The new ChatGPT clones from Google and Microsoft are going to destroy online search

Tech Insider
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Relying on artificial intelligence for online searches will accelerate the spread of disinformation.

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Sure, Google's answer to ChatGPT will save you time. But it'll also lie to you.

I've been a Wall Street economist for 15 years. The deluge of crappy analysis being spouted by so-called 'experts' has never been worse.

Tech Insider : Economy
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A new ecosystem of alarmist analysts is using low-quality data to push a narrative of stock market doom and recession gloom.

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If an 'expert' is warning you that the market is about to crash, check their math

How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles

Tech Insider : Economy
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Associates are now "partners," and everyone's a "senior executive VP." Why did regular-old job titles suddenly get so pompous-sounding?

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Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs

Tech Insider : Economy
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Tech CEOs shouldn't be making $280 million a year or even $1 a year — they should be fired for poorly managing some of the largest companies in the world.

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Now laid-off employees are paying the price

I settled the gas stove debate with a $69.99 induction cooktop from Ikea

Tech Insider : Politics, Economy, Technology
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Instagram got popular by favoring big brands over cool content — which is why it's now losing to TikTok

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Instagram is a victim of its own success. The reason it became popular is the reason it can't beat TikTok.

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Instagram is becoming as uncool as Facebook — and it has only itself to blame

China's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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China will lose half its population by the end of the century. The population decline is a warning for the US and Europe.

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The country's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

Investors beware — the Great Fraud Reckoning is upon us

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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The tough stock market will push some companies to paper over their weak performance by resorting to fraud.

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Sam Bankman-Fried was just the start

Get ready for what will feel like an inescapable wave of corporate fraud.

The biggest threat to the economy right now: Jerome Powell's ego

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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The US economy could still avoid a recession, unless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's concerns about his legacy put it on the wrong path.

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The massive wave of layoffs is giving tech workers a brutal wake-up call about the reality of work

Tech Insider : Economy
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Layoffs are forcing tech workers to confront a harsh truth: the workplace isn't the same thing as a family.

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