๐ธ Deceptive Dave: The FTC announced it plans to take action against fintech Dave for alleged deceptive marketing practices surrounding the app's language regarding cash advances. Read more
☀️ Inflation Reduction Act: There are many aspects of 2022's Inflation Reduction Act that Trump takes issue with, like solar and wind tax credits. But Tim De Chant argues that despite his displeasure with the act, there isn't much he can do. Read more
๐ฌ OpenAI wants to chitchat: Today we confirmed that OpenAI bought chat.com, the latest addition to its extensive portfolio of domain names. As of this morning, typing chat.com now redirects users to ChatGPT. Read more
๐ก Underwriting renters: I recently learned that renting apartments in Latin America is a really restrictive process that deems many potential tenants ineligible. MoradaUno looks to take on tenants' risk and get more people into rentals. Read more
๐ Perplexity impresses: While many AI labs sat this election out — for good reason, considering how much AI hallucinates — Perplexity decided to set up an election hub. Maxwell Zeff looked into how accurate Perplexity's information was last night and was pleasantly surprised. Read more
๐ Speaking of AI models on election night: While Perplexity was able to provide mainly accurate information regarding the election, the same couldn't be said for X's Grok. Grok instead produced a lot of misinformation, including calling state results before polls even closed. Read more