painful lesson that Tesla’s stock price is valued on Elon Musk’s pomp and circumstance in addition to the automaker’s fundamentals. “Is Tesla a great company that produces a great car? Absolutely. Is Tesla worth what General Motors should be or Ford or Toyota should be? Of course not,” veteran venture capitalist Bradley Tusk said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So much of Tesla’s share price is based on hype and the pixie dust that Elon Musk is so good at… Source link
Read More »Google's Algorithm Goes Woke – National Review
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Read More »Google Nest and Android devices are now Matter controllers (for future devices)
Enlarge / A whole bunch of Google devices, including Android phones, can now control Matter devices. Those devices will be here at some point, perhaps soon. Google The promise of Matter—the future where smart-home devices easily nestle into your home, regardless of what other devices or speakers you use—just got a bit closer today. Google announced that Nest and Android devices are Matter-enabled, allowing… Source link
Read More »Retail stocks including Macy’s, Target get smoked as markets tank after retail sales miss
The Grinch might be a short-seller this Christmas season. Retail stocks were tanking across the board on Thursday, as a much worse-than-expected November retail sales report early Thursday, combined with Wednesday’s latest announcement from the Federal Reserve, had markets under heavy selling pressure. In early afternoon trading, shares of Macy’s (M) were off 3.9%, while shares of Target (TGT) and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) were down more than 4%, among other notable names underperforming in… Source link
Read More »E-E-A-T and major updates to Google’s quality rater guidelines
Google has made significant changes to its Quality Rater Guidelines (QRG) for search. While Google updates this document several times per year, the latest version, updated today, came with notable changes to the structure of the document, with many new sections and tables added and a total of 11 new pages worth of content. While there are dozens of important details about what changed, arguably the most important change was the introduction of… Source link
Read More »Google, Apple and Mozilla team up to build a better browser benchmark
Google, Apple and Mozilla are collaborating on a better web browser benchmark. Speedometer 3 will be a “cross-industry collaborative effort” from the Chrome, Safari and Firefox makers to create a new model that balances the companies’ visions for measuring responsiveness. Three companies making a tool that will rate the effectiveness of their competing products sounds like a recipe for disaster. However, Speedometer’s governance policy includes a consent system that differs based on… Source link
Read More »Google doubles up on E with updated search quality raters guidelines (E-E-A-T)
Google has updated its search quality raters guidelines for the second time in 2022, only four and a half months since its last update in July 2022. This revised document has some substantial changes to E-A-T, by adding an extra E to E-A-T for “experience.” The document is now about nine-pages longer, adding up to 176 pages up from 167 pages in the previous version. Double-E-A-T. Yes, Google has added a letter to E-A-T, adding an extra E and… Source link
Read More »Here’s a digital driver’s license on Android in Google Wallet
As expected, Google has started beta testing digital driver’s license and state ID card support on Android through Wallet, starting with the state of Maryland. Google is explicit about how this “feature is being tested in beta and some features may not work as expected.” In fact, it’s advised that you “keep your physical ID card on you.” That said, out of the gate, it’s “accepted by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at some supporting airports [
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