Chatbots are disrupting industries in unexpected ways — including retail. The latest: A leaked memo from Walmart Global Tech warns against sharing confidential company or customer information with bots like ChatGPT. Business Insider reports that in a memo issued Tuesday, the big box store’s tech arm said ChatGPT had been blocked after “activity that presented … Read more
Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha” and chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, is known for sharing advice and philosophies — and he continued that tradition in his 2022 annual shareholder letter, published Saturday. “Capitalism has two faces: The system creates an ever-growing pile of losers while at the same time offering a multitude of … Read more
The views expressed by the contributing Entrepreneurs are their own. This article originally appeared on Business Insider. There are six college degrees that left graduates earning an average salary of $40,000 or less five years after graduation, according to an analysis by the New York Federal Reserve. The top salaries usually belong to graduates in … Read more
Airbnb has come under fire for hidden cleaning and security fees, but hosts still add excessive rules to their properties — and some are so outlandish that people are ready to look elsewhere for rentals. Such was the case for an anonymous renter who used Airbnb to rent a property in Montauk, New York, a … Read more
In Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders, he argued for the positive nature of stock buybacks — at least when they’re bought at reasonable prices. “When you’re told that all takeovers are bad for shareholders or the country, or that they’re especially good for CEOs, you’re listening to either a financial illiterate or a silver … Read more
The views expressed by the contributing Entrepreneurs are their own. AI is rapidly transforming the way we live and work: AI-generated content is increasingly common across industries and ubiquitous in news headlines. The term, in general, refers to content created or generated by artificial intelligence algorithms such as ChatGPT and may be used as assets … Read more
A viral video of a bug-infested chicken sandwich caused such a stir on social media that it led to an investigation by the Department of Business Regulation after a Florida news outlet covered the video. It all started when diner Haile Kirkland visited a Pensacola, Florida location of fast food chain Slim Chickens with her … Read more
You can still call your plant milk milk. In a draft guidance released Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that various plant-based “milks,” from oats to macadamias and almonds, can use the word “milk” on the label. The guidance was submitted amid efforts by the dairy industry (since at least the late 1990s) … Read more
Walmart’s closings will affect a total of nine locations this year, including seven brick-and-mortar retail locations and two pickup-only locations in Illinois and Arkansas. Knowledgeable reported that a small fraction of stores have been closing each year since at least 2019. The company hasn’t said exactly why the locations are closing. Walmart has approximately 5,000 … Read more
On Friday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Platforms’ upcoming release to researchers of a new large language model called LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI). The model, developed by Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, is intended to help scientists and engineers explore AI applications and functions, such as question answering and document summarization. … Read more