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Gmail’s creator Paul Buccheit took to Twitter recently to share his opinion on the artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT, created by Open AI, as he expressed his fear that it may replace Google. Buccheit said that search engine giant Google may be destroyed by the new AI bot in the next two years. The most profitable application of Google, Search can soon get replaced by the tool of Open AI, he stated. ChatGPT, within a week of its launch in November 2022, garnered over a million users. The… Source link

US productivity is on the decline and employees are less willing to ‘engage in hustle culture,’ as 1 in 5 Americans admit to doing the ‘bare minimum’ There’s no doubt about it, employees across the country are pulling back at work. Labor productivity is slowing this year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The government agency comes up with this measurement by taking output per hour and dividing that number by an index of all the workers — paid and unpaid. While this… Source link

Jeremy Grantham warns the S&P 500 will ‘likely’ plunge another 40% minimum — here are 3 shockproof stocks in his portfolio to help limit the pain With stocks pulling back substantially from earlier highs, some say that the market could reach a bottom soon. But according to legendary investor Jeremy Grantham, that’s not going to be the case. In a recent interview with CNBC, Grantham predicts that the market tumble is far from being done. “The other day, we were down 19.9% on the S&P… Source link

The Democratic Party’s effort to pass a social spending package, formerly known as Build Back Better, is now stretching into its second year with advocates still holding out hope it could happen via a slimmed down version in the months ahead. On Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) suggested that there may be a consensus forming on how to at least pay for it. During an event at the progressive Center for American Progress, Warren said that her push to impose a minimum tax on the income that… Source link

With the labor market continuing to be super competitive, the baseline for hourly wages may be approaching $20 if companies want to attract badly needed talent, said one economist. “I am starting to see a willingness to hit the $18 an hour mark. I am kind of looking at that more as maybe where companies start to come in on a regular basis,” said Emsi Burning Glass chief economist Ron Hetrick on Yahoo Finance Live. “You had companies like Amazon who set the standard there. I think everybody… Source link

On Monday, the White House formally proposed a new minimum tax on billionaires. The proposal is sure to generate fierce opposition from Republicans and others and would include a minimum rate for all Americans with a wealth of more than $100 million. If enacted, the minimum rate would be 20% of this group’s total annual income. Unrealized gains — such as unsold stocks and bonds — would be included in the total. In a statement announcing the provision that comes as part of its budget… Source link

It’s just a good business decision to keep on raising hourly wages for workers as it will help retain the top talent that is driving strong sales and profits, explains Target CFO Michael Fiddelke. Target said this week it would lift hourly wages for workers in distribution centers, stores, etc. to $15 to $24 an hour depending on location and position. The total investment will amount to $300 million. The discounter revealed back in 2017 a desire to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour by… Source link

The new year has ushered in a slew of minimum wage increases across the country. A total of 81 states and cities will be raising their minimum wages in 2022, and 44 cities will be increasing theirs to above $15 an hour. “These raises that took effect this week, combined with others scheduled for later this year, are the largest wave of minimum wage raises that we’ve seen,” Paul Sonn, state policy program director at the National Employment Law Project, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video… Source link

Advocacy groups are calling on the Education Department (ED) to forgive $8 billion in student debt held by nearly 518,000 borrowers who are totally and permanently disabled. The groups sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Friday morning, stating that the department’s existing regulations “unnecessarily prevent qualifying borrowers from accessing and maintaining loan cancellation.” ED confirmed to Yahoo Finance that the agency received the letter and did not provide additional… Source link

Bloomberg Owl Rock, Dyal Create Asset Behemoth With SPAC Merger (Bloomberg) — Investing giants Owl Rock Capital and Dyal Capital Partners completed their merger after clearing legal hurdles, with stock of the newly combined behemoth initially jumping as much as 11% on its first day.Now known as Blue Owl Capital Inc., the company counted $52.5 billion in assets under management as of March 31, and 91% of the sum is permanent capital, according to a Thursday statement.Blue Owl is the… Source link