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Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time

Xbox CEO Joins Federal Reserve’s Productivity And Jobs Task Force Amid Tumultuous Time https://ift.tt/SzyVoWR The United States central bank, the Federal Reserve, has announced new task forces to "advance the conduct of monetary policy," and its board has chosen Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to help guide one task force pertaining to AI, as part of a wider effort to help create jobs and keep prices stable. The new Productivity and Jobs task force will look into the "economic impact of new general-purpose technologies," including AI, to help the Fed make better policy decisions. Sharma is joined on this task force by billionaire businessman and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, along with Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones--he is currently on leave from the university to become a scholar-in-residence at the AI company Anthropic. Fed chairman Kevin Warsh said the new task forces are part of the group's "commitment to price stability a...

Dr Disrespect's Twitch Ban Was Reportedly Due To Messaging A Minor

Dr Disrespect's Twitch Ban Was Reportedly Due To Messaging A Minor https://ift.tt/OX69jka

Four years ago, Twitch banned popular streamer Dr Disrespect AKA Herschel "Guy" Beahm from its platform for unknown reasons. According to a new report, Beahm's ban was allegedly the result of him texting a minor through Twitch's now-defunct Whispers messaging system and offering to meet up with them at Twitchcon.

A former Twitch employee who asked to remain anonymous when they spoke to The Verge explained that a "significant" amount of time had passed from when Beahm had allegedly sent the messages between himself and the minor, and when the moderation report about the messages was filed.

Possibly linked to the claims are new comments from Cody Conners, another former Twitch employee, who worked in the company's strategic partnerships team. While Beahm isn't named in the X/Twitter posts, Conners did write last week "He got banned because [he] got caught sexting a minor in the then-existing Twitch Whispers product. He was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be could read in plain text."

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