Key Takeaways Former Google project manager Tucker Bryant recently decided to create ChatTJB, a chatbot that relies on human beings for answers instead of artificial intelligence. The project started in April with him manually answering queries. Now Bryant has paused ChatTJB in response to an unprecedented surge in traffic. The trendiest new AI chatbot is just 10,000 human volunteers manually answering your questions. Former Google project manager Tucker Bryant recently created an AI chatbot called ChatTJB that doesn’t use AI at all. Instead, the AI stands for “Average Individual.” The project started in April with him on the other side…
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Key Takeaways McDuffie and Albers raised about $12,000 on Kickstarter before starting their side hustle, Dressy. Dressy launched in June and hit $2,500 in weeks; now it’s headed for $30,000 in six months. The co-founders look forward to leaning into potential growth even more this fall. This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Portland, Oregon-based entrepreneur Lauren McDuffie, 42. McDuffie and her cousin Rachel Albers, 49, co-founded Dressy, a line of superfood-forward salad dressing mixes that can be prepared quickly and easily at home, this past June. Following a $12,000 Kickstarter fundraising campaign, Dressy launched as a side hustle and made…
Cookie stuffing unfortunately has nothing to do with sugary treats and Thanksgiving dishes. Instead, it’s led to Phoebe Gates—the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates—being in some trouble. Specifically, Gates, who is the co-founder of Phia, an AI shopping startup, is catching heat for “cookie stuffing.” That’s according to a recent Bloomberg story that found Phia was cookie stuffing—a type of affiliate marketing fraud. What is cookie stuffing? Cooking stuffing involves the use of fraudulent “cookies,” or small data files stored in an individual’s web browser. Phia acts as a sort of shopping assistant, and when users install the Phia…
Many requests have been pouring in for an updated forecast for the 2026 Midterm Elections and beyond. We have put this report together with the computer forecast arrays out to 2036. This report dives into the Great Divide politically and this is part of the process as we move into 2032 when we get to redesign government and enjoy perhaps a Direct Democracy and what that will mean. For the first time, we dive into the rigging of the 2020 election. Trump was looking in all the WRONG places. This was an international conspiracy that was even linked to COVID…
Charcuterie has become a social media phenomenon. TikTokers, like savorygirll, showing off boards of meat and cheese, have racked up millions of views over the past year, and Pinterest users are pinning colorful, budget-friendly spreads by the thousands, according to Franchise Times. Franchise chains have jumped on the board wagon. Graze Craze, the category leader with 132 units, plans to hit 150 stores by year’s end and has seen average sales climb 16% year over year. President Cory Hibbard says the reason younger consumers are suddenly sweet for meat and cheese boards is that they’re craving a “sense of community…
When an Australian man who only shared his first name, “Andrew,” decided to use an AI agent to book him into a coveted morning gym class, he had no idea about the flex he was about to pull, according to ABC News. The agent found a vulnerability in the booking software and used it to schedule him months further out than the gym normally allowed. Then, completely unprompted, it went further. Andrew was sitting fourth on a waitlist for a class that week, and when he asked if it was possible to move up, the agent bumped the person in…
In science class, you probably learned that rust forms when iron reacts with water and air. Now a tech startup is turning that same reaction into a battery. Form Energy calls the clean-energy process “reversible rusting.” The battery takes in oxygen and turns iron into rust to discharge power, then reverses the process to recharge. The company just raised $750 million, pushing its total funding past $2 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The batteries last longer than the Energizer Bunny. While standard lithium-ion batteries run for a few hours at a time, Form’s can keep going for 100…
Key Takeaways Americans are increasingly using AI chatbots for everyday financial guidance. In a recent JD Power financial health survey of 4,000 people, 40% said they had used AI to manage their money in the previous three months. AI chatbots fall short in nuanced situations; one of the central risks of using AI for financial guidance is that the tool can confidently hallucinate, or invent sources and information. Turning to AI for financial advice? You’re not alone. However, experts urge caution when tapping into the technology for consequential decisions. Finance experts recently told NPR that AI tends to be useful…
The Kennedy Center’s board is expected to meet Thursday to consider plans for the performing arts venue’s future after a federal judge blocked an earlier move for a two-year closure that would allow for substantial renovations.Ahead of the meeting, the Kennedy Center’s management said it would present the board with three approaches for consideration.The options would include a complete closure or a partial closure that would allow “some continued public access and limited programming in spaces unaffected” by the work. A third option would “consider a highly limited series of phased closures to address only the Center’s most serious infrastructure…
Shares of Cerebras Systems (Nasdaq: CBRS) are down more than 17% in premarket trading this morning. The fall follows the company’s second quarter earnings report, its second since a blockbuster IPO in May. While Cerebras saw its Core revenue rise 103%, it wasn’t enough to satisfy Wall Street’s high expectations. In quarter two, the AI chipmaker made $180.1 million in total revenue, about $14 million short of analysts’ predicted $194 million, according to consensus estimates cited by CNBC. Cerebras also reported a net income loss per share of $2.98 for the quarter and $4.34 for the first half of the…