YouTube TV said Thursday it was raising prices for the streaming TV service because of higher content costs, following in the footsteps of other services that have recently raised prices. The live TV streaming service owned by Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Google said in a tweet it was raising the price for YouTube TV to $72.99 a month from a previous $64.99, for its first hike in three years. In December, Google and the NFL signed a $2.5 billion deal making YouTube the new home of the popular NFL Sunday Ticket package. Read More...
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LinkedIn expands its generative AI assistant to recruitment ads and writing profiles
Earlier this month, when LinkedIn started seeding “AI-powered conversation starters” in people’s news feeds to boost engagement on its platform, the move saw more than little engagement of its own, none of it too positive. Now, with its owner Microsoft going all-in on OpenAI, it looks like it’s becoming a more prominent part of the strategy for LinkedIn on the front end, too — with the latest coming today in the areas of LinkedIn profiles, recruitment and LinkedIn Learning. The company is today introducing AI-powered writing suggestions, which will initially be offered to people to spruce up their LinkedIn profiles, and to recruiters writing job descriptions.
