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The business value of social sustainability

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Social sustainability is good for business. And companies are taking it seriously: a recent NTT report found that more than 40 percent of executives surveyed said social sustainability is a top imperative for their C-suite and Board of Directors. That’s an average of $710 million in revenue per company. million on average.

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Report: AI giants grow impatient with UK safety tests

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OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Meta are among companies who have agreed to allow the UK’s new AI Safety Institute (AISI) to evaluate their models, but they aren’t happy with the current pace or transparency of the evaluation, according to a published report in the Financial Times, which cited sources close to the companies.

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Meta reportedly set to launch Threads in the EU next month

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Since its launch in July, Meta’s text-based social network Threads has gained many features, but a major missing part in the puzzle has been the app’s availability in the EU. The report notes that to comply with […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Buzzy social app Fizz sues rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices

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Fizz, the buzzy anonymous social app that’s now being used across more than 80 college campuses, has filed suit against rival Sidechat, alleging unfair competition and a range of abuses, including attempts at disrupting Fizz’s launches, spreading rumors about Fizz having hackers, trademark infringements, sending false spam reports to Instagram (..)

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Salesforce plans generative AI boost for ESG reporting with Net Zero Cloud

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Generative AI will soon be everywhere — including in Salesforce’s Net Zero Cloud environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting tool. Net Zero Cloud uses data held within the Salesforce platform to help enterprises report on their carbon footprint and manage other social and governance metrics.

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BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

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Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos. However, in the months since, BeReal’s traction has declined, according to a new report from Similarweb, despite its rollout of new features like […]

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College social app Fizz is growing fast – maybe too fast

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Things are bleak in the tech sphere as we close out a year defined by plummeting stocks , persistent mass layoffs and a fall from grace for major social media companies. ” So, is it a good time to be building a buzzy new social app, or is it a complete mess? Fizz closed a $4.5 Fizz told users about the issues via a blog post.

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