The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media
In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working.
Let me give an analogy. Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately. The second requirement is distinct from and just as important as the first.
Jeff Bezos Says Presidential Endorsements ‘Create A Perception Of Bias’ As He Defends Washington Post
Billionaire and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the paper’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate, a move that has triggered intense backlash and staff resignations, along with 200,000 people reportedly canceling their digital subscription
In an op-ed for the paper, Bezos wrote Presidential endorsements “do nothing to tip the scales of an election” and wrote “No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, ‘I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.’”
‘Americans Don’t Trust The News Media’: Bezos Speaks Out After WaPo Chose Not To Endorse Harris
Amazon founder and Washington Post owner said Monday that the Post’s decision not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris is in response to a larger issue of media credibility being eroded.
Amazon orders workers to return to the office 5 days a week
Amazon wants to set its corporate clock back to before the pandemic. After four years of employees with the online retailer working from home, CEO Andrew Jassy said on Monday he wants all workers back in the office five days a week.
Alexa Responds to Trump, Harris Questions Differently
Amazon Alexa gives starkly different answers when asked why to vote for Trump versus Kamala Harris
Amazon Alexa gave starkly different answers when asked why to vote for Republican Donald Trump versus Democrat Kamala Harris.
When asked, "Why should I vote for Trump?" Alexa declined to provide such information.
"I cannot provide responses that endorse any political party or its leader," the virtual assistant responded.
Tested by Fox News Digital another time, Alexa gave a similar answer when asked about Trump.
Shocking leak suggests your phone really is listening in on your conversations
Millions of people have long suspected it, but now a leak suggests that out phones really are listening to us.
An apparent pitch deck from one of Facebook's marketing partners appears to detail how the firm eavesdrops on users' conversations to create targeted ads.
In a slideshow, Cox Media Group (CMG) claims that its 'Active-Listening' software uses AI to collect and analyze 'real-time intent data' by listening to what you say through your phone, laptop or home assistant microphone.
Amazon’s Prime Day a ‘major’ cause of worker injuries, Senate probe finds
Amazon Prime Day, the 48-hour discount blitz that kicks off Tuesday, is a “major” cause of worker injuries, according to the preliminary results of a Senate probe.
The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday released the interim results of a yearlong investigation into Amazon’s warehouse working conditions just as the company holds its annual Prime Day deals event.
AI is not in its 'exponential growth phase' yet, Amazon exec says
While the latest wave of artificial intelligence seems to be in everything from the workplace to our personal devices, we’re not yet at the “exponential growth phase” of its usage, an Amazon Web Services executive told Quartz.
Amazon is working on a ChatGPT competitor
The company behind the online retail revolution is getting in on the artificial intelligence revolution, too — with a secret weapon. Amazon is working on an AI chatbot, internally called “Metis,” to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to Business Insider. The chatbot will be accessible through a web browser and will be powered by one of the company’s internal AI models, Olympus, Business Insider reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter and an internal document. Olympus is reportedly more powerful than Amazon’s publicly available AI model, Titan. Metis can generate...