How Zohran Mamdani says he'll be the mayor of Wall Street and democratic socialists

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New York City mayoral debate.

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  • Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is the frontrunner in the NYC mayoral race.
  • Mamdani was asked during a debate how he'd be the mayor to both democratic socialists and Wall Street.
  • His platform includes funding city resources through tax hikes on companies and wealthy residents.

If elected, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani w

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China turned livestreaming into a 24-hour sleepless hydra of a selling machine. Now the US is catching up.

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  • 24/7 livestreaming has been a cornerstone of Chinese e-commerce for years.
  • Livestreaming involves selling products and touting big discounts in real time to a captivated audience.
  • And the US is waking up to it, with retailers like Amazon, eBay, and Whatnot jumping on the livestream trend.

Andrew Martin lit up his bedroom-turned-content creation studio with warm lights

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai shares what it was like to be an AI leader and then get beaten to the market by OpenAI with ChatGPT

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Sundar Pichai said credit was due to OpenAI for releasing its chat bot first.

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  • When OpenAI launched ChatGPT, it was viewed as a threat to Google's AI dominance.
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai said credit was due to OpenAI for putting their chatbot out first.
  • He also said he was excited because it "shifted the window" of AI.

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Moderators call for AI controls after Reddit Answers suggests heroin for pain relief

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We've seen artificial intelligence give some pretty bizarre responses to queries as chatbots become more common. Today, Reddit Answers is in the spotlight after a moderator flagged the AI tool for providing dangerous medical advice that they were unable to disable or hide from view. 

The mod saw Reddit Answers suggest that people experiencing chronic pain stop taking their current prescriptions and

I've built a successful career, but my LinkedIn feed still makes me feel like a failure

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The author says she has accomplished a lot, but scrolling through her LinkedIn feed can make her feel TK.

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  • In the past 15 years, I've accomplished a lot with my career.
  • Reading through my LinkedIn feed makes me question my achievements and compare myself to others.
  • I'm setting boundaries and approaching LinkedIn with the same caution as any other social platform.

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