Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines

Microsoft likely to sign EU AI code of practice, Meta rebuffs guidelines

Microsoft will likely sign the European Union’s code of practice to help companies comply with the bloc’s landmark artificial intelligence rules, its president told Reuters on Friday, while Meta Platforms rebuffed the guidelines. Drawn up by 13 independent experts, the voluntary code of practice aims to provide legal certainty to signatories. They will have to […]

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Who is Varun Mohan, Windsurf CEO who triggered a talent war between Google and OpenAI?

Who is Varun Mohan, Windsurf CEO who triggered a talent war between Google and OpenAI?

The AI talent raid seems to be intensifying. Google has now onboarded several key members from Windsurf, a startup that works on AI code generation. Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of Windsurf, has been brought in along with co-founder Douglas Chen and other senior research and development staff from the company.  Talking about the latest […]

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Google says discord over search results is unresolved; risks EU antitrust fine

Google says discord over search results is unresolved; risks EU antitrust fine

Alphabet’s Google said it failed this week to resolve disagreements with hotels, airlines and specialised search services such as Skyscanner over how it presents search results, putting it at risk of a hefty European Union antitrust fine. At a July 7-8 workshop organised by the European Commission, the U.S. tech giant briefed critics on its […]

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Business leaders say economic uncertainty threatens to wind back ‘pandemic progress’ in the workplace: LinkedIn research

Business leaders say economic uncertainty threatens to wind back ‘pandemic progress’ in the workplace: LinkedIn research

Ashutosh Gupta, Country Manager – India, LinkedIn Nine in 10 business leaders in India believe economic uncertainty threatens to wind back “pandemic progress” in the workplace, according to research by online professional network LinkedIn, released on Monday. The research found that flexibility and employee benefits introduced during the pandemic are now at risk due to […]

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LinkedIn ran social experiments on 20 million users over five years

LinkedIn ran social experiments on 20 million users over five years

LinkedIn ran experiments on more than 20 million users over five years that, while intended to improve how the platform worked for members, could have affected some people’s livelihoods, according to a new study. In experiments conducted around the world from 2015 to 2019, LinkedIn randomly varied the proportion of weak and strong contacts suggested […]

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Only 50 out of 7000 Binance employees on LinkedIn are real, says Binance CEO

Only 50 out of 7000 Binance employees on LinkedIn are real, says Binance CEO

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao in a Twitter post said that only 50 out of 7,000 users claiming to be employees of Binance on LinkedIn are real. This comes as LinkedIn becomes a new platform for crypto scammers to target job-seeking candidates. Zhao criticised the lack of a real-ID authentication system on Linkedin, saying: “I wished […]

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Crypto scammers are increasingly targeting LinkedIn users: FBI

Crypto scammers are increasingly targeting LinkedIn users: FBI

Cryptocurrency scammers are now increasingly targeting job-seeking candidates on the Microsoft-owned social network LinkedIn. An FBI agent has informed that crypto-scammers on LinkedIn are a “significant threat” to user safety. In an interview with CNBC, Sean Ragan, an FBI agent said that LinkedIn has a problem when it comes to investment scams and crypto scammers […]

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Musk feels ‘super bad’ about economy, needs to cut 10% of Tesla jobs

Musk feels ‘super bad’ about economy, needs to cut 10% of Tesla jobs

The message, sent on Thursday and titled “pause all hiring worldwide”, came two days after the billionaire told staff to return to the workplace or leave. The message, sent on Thursday and titled “pause all hiring worldwide”, came two days after the billionaire told staff to return to the workplace or leave. Tesla CEO Elon […]

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