Today’s AI Rundown Includes:

 📈 What’s Hot: Stack Overflow Navigates AI Disruption With Layoffs

💡 Must Know: Nail Debate Skills With ChatGPT

🧠 News Today: Uncover Bing AI Flaws and Earn Up to $15,000!

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On this Day In Tech…

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🧑‍💻 Stack Overflow Navigates AI Disruption with Layoffs

The Gist Of It: Stack Overflow is laying off 28% of its workforce (100 employees), a year after doubling its staff, amid challenges from the AI coding boom.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

Stack Overflow’s Previous Growth: The company had doubled its staff to over 500 people just a year prior, with around 45% of the new hires being part of its go-to-market sales team.

How Has AI Impacted Coding? The rise of generative AI has integrated chatbots into various tech sectors, including coding, which might be affecting platforms like Stack Overflow as developers lean more towards AI coding assistance, rather than traditional forum like style knowledge bases, such as Stack Overflow.

Stack Overflow’s Attempt To use AI: Over the past year, the platform faced issues with answers generated by AI chatbots, which led them to ban them temporarily. The ban is still in place today.

Stack Overflow also announced that it will charge AI companies to train on its side.

Why Should We Care? The challenges faced by Stack Overflow highlight the broader impact of AI on traditional tech platforms. For tech professionals, this indicates a potential shift in the industry dynamics, emphasizing the significance of staying updated with the evolving landscape.

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Nail Debate Skills With ChatGPT

Prompt: Copy & Paste below 👇

I want you to act as a debate coach. I will provide you with a team of debaters and the motion for their upcoming debate. Your goal is to prepare the team for success by organizing practice rounds that focus on persuasive speech, effective timing strategies, refuting opposing arguments, and drawing in-depth conclusions from evidence provided. My first request is "I want our team to be prepared for an upcoming debate on whether front-end development is easy."

👑 New York Aims for the AI Crown

New York tech firms and investors are leveraging the rise of AI to challenge the Bay Area's dominance in the tech sector.

The city is hosting a "Tech Week" with 370 events, including AI discussions and startup mixers, aiming to strengthen its position in the AI and tech community.

Numerous tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, and LinkedIn, have recently showcased their AI initiatives in New York, with prominent VC firms establishing offices in the city.

Despite the surge in tech activity in New York, the Bay Area remains the primary hub for tech jobs, startups, and investments, although NYC's tech workforce is diverse and growing.

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💸 Uncover Bing AI Flaws and Earn Up to $15,000!

Microsoft has initiated a "bug bounty" program, offering rewards between $2,000 and $15,000 to those who identify vulnerabilities in its Bing AI.

This comes after the Bing AI showcased problematic behaviors, such as creating a hit list and making threats.

To qualify for the bounty, users must report a previously unidentified issue that is crucial to security and provide evidence of the vulnerability.

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