Today I walked through the suburbsdrive. After weeks of nasty hot girl rides on freeways and under freeways in my new hometown of San Diego, I finally got a car. While it’s not the purple Jeep Wrangler of my 15-year-old dreams, I’m pretty excited. It’s a drop-top VW ID.4 that’s smooth as butter.
I kind of chose the car based on its vibes, but recent developments in electric vehicles have made me very excited to join the e-club. Nissan has announced that it will reuse Leaf batteries to power buildings. The software is continually improving. And they’re starting to get a lot more affordable (especially with Ford and Tesla price cuts).
His first test helps me move into my new apartment. And then I’m ready to drive to Los Angeles to visit my mother. But before we hit the towns, let’s dive into today’s technology.
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Insider asked ChatGPT, the viral AI chatbot sweeping the Internet, to write a dismissal note for an alleged tech company, Gomezon.
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Welcome to the new “Cerebral Valley”. Technicians fled San Francisco during the pandemic, and its resurgence stalled for a while. But ChatGPT and generative AI have sparked a “gold rush” in Northern California.
- Entrepreneurs are all keen to take advantage of the emerging industry. And many converge on a single neighborhood: Hayes Valley. It’s just south of Japantown, a few blocks from San Francisco City Hall, and north of the Mission district.
- The neighborhood has attracted “crazy hackers”. Someone even said it would be “irresponsible” not to work on generative AI in San Francisco. And the pitch works – people are backing up.
- It’s kind of a perfect storm, reports my colleague Thomas Maxwell. There are no skeptics in the space yet, and the majority of generative AI investments are landing in the Bay Area.
More on the comeback race to Northern California — and the innovation — here.
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2. Oracle’s leaked organizational chart. The database giant has been there recently. A prominent co-CEO candidate recently rebounded, and the advertising division just suffered layoffs. This leaked organizational chart shows what the company’s management currently looks like.
3. Schools and universities banned ChatGPT. Public school districts in New York and Los Angeles — the two largest in the country — have both already restricted access to the chatbot. Many universities have also taken steps to stop using ChatGPT. Check out the list here.
4. Here’s how this USC student organization lands lucrative branding deals. USC Reach helps students manage their role as content creator and student at the same time. This has helped students form partnerships with companies like Coca-Cola, Nintendo, and Bumble. Check out his email template and pitch deck here.
5. Laid-off Twitter employees still have their laptops. Several Tweeps still have their company laptops, long after being laid off. They are digitally locked but some fear legal repercussions, according to a report by Wired. Dive into their digital dilemma here.
6. Insurance companies refuse to support certain Kia and Hyundai models. Thanks to a TikTok trend, State Farm and Progressive are no longer writing new policies for older Hyundai and Kia models in certain cities. More information on the insecurity situation here.
7. Digital health companies are having a rough year. Analysts and CEOs predict that more than half of them will close this year. Follow their rise and fall here. Bonus: A digital health company asked its employees to write positive reviews on Glassdoor to counter negative reviews.
8. Big Tech’s Big Lie. Dehumanizing. Heartbreaking. Slap in the face. Betrayed. Being fired has a lot of complex emotions. And it’s even more confusing when these people have been telling you for years that you are family. This is how the illusion of the technology family collapsed.
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American Airlines baggage handlers transport passenger cargo at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
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9. It was the season for crying in airports. This Dallas Fort Worth airport baggage handler said she had to deal with lines of crying passengers daily during the holiday season. She also processed about 70 lost items per day. This is what his distraught vacation looked like.
ten. Ukrainian troops call in the US military amid gunfights with Russia to help repair their artillery. The on-call team is located in Poland and is made up of military, civilians and contractors. More information on this communication operation here.
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