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In HallPass’ product shot, sugar is “suger,” and package is “pacaage.”The lower-calorie candy company comes from some big names in food. Its cofounders are Peter Rahal, the cofounder of David Protein and RxBar, and Michael Tierney, the founder of Stuffed Puffs. It also operates under Medici Brands, David Protein’s parent company.And yet, its Monday launch was full of AI flubs.Much of the text is a blurred garble of letters. Take the words under “peanut creme crispy waters” (they were going for “wafers”). They’re completely incoherent, a classic example of AI image generators’ well-documented struggle to replicate text. What do those…
Karoline Leavitt’s goodbye to the White House came with an unexpected disclosure.The outgoing White House press secretary announced Wednesday that she would leave her role at the end of August after struggling to balance the job’s demands with raising two young children.”The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary,” Leavitt wrote in a lengthy post on X.At the bottom of…
Earnings Call Insights: Atea Pharmaceuticals (AVIR) Q2 2026 Management View “The positive top line results from C-BEYOND, our Phase III trial evaluating the combination of bemnifosbuvir for the treatment of hepatitis C in North America represents a significant milestone for Atea” (Founder, Chairman, CEO & PresidentSeeking Alpha’s Disclaimer: This article was automatically generated by an AI tool based on content available on the Seeking Alpha website, and has not been curated or reviewed by humans. Due to inherent limitations in using AI-based tools, the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of such articles cannot be guaranteed. This article is intended for informational…
Jeff Dean spent 27 years helping build Google. Now, investors could be betting $1 billion that he can build the next big thing in AI outside it.The legendary Google engineer has been in discussions for $1 billion in financing at a valuation of around $10 billion for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, people familiar with the matter told Business Insider. Discovery Loop has been one of the most talked-about startups in Silicon Valley over the past week, after Dean, regarded at Google as a legend, announced his departure.Details of the round could change. A representative for Dean declined to…
Earnings Call Insights: Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Q4 fiscal 2026 Management view “We delivered a very strong close to fiscal 2026, making it a record year for Cisco, with revenue exceeding $63 billion and growing 12% year-over-year.” (Chairman & CEO Charles Robbins) Seeking Alpha’s Disclaimer: This article was automatically generated by an AI tool based on content available on the Seeking Alpha website, and has not been curated or reviewed by humans. Due to inherent limitations in using AI-based tools, the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of such articles cannot be guaranteed. This article is intended for informational purposes only. Seeking…
TikTok is battling it out with the big dogs in online shopping, and it’s starting to pay off.In July, US spending on its e-commerce platform, TikTok Shop, was greater than online spending at major retailers like Target, Costco, and The Home Depot, according to US credit and debit card transaction data compiled by the customer-intelligence firm Consumer Edge.TikTok Shop accounted for about 2% of online US retail spending last month, up from around 1.2% a year ago, per Consumer Edge’s analysis.That jump in market share is “massive,” said Michael Gunther, SVP of Research & Market Intelligence at Consumer Edge.TikTok is…
Sam Altman is not dead, contrary to what a Google result earlier today may have told you.Early Wednesday, users on X and Reddit pointed out that the Google search result for the OpenAI CEO’s name said he had died that same day.Google acknowledged the incorrect result several hours later.”Thanks for flagging – this is no longer appearing, and was not a manual change by Google,” Google said in a response on X. “When people vandalize public info sources, this can affect the information that appears in Search.”Google declined to comment when reached by Business Insider.Some commenters blamed Wikipedia vandalism, which…
Cabot Corporation prices $350M senior notes offering to refinance 2026 debt
Amazon is training its AI models on Twitch livestreams, and its users are not happy about it.Twitch, which Amazon owns, announced on Wednesday that users could opt out to prevent Amazon’s AI models from training on their content. That announcement also served as official confirmation that the training was happening at all.On a livestream explaining the changes, Mary Kish, Twitch’s head of community, said she expected a user backlash.”We don’t expect you to be happy or excited about this,” she said. “I don’t expect anyone to react to this favorably.”She was right.The live chat function on the livestream was awash…
Hailshadow/iStock via Getty Images Royalty Pharma (RPRX) will provide $100M in funding to Zealand Pharma (ZLDPF) in exchange for a royalty for rusfertide (PTG-300), its candidate from the rare blood disease polycythemia vera. Terms call for Royalty to have rights to a 1% royalty on