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The National Eating Disorders Association has taken an AI chatbot offline for using “off-script” language and giving weight loss advice to those afflicted by eating disorders. The situation afflicting Tessa was chalked up to “bad actors” tricking the AI into saying things it shouldn’t have. “This was not how the chatbot was programmed, and X2AI/Cass’ arrangement was to run the Body Positive program with zero opportunity for generative programming,” NEDA CEO Elizabeth Thompson said in a comment to TheWrap,…

The adoption of blockchain technology is currently a topic of discussion and exploration across various industries. Cocos-BCX and Pikamoon stand out as two major platforms leveraging blockchain technology to provide solutions specifically tailored to the gaming industry.  Undoubtedly, Cocos-BCX has achieved remarkable success and set new industry benchmarks. However, there is an exciting twist in the story: Pikamoon is poised to elevate your metaverse experience to unprecedented heights and surpass the accomplishments of…

Office With a View: Innovation expert Fareeda Ahmed had to get past her own impostor syndrome to emerge as a powerful advisor to studios and other media companiesFareeda Ahmed has seen her share of sexist environments. She got her MBA at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, worked on Wall Street and most recently joined Arthur D. Little, a global consulting firm, to advise Hollywood firms on technology. The Consulting Report named her one of 2023’s top 25 digital transformation leaders: She was one of only five women…

Since at least 2009, McKinsey & Co. has been a consultant to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the federal agency that oversees healthcare for millions of retired military service members. During part of that time, the consulting giant also advised some of the world’s biggest opioid producers to target the agency for sales of their products, according to newly released documents. The firm advised opioid companies including Purdue Pharma LP and Endo International PLC on how to increase sales…

Image Source : PIXABAY Twitter Sriram Krishnan, the general partner at the top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) where he invests in early-stage consumer startups, has revealed that he is helping Elon Musk through initial changes at Twitter which he bought for $44 billion. Musk has already started announcing changes to the platform, like expanding the 280-character…

Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal may be replaced by another person of Indian-origin. After taking over the microblogging platform and immediately firing its top brass including CEO Parag Agrawal, billionaire Elon Musk has roped in Sriram Krishnan, the general partner at 16z crypto 'temporarily' to help with Twitter's rejig. Sriram Krishnan, general partner at the top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has revealed that he is helping Musk through initial changes at Twitter."Now that the word is out: I'm helping out…

Paul Manafort indirectly advised Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign while in home confinement as part of a seven-year sentence for offenses including tax fraud – advice he kept secret as he hoped for a presidential pardon.“I didn’t want anything to get in the way of the president’s re-election or, importantly, a potential pardon,” Trump’s 2016 campaign manager writes in his new book.In May 2020, as Covid-19 ravaged the prison system, Manafort was released to home confinement. He stayed in an apartment in northern Virginia. From…