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Palestinian President Threatens to Walk the Talks; Is Google still an AI company?

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Alternative headline: If you’re going to walk the talks, walk. Don’t talk.

Abbas Threatens to Walk (Away from) the Talks.

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LinkedIn getting ahead of itself.

That does not look like a safe procedure.

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Ouch.

Google has taken heat recently from new generative AI entrants, even though its engineers pioneered generative AI technology.

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has reportedly invested some $120 billion in artificial intelligence and cloud computing since 2016.

Google tried to bounce back with its own AI chatbot called Bard, but that bombed, taking about $100 billion off Alphabet’s market cap —essentially wiping out Google’s investments into AI.

$100 Billion Bard Baby Bomb!

Everyone is waiting for Google to accept Satya Nadella’s invitation to an AI dance-off.

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Say what? A Metadevice?? It does what? It makes you invisible??

Ultrafast Jargon Warp.

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Don’t say I don’t find you the absolute best cover images.

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Recommended reads.

We should all be asking more questions: Fear of looking ‘stupid’ holds us back from understanding the world better (Financial Times).

Tech’s Productivity Obsession Is Toxic: Workers are getting fired on the basis of metrics that don’t make any sense. (WIRED).

Companies disproportionately promote narcissists. (The Economist).

Have a great weekend.