UNCOVERED: 39 - The Untold Story

Wimbledon diary: AI mishaps, clippings and reaction-speed testers

The AI trained preview bot needs some fine-tuning while cult favourite Bill Bryson paid a special Independence Day visit

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

The Hidden Risks Of Share Buybacks

Share buybacks, sometimes referred to as share repurchases, are a type of financial engineering whereby a firm purchases back its own shares from the market. This strategy is not without risk, though, and it generates questions.

Barchart · Jul 2, 2024

AI writer served by Wimbledon and IBM commits double fault

Catch Me Up online service gets keys facts about players wrong amid All England Club push to embrace technology

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

3 Top S&P 500 Stocks With Strong Analyst Ratings

The S&P 500 index’s 2024 rally continued in June as solid corporate earnings outweighed concerns over slower economic growth and a potential delay in the Fed’s pivot to interest rate cuts. Further, several Wall Street strategists raised their year-end S&P 500 price targets. Hence, top-performing S&P 500 stocks Amazon.com (AMZN),…

StockNews.com · Jun 21, 2024

McDonald's AI Drive-Thru debacle is a warning to us all

Did it not test this?

Creative Bloq · Jun 21, 2024

Nvidia is carrying the S&P 500 like no company since possibly IBM 4 decades ago

While the index is up over 15% this year, that growth is by no means evenly shared. It's leaving portfolio managers "biting their nails."

Fortune · Jun 21, 2024

I became the semiconductor industry's first female CEO after being a broke, single mom in a trailer park. Here's how I did it

Christine King’s strategy for getting ahead in the male-dominated semiconductor industry can be used in AI and other fields, too.

Fortune · Jun 20, 2024

Lynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades after she helped launch the computing revolution

Lynn Conway may hold the record for longest delay between being unfairly fired and receiving an apology for it. In 1968, IBM – a company that now covers its logo in a rainbow flag each June for Pride Month – fired Conway when she expressed her intention to transition. She…

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2024

McDonald’s scraps AI pilot after order mix-ups go viral

Fast food giant pulls plug on AI-powered voice-ordering at about 100 outlets after viral videos of order mishaps.

Al Jazeera · Jun 19, 2024

McDonald's is ending its test run of AI-powered drive-thrus with IBM

Ever get your McDonald’s order mixed up at an AI-powered drive-thru

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024