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J.Crew launches fashion app giving 2-day heads up on product launches

07/04/202306/30/2023 QR Code Press

The application is a spinoff of the brand’s Passport loyalty program that began in August 2022. J.Crew is rolling out the next step in its Passport loyalty program that started in August 2022, by now taking a mobile commerce approach with a fashion app that will provide users with a number of shopping advantages. The application first launched on Monday and was based on the brand’s customer behaviors. The fashion app’s inspiration came from the retailer’s customer behaviors, said Derek Yarbrough, J.Crew CMO. In the last year, over two out…

ChatGPT use could end the career of a US lawyer

06/01/202305/31/2023 QR Code Press

The New York lawyer is facing a court hearing after his firm used the AI tool for legal research. A New York lawyer’s career is on the line after his firm used ChatGPT to conduct legal research. A judge for the case has said that they are now facing “unprecedented circumstances” after the lawyer’s filing was determined to have referenced legal case examples that did not exist. The lawyer told the court he was “unaware that its content could be false” when using the AI tool. According to the lawyer,…

$69B Microsoft merger with Activision video game company blocked by UK regulators

04/28/202304/27/2023 QR Code Press

A number of other countries have also moved to block the merger in recent months. Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard has been blocked by regulators in the UK. This move has halted what would have been the largest tech deal in history. The UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority, agreed with those from several other countries worldwide that were concerned that a merger between Microsoft and the Activision Blizzard video game company would shrink competition in the rapidly growing cloud gaming market. In the…

As China rolls out new artificial intelligence rules, Alibaba launches new chatbot

04/17/202304/13/2023 QR Code Press

Artificial intelligence - AI China New Rules

The Chinese giant has unveiled its own rival to the headline-making ChatGPT. Alibaba, the technology giant from China, recently unveiled its own generative artificial intelligence model, which it has stated will soon be integrated into all the company’s mobile apps. The chatbot is the company’s version of the technology powering the much-discussed ChatGPT. The recent unveiling arrived nearly simultaneously with the Chinese government’s announcement of a list of draft rules describing the required management of generative artificial intelligence services. The AI language model has been named Tongyi Qianwen, a name…

SpaceX curbed Starlink internet service for drones in Ukraine

03/16/202303/15/2023 QR Code Press

The company president said it has taken steps to stop the Ukrainian military from using the service. SpaceX has actively prevented the Ukrainian military from using the company’s Starlink satellite internet service in order to control its drones since Russia’s invasion, said Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating officer at SpaceX. The president pointed out that connection is being used by the Ukrainian military on the whole. The satellite connectivity has been providing the military with broadband communications to help in the defense against the Russian military. That said,…