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What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson
According to the OpenAI presenters, ChatGPT-4o brings “a bit more emotion, more drama” to the program. Users can even ask it to moderate its tone to match their mood...
The Siblings Who Changed How We Party
On an afternoon this spring, James Hirschfeld, a founder of Paperless Post, was at the company’s Lower Manhattan office surveying moodboards for digital invitation designs. They included materials for...
Macy’s Reports Another Drop in Sales but Sees ‘Traction’ in Turnaround
The Numbers: Macy’s lags while Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury grow. Macy’s said its comparable-store sales in the United States fell 1.2 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. The...
Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI’s Trust Issues
OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson problemWhen OpenAI unveiled the latest version of ChatGPT last week, a chatbot that can listen to spoken questions and respond verbally, many users had one question:...
U.S. Seeks to Join Forces With Europe to Combat Excess Chinese Goods
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States and Europe needed to work together to push back against China’s excess industrial capacity, warning that a...
Fraud Trial to Begin for Ozy Founder Carlos Watson
The 2010s were a frothy time for digital publishing. Billions of dollars flowed into publishers like BuzzFeed and Vice, with big media companies and venture capitalists betting those start-ups...
Trump Media Reports Lackluster Revenues and Large Losses
On Monday, former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company reported taking in $770,000 in advertising revenue in the first three months of the year, largely from its Truth...
Biden Will Choose a New Leader for Bank Regulator With ‘Toxic’ Culture
President Biden plans to quickly choose a new leader to oversee the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a bank regulator rocked by revelations of senior managers’ widespread harassment and abuse...
Russia’s War Machine Revs Up as the West’s Plan to Cap Oil Revenues Sputters
The United States and its allies in the Group of 7 nations set two goals in 2022 when they enacted a novel plan to cap the price of Russian...
Senate Inquiry Finds BMW Imported Cars Tied to Forced Labor in China
A congressional investigation found that BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen purchased parts that originated from a Chinese supplier flagged by the United States for participating in forced labor...
