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• ChatGPT adds plugins, will search the web for you

  15-05-2023 23:12
  
  ChatGPT’s paid subscribers gain access this week to plugins allowing access to websites and Bing internet search, according to Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the creator of the generative AI application.The plugin system was first detailed in March, and allows the groundbreaking AI to use more than 70 third-party services, including Instacart, Expedia, Klarna, OpenTable and more. The services will be available in beta, via a new beta panel on ChatGPT Plus, according to an OpenAI blog post.To re
  
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• Survey: Most workers would welcome digital monitoring to boost productivity

  15-05-2023 22:13
  
  Workers will accept digital tools that monitor them as long as the oversight helpd them be more productive, according to a new survey by research firm Gartner.A whopping 96% of “digital workers” indicated they would be willing to accept electronic monitoring of their online work in exchange for training opportunities or career development (34%); learning more about their job (33%); or gaining proactive help from IT (30%).To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• EU Commission OKs Microsoft’s $69B acquisition of Activision Blizzard

  15-05-2023 18:36
  
  The EU Commission today announced its approval of Microsoft’s  $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming studio Activision Blizzard, a month after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled against the deal.While the Commission said it was reassured that the commitments offered by Microsoft “fully address the competition concerns identified by the Commission,” the approval is conditional on full compliance with the commitments. An independent trustee under sup
  
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• 3M Dismisses Executive It Promoted in April, Citing 'Inappropriate' Conduct - Barron's

  15-05-2023 18:24 via news.google.com
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• An IT Executive's Guide to Automation - free eGuide - Neowin

  15-05-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
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• India’s Tata joins Apple’s exclusive iPhone-manufacturing club

  15-05-2023 15:31
  
  It’s not just retail stores Apple is opening in India. One of the nation’s biggest industrial giants, Tata Group, has joined the world’s exclusive group of iPhone manufacturers and is expected to begin building iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus series devices in India later this year.India takes a seat in the iPhone club
  Beyond smaller components, this is the first time Apple has begun working with an India-based company on iPhone manufacturing at this level. Existing partners Foxc
  
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• Ripple Could burn XRP Executive Suggests - Can it Drive Price to ... - Crypto News Flash

  15-05-2023 14:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Ripple Could burn XRP Executive Suggests - Can it Drive Price? - Crypto News Flash

  15-05-2023 14:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Prepare for generative AI with experimentation and clear guidelines

  15-05-2023 12:00
  
  Generative AI is catching on extremely quickly in the corporate world, with particular attention from the C-suite, but it’s still new enough that there aren’t any well-established best practices for deployment or training. Preparing for the technology can involve several different approaches, from conducting pilot projects and lunch-and-learns to forming centers of excellence based around experts who teach other employees and act as a central resource.IT leaders may remember how, in
  
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• Foxconn commits $500 million to set up new manufacturing unit in India

  15-05-2023 11:21
  
  Apple’s largest contract manufacturer Foxconn, or Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, has committed to investing $500 million in setting up a new manufacturing unit in the Indian state of Telangana.“Demonstrating the ‘Telangana Speed’, I am happy to announce the groundbreaking of first of Foxconn’s plants in Telangana at Kongar Kalaan today. With an investment of over $500M it shall create 25,000 direct jobs in first Phase,” Telangana’s IT minister KT Rama R
  
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• Charlotte steelmaker Nucor expands executive team as it broadens ... - Triad Business Journal

  15-05-2023 11:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Charlotte steelmaker Nucor expands executive team as it broadens ... - The Business Journals

  15-05-2023 11:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Cyncly boosts executive leadership team as it brings in new CRO and COO — Retail Technology Innovation Hub - Retail Technology Innovation Hub

  15-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Cyncly boosts executive leadership team as it brings in new CRO and COO - Retail Technology Innovation Hub

  15-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Cyncly boosts executive leadership team as it brings in new CRO ... - Retail Technology Innovation Hub

  15-05-2023 07:11 via news.google.com
  
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