Russia is seizing thousands of passports from people who might flee the war in Ukraine or run off with secrets (www.businessinsider.com)
A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time (www.businessinsider.com)
A firm providing AI drive-thru tech to fast food chains actually relies on human workers to take orders 70% of the time::Presto Automations recently admitted that most of the orders taken by its AI drive-thru chatbot are actually assisted by off-site human workers.
Israel drove suitcases stuffed with cash into Gaza to keep Hamas in power (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli officials are facing backlash after years of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu quietly allowing Hamas to remain in power....
Panera founder says employees aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares' (www.businessinsider.com)
Panera founder says employees aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares' (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine's Artillery Forced to Stop Shelling Russians, US Ammo Famine: Report (www.businessinsider.com)
A Ukrainian soldier says he stopped shelling small Russian units because he is running out of US-made artillery ammo (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has become invisible at the company, with his future uncertain, insiders say (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever has become invisible at the company, with his future uncertain, insiders say::The OpenAI co-founder was an integral part of what became ChatGPT. Insiders say his role in Sam Altman’s ouster is showing ongoing damage.
Amazon's humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won't calm workers' fears of being replaced. (www.businessinsider.com)
Amazon’s humanoid warehouse robots will eventually cost only $3 per hour to operate. That won’t calm workers’ fears of being replaced.::The robot’s human-like shape is bound to reignite workers’ fears of being replaced, but Amazon says they’re designed to “work collaboratively.”
"But we can exonerate him. We found the tomato." (www.businessinsider.com)
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Wall Street CEO tells Penn president: Resign or I'll pull $100 million (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates thinks of himself as 'very nice' compared to Elon Musk and Steve Jobs (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates name-checked Elon Musk and Steve Jobs during a fireside chat on Thursday. The Microsoft founder said he considers himself “very nice” compared to his fellow tech leaders. But Gates acknowledged that a certain level of intensity is required in innovative fields. Bill Gates said he considers himself a more relaxed...
McDonald's plans to start selling bigger burgers (www.businessinsider.com)
The way companies borrow money is changing forever (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft (www.businessinsider.com)
Freed Israeli hostages held by Hamas were terrified IDF airstrikes would kill them (www.businessinsider.com)
Freed Israeli hostages erupted in anger during a tense meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that they were terrified they would be killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza instead of their Hamas captors....
A Record 8.5 Million Chinese Borrowers Blacklisted for Not Paying Debts (www.businessinsider.com)
U.S. Navy to use A.I. to track Chinese subs (www.businessinsider.com)
One of the new efforts announced was the use of advanced AI on patrol aircraft — including the US’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft, which is equipped for anti-submarine warfare — to process information from underwater detection devices used by each country.
A recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leak on TikTok may have come from a Rockstar Games employee's kid (www.businessinsider.com)
A recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leak on TikTok may have come from a Rockstar Games employee’s kid::Rockstar Games will release the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on December 5. But purported leaks of the game have already circulated on TikTok.
Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says::Google, which aimed to have its conversational AI model Gemini launch in November, has quietly pushed back the much-anticipated debut to early 2024.
US Navy says it will trial using AI to track Chinese submarines in the Pacific (www.businessinsider.com)
US Navy says it will trial using AI to track Chinese submarines in the Pacific::The plans are part of Aukus Pillar II, a trilateral security arrangement that aims to “help sustain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.”
Downed Russian Shahed Drone Was Found With a Ukrainian SIM Card: Think Tank (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine marines hacked a Russian drone's video feed to find its base and then shelled it, video shows (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukrainian forces say they found and attacked a Russian drone base after hacking a drone and geolocating the footage....