New data shows ChatGPT’s growing influence as a referrer to e-commerce websites, as well as how small its slice of this market is currently. According to a new analysis by mobile app insights provider Apptopia, ChatGPT referrals to retailer mobile apps increased 28% year-over-year over the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend, running from Thanksgiving Day on … Continue reading ChatGPT referrals to retailers’ apps increased 28% year-over-year, says report
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Investors are growing increasingly weary of AI
The AI sector, once awash in easy capital, now faces a sobering reality check. According to a recent report from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), which closely monitors AI trends, global investment in AI experienced a decline for the second consecutive year in 2023. The report highlights a downturn in both private investment—such … Continue reading Investors are growing increasingly weary of AI
Andrew Mason’s Descript snags $15M, acquires Lyrebird to let users type text to create audio in their own voices
The boom in popularity for podcasting has given a new voice to the world of spoken word content that had been largely left for dead with the decline of broadcast radio. Now riding the wave of that growth, a startup called Descript that’s building tools to make the art of creating podcasts — or any … Continue reading Andrew Mason’s Descript snags $15M, acquires Lyrebird to let users type text to create audio in their own voices
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