Curated Commons // Edition 164
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Is Generative AI already eating white collar jobs?
Some early studies are coming in and like everything else, take them with a pinch, or bucket, of salt. The one truism that’s more likely though - Gen AI will impact all jobs and those leveraging it will have an unfair advantage initially. - Read here($)
A good thread here.
How do you encourage impulse purchases when customers don’t come into your stores?
Online order and store pickup orders are growing in the US retail industry. And that poses interesting challenges for driving impulse purchases. - Read here
Remember NFTs?
Can’t blame you if you don’t! - Read here
Strangers on video? That time is passé!
Omegle, the website where you can video chat with strangers, is shutting down. Online identity isn’t a solved problem, and till it is, it’s hard to envision any platform that wants to connect strangers at-scale. There are just too many evil humans amongst us! - Read here ($)
The EU finally has some high-profile startups. And that’s slowing their love for regulation
The EU AI act is under threat of falling apart because of differences on how foundational models are to be treated. France & Germany are echoing the stance taken by local startups. - Read here
Can HIV be cured with gene-editing?
A startup is trying. First results in 2024. Can CRISPR do it? - Read here
For Wall Street, is crypto a play for fees?
Interesting interview with famous short-seller Jim Chanos. - Read here
LLMs were trained on copyrighted material. Fixing that can be expensive
Expensive for AI startups, and will limit the ability to pay to large well-funded tech companies, shutting out smaller startups, argues A16Z. - Read here
Whatsapp is growing in popularity in the US. Which means, Facebook will finally take it seriously!
“If you’re envisioning what will be the private social platform of the future, starting from scratch, I think it would basically look like WhatsApp,” - Mark Zuckerberg.
Get ready to see more feature additions, and more ads in various formats on the wonder platform! - Read here ($)
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