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Is OpenAI Preparing to Bring Ads to ChatGPT?

Yesterday at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

“OpenAI is now internally testing ‘ads’ inside ChatGPT,” reports BleepingComputer:Up until now, the ChatGPT experience has been completelyfree. While there are premium plans and models, you don’t see GPT sell you products or show ads. On the other hand, Google Search has ads that influence your buying behaviour. OpenAI is planning to replicate a similar experience. As spotted [by software...

AI Can Already Do the Work of 12% of America’s Workforce, Researchers Find

Yesterday at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from CBS News:Artificial intelligence can do the work currently performed by nearly 12% of America’s workforce, according to a recentstudy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The researchers, relying on a metric called the “Iceberg Index” that measures a job’s potential to be automated, conclude that AI already has the cognitive and technical...

End of an Era: Eskom Board Exits After Crushing Loadshedding

Yesterday at 17:07 PM, via Tech Financials

In a dramatic reversal of fortune, Eskom has announced the successful conclusion of its 2022-2025 Board’s term, a period marked by a historic financial and operational turnaround. The board, appointed during the utility’s most challenging period, is credited with laying the foundation for a stable, profitable, and investable Eskom. Eskom Chairman of the Board, Mteto […]

Benedict Cumberbatch Films Two Bizarre Holiday Ads: for ‘World of Tanks’ and Amazon

Yesterday at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

“There are times when World of Tanks feels less like a videogame and more like a giant ad budget looking for something to be spent on,” writes PC Gamer.This year, all those huge sacks with dollar signs on them have been thrown Benedict Cumberbatch’s way, making him the game’s newest “Holiday Ambassador” and the star of an absolutely bizarre Christmas advert. The story has very little to do with...

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via Wired

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled.

Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain?

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Understanding the surprising mechanism behind apathy can help unlock scientific ways to boost your motivation

We all know people with very different levels of motivation. Some will go the extra mile in any endeavour. Others just can’t be bothered to put the effort in. We might think of them as lazy – happiest on the sofa, rather than planning their latest project. What’s behind this...

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