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‘The Everything War’: Inside Amazon with author and Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli

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Wall Street Journal reporter Dana Mattioli is the author of the new book, “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” Any suggestion that there was pressure from Amazon executives to violate this policy in developing our private brands is flat out incorrect.”

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Zillow Group stock falls 10% after company says it will stop buying additional homes this year

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The pandemic helped spur an iBuying spree with the acceleration of digital adoption such as virtual tours, The Wall Street Journal reported. For comparison, Opendoor bought around 8,500 homes in the second quarter. Zillow purchased 3,805 homes in the second quarter of this year, more than double what it purchased in the first quarter.

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Disease experts declare it’s time to join forces for multiple COVID-19 vaccines

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Multiple COVID-19 vaccines are in development. Unprecedented collaborations involving the biotech industry and government agencies are urgently needed to develop and produce the billions of doses of vaccine that will be needed to stop the coronavirus pandemic, four public-health pioneers declare. Johnson & Johnson via YouTube).

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Brains vs. bots in the newsroom: Can AI generate better story ideas than humans can?

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The breadth of story ideas was remarkably similar, spanning a variety of industries and subjects including art, law, music, healthcare, journalism, customer service, ethics, surveillance, and privacy. By comparison, the chatbots took subtle aspects of the prompts too far, seeing things as black-and-white. Can AI Write Code?

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Generative AI-powered breakthrough in quantum computing

Dataconomy

In a pioneering study published in the MDPI Technologies journal, a team led by Siddhant Jain from the University of Toronto unveils significant insights into the potential of quantum computing in enhancing image synthesis.

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Reality check: Intelligent machines and the future of the automated workforce

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Photo by Kathy Gill) [Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by technology industry veteran Kathy Gill, a writer, web developer and instructor focusing on communications and user experience.] The ATM/bank teller comparison is a common example for the “don’t worry, disruption creates more jobs than it kills” crowd (e.g.,

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Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.

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Elon Musk is at or near the top of pretty much every AI influencer list I have ever seen, despite the fact he doesn’t have a degree in AI and seems to have only one academic journal article in the field, which received little notice. The most important paper I ever wrote for AI was in a psychology journal.