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Soumya from ByteBrief
May 04, 2023

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From AI-powered solutions in business to tech industry layoffs and entertainment news, there are a variety of developments making headlines this week. Here are four topics to watch:
🤖 AI in Business Trends: YouTube's AI-powered music ad solutions for small businesses
🚀 Tech News: Google's new passkeys for Google Accounts
💻 Tech Industry: Cognizant to lay off 3,500 employees despite Q1 profit increase
🎬 Entertainment News: Hollywood writers on strike over the use of AI in scriptwriting
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The passkeys for Google Accounts became available Wednesday, and the option will be available to administrators of Google Workspace accounts soon, according to the blog post.
Danger of election interference cited by Michael Schwarz
He sees ‘clearly’ a need to regulate Artificial Intelligence
Cognizant's margins currently stand at 14.6 per cent, which is comparable to Tech Mahindra, and is among the lowest in the IT industry.
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Twitch has taken live streaming to a whole different level. It has many things going live at any moment and an ever-growing community hooked to it.
Search engines powered by AI have gained so much prominence in recent times. With this surge also comes the potential promise and the perils of losing too much too soon of human research and fact-finding skills.
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📰 Quick News:
Blue verified checkmarks are coming to Gmail
Google is going to start displaying a blue checkmark next to select senders’ names on Gmail to verify their identity, the company announced on Wednesday.
'Plagiarism machines': Thousands of Hollywood writers go on strike over use of AI in scriptwriting
The disagreement over AI is among several issues that prompted Hollywood's film and TV writers to commence a strike on Monday, which is the first work stoppage in 15 years
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📊 Business Trends:
The announcement came on the heels of the Coachella music festival, one of the industry’s largest stages. YouTube serves as a hub for festival content, especially among Gen Z.
🤝 AI Ethics:
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] on Wednesday said it has made a strategic investment in Credo AI, a small company that has developed a governance platform that helps customers maintain oversight and manage compliance, regulations and risk around their artificial intelligence…
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