The website’s tally of 2023 global tech layoffs has quadrupled since mid-January. The data suggest that 2023 is firmly on pace to surpass 2022 for global tech redundancies, with 377 tech companies laying off 107,930 employees since the start of the year. Last year, 1,024 tech companies laid off a total of 154,336 employees, according to Layoffs.fyi. Read More...
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Microsoft-backed OpenAI to let users customize ChatGPT
OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, on Thursday said it is developing an upgrade to its viral chatbot that users can customize, as it works to address concerns about bias in artificial intelligence. The San Francisco-based startup, which Microsoft Corp has funded and used to power its latest technology, said it has worked to mitigate political and other biases but also wanted to accommodate more diverse views. ChatGPT, released in November last year, has sparked frenzied interest in the technology behind it called generative AI, which is used to produce answers mimicking human speech that have dazzled people.
