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Instagram is failing to crack down on hate speech against women politicians as elections near, advocacy group says
Instagram has failed to remove toxic comments directed at Vice President Kamala Harris and other leading female politicians from its app as the 2024 election nears, according to research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The non-profit advocacy is analyzing large internet platforms to see if they’re properly monitoring their sites for hate speech. […]
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The rise of OpenAI and Microsoft’s $13 billion bet on the AI startup
OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict […]
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Advertising group suspends brand safety unit after Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit
Elon Musk attends the “Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk” session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three in Cannes, France, on June 19, 2024. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images A global advertising group has suspended the operations of a unit focused on […]
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Palantir jumps on Microsoft partnership to sell AI to U.S. defense, intel agencies
Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc., walks to the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir shares climbed about 6% on Thursday morning after the company announced a partnership […]
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Reddit reports better-than-expected results for second quarter as digital ad market improves
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Reddit reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that topped analysts’ estimates. Here are the key numbers: Loss per share: 6 cents vs. the loss of 33 cents […]
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Apple is spending more on AI, but remains far behind its Silicon Valley peers
Apple CEO Tim Cook opens WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple The topic of greatest interest to analysts on Apple’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday was a product that’s not even available to the general public yet. Apple Intelligence, the company’s forthcoming artificial intelligence system, could spur a fresh cycle […]
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Amazon’s advertising business grew 20% in the second quarter
Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images Amazon’s online advertising business brought in $12.77 billion during the second quarter, marking a 20% year-over-year increase, but missing analysts’ estimates. Amazon disclosed the latest quarterly financial results of its online advertising unit on Thursday when it reported its second-quarter earnings. The company’s overall second-quarter sales were $147.98 […]
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Snap shares plunge more than 20% on weak guidance
Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on May 9, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Snap shares fell more than 20% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported guidance for the third quarter that trailed analysts’ estimates. Here is how […]
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Apple set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the bell
Apple’s third quarter, which ends in June, is traditionally the company’s slowest quarter of the year by sales. This year, the “main event” won’t be Apple’s earnings, wrote Barclays analyst Tim Long, it’s what the company says about the September quarter, which is nearly one-third over. Here’s what Wall Street expects from Apple, according to LSEG […]
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Meta’s advertising growth is proof that hefty AI spending is already paying off
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images For investors who are skeptical of Meta’s massive spending on artificial intelligence and whether it will pay […]
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