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đ¤ Mute yourself: When you call customer service and hear, âThis call may be recorded,â itâs not just while youâre talking with a rep. They can hear everything, even when youâre on hold. So hit that mute button next time you want to vent your frustrations.
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Your brain is meat. Beautiful, magical meat.
But it loses things. Important things like âbrilliant 4 a.m. business ideaâ slip into the gray matter of the most sophisticated organ on the planet.
Itâs Friday, and while I have my usual mix of news and tips to keep you tech ahead and not tech left behind, letâs have some fun, too. Iâm sure you know that companies toss millions of dollars into the marketing volcano, hoping to birth the next âJust Do It.â
đ¸ Be brief, be wrong: A new study shows that telling AI to âbe conciseâ makes it hallucinate more. Yup, your polite little prompt for brevity might be the exact thing making ChatGPT write, âElvis is still alive, trust me.â
The number of customer service agents Klarna said AI could replace. Plot twist: The buy-now-pay-later company is hiring again (paywall link). Turns out cutting costs tanked service quality, and surprise, people still like talking to actual humans. They want new hires to be remote students or folks from rural areas.
Every Thursday, the internet gets doused in nostalgia: cargo pants, weird bangs and MySpace screenshots.
Hereâs a vintage revival you didnât know you needed. Throwback tech hacks that still solve real problems. No hard drive whirring required.
Would you let someone scan your eyeball in exchange for some free cryptocurrency?
Yes, your actual eyeball. This isnât an audition for Season 4 of Black Mirror. Itâs the premise behind OpenAI founder Sam Altmanâs new project called World.
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AI projects actually deliver a return on investment. Still, companies are FOMOing cash at them like itâs a sure thing â 64% of CEOs jumped in before even knowing if the tech would help. But hey, theyâre playing the long game. Most donât expect results for at least two years. Gotta spend it to (maybe) earn it.
Have you ever joined a Zoom call and thought, âWhy do I look like a vampire who doesnât know where the camera is?â Since itâs the start of a new week, here are easy tricks to make you look brighter, smarter and significantly less like youâre broadcasting from a cave.
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