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Day 68:43As AI chatbots proliferate, so does demand for prompt engineers turned AI whisperersThe arrival of artificial intelligence software like OpenAI's ChatGPT has created both intrigue and alarm about how the technology will shape everything from the future homework, security and even the very framework of capitalism.The sharp uptick in available AI tools is driving demand for a growing field called prompt engineering.According to Simon Willison, a developer and researcher who has studied prompt engineers, they're …

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJennifer Lawrence goes all-out comedy in the trailer for her new movie, No Hard Feelings.The story follows Maddie (Lawrence) – an Uber driver who, after losing her license, answers a Craigslist ad from two parents looking for someone to date their 19-year-old son before he goes to college.“He doesn’t come out of his room, he doesn’t talk to girls, he doesn’t drink,” the boy’s father…

Image via Universal If you think that the premise of the upcoming horror flick Cocaine Bear is way too goofy for its own good — well, you’re right. But isn’t that part of the fun? However, if you do decide to spend your hard-earned cash on a theater ticket to watch a drugged-up black bear go to town, at the very least you can expect some excellent CGI. It turns out that no expense was spared when it came to bringing life to the titular and already infamous Cocaine Bear. The film’s production team enlisted the…

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Happy Friday! Join us in wishing Lorenzo a very warm welcome to the team! He’s joining our crack team of cybersecurity reporters, working alongside Zack and Carly. He just published his first article on TC, about T-Mobile reporting a hacker accessed personal data of 37 million customers. Welcome aboard!! Enjoy your weekend! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Alphabet spells out…

Can a robot bring you peace of mind?This has, for some time, been a conundrum that's wafted around my inner workings.If robots are so clever -- and some surely are -- they can protect us from all sorts of nefarious threats and intrusions. From other robots, for example.So when I first heard that a company called Knightscope had created security robots that patrolled buildings, I was unnaturally moved.How would the local, inferior humans react? I learned this quickly when a human was accused of assaulting one of these…

The advancement in technology has resulted in organizations relying on programming languages like never before. With programming in place, organizations are in a position to achieve their business goals way easier than before. If you are aspiring to become a good programmer then it is important to have a fair understanding of in-demand programming languages in the market. In this article, we will talk about the top 10 programming languages to get hired by MAANG Companies. Python Python is a server-side language that has…

David Fincher's Fight Club wasn't always considered the seminal film it is today. (Edward Norton and Brad Pitt both have spoken about the movie being booed at early screenings.) Though thanks to home video, the adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name has become a cult classic that is hard to imagine, a frame of which being any different than it is. Still, one of the many behind-the-scenes Fight Club facts is that several actresses were up for the unconventional love interest role of Marla.…

Image Source : SAMSUNG Hubert H. Lee, Samsung Samsung Electronics has announced that it has hired former chief design officer of Mercedes-Benz China, Hubert H. Lee, as executive vice-president (EVP) and head of its MX (Mobile eXperience) design team. Lee brings more than two decades of design and leadership experience with him to Samsung, the tech giant said in a…

The infamous former iPhone and PS3 hacker George “Geohot” Hotz has resigned from his position at Twitter, just short of a month after Elon Musk hired him to help “fix” the social media site. READ MORE: How ‘Pokémon’ and prestige TV helped create ‘As Dusk Falls’ Hotz is perhaps best known as the first person to jailbreak the iPhone in 2008, before releasing a hack for the PS3 in 2010 – for which Sony attempted to sue him, with matters being settled out of court. More recently, Hotz committed to a 12-week internship at…

Some employers racing to snap up workers in the tight labor market are omitting a step once considered crucial to hiring: the job interview. United Parcel Service Inc. has bulked up its staff without conducting job interviews for package handlers and seasonal drivers. Home Depot Inc. has sent job offers as quickly as 24 hours after candidates apply, in some cases eliminating the interview process. Gap Inc. has dropped job interviews…