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More than one in five migratory species officially deemed in need of international protection are now in danger of extinction. That’s according to the most

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that "all of the sci-fi stuff" keeps him up at night.
• The tech CEO said it's easy to imagine where AI advancement could go wrong. 
• But Altman is more afraid of "subtle societal misalignments" than killer robots.

Ever wondered what keeps Sam Altman up at night?

"Easy," Altman said at

Hugging Face wants to help users fight back against AI deepfakes.

The company that develops machine learning tools and hosts AI projects also offers resources for the ethical development of AI. That now includes a collection called "Provenance, Watermarking and Deepfake Detection," which includes tools for embedding watermarks in audio files, LLMs, and images, as well as tools for detecting

• Jeff Bezos announced his move to Miami last year.
• Since his decampment, he's started unloading billions of dollars' worth of Amazon stock.
• Thanks to his new address, he's avoiding paying hundreds of millions in taxes.

It's a tale as old as our convoluted tax code: Rich people will do anything, including

• Mortgage originations in commercial real estate fell 47% through 2023, Mortgage Bankers Association said.
• Every sector experienced a pullback, with healthcare and office properties leading the decline.
• The industry is

One of the big drawbacks of talking to an AI chatbot is that everything resets once the conversation is done. It won’t remember who you are or what you previously queried. This is by design, for privacy reasons, but it really hampers the tech from growing into a true digital assistant that knows you well enough to actually help with stuff. 

OpenAI is trying to fix this issue and is finally adding

iMessage, once considered an exclusive messaging service for Apple users, was just deemed too lame to regulate by EU officials. The European Commission said it would not regulate iMessage as a “gatekeeper service” on Tuesday, along with Microsoft’s Bing and Edge, which allegedly have a similar level of importance. Oof.

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• Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG said it's bracing for an ongoing decline in commercial real estate.
• It called the downturn "the greatest real estate crisis since the financial crisis." 
• Shares of the German bank have declined about 25% year-to-date.

Signs of commerc

• Gen Zers and millennials are wary of layoffs — especially a recent wave hitting the tech sector.
• So they're turning to a "secret" hack: public-sector jobs.
• What's the appeal? Job security, a pension, strong benefits, and student loan forgiveness.

Gen Z and millennial

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman compared the current ChatGPT model to a "barely useful cellphone."
• Altman said the company hasn't seen as many world-changing applications as they would like.
• The CEO believes that in a decade, AI will be "pretty remarkable." 

Remember the first cellphone that had a black and