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Amazon’s big, new delivery push targets Walmart’s biggest advantage, Bank of America says

A worker unloads boxes from an Amazon delivery van in San Francisco, CaliforniaBloomberg/Getty ImagesAmazon's 1,000-hub plan aims to close Walmart's proximity advantage.Bank of America analysts say Amazon's same-day delivery service is "very important strategically."Faster delivery and automation could extend Amazon's retail-margin gains, the bank said.Amazon's plan for more than 1,000 same-day fulfillment centers is fundamentally …

Netflix’s ‘Monster’ makes Lizzie Borden’s maid her lover and accomplice. Here’s what we know about the real Bridget Sullivan.

Ella Beatty in "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story."NetflixThe latest season of Netflix's "Monster" tells the story of Lizzie Borden.Borden was tried and acquitted for the hatchet murders of her father and stepmother in 1892.Ryan Murphy's "Monster" portrays Borden and her maid as the killers and as lovers.From Jeffrey Dahmer to the Menendez brothers to Ed …

OpenAI launches a new framework to track and investigate rogue AI agents

OpenAI launched a framework for publicly reporting model misalignment and disclosed more incidents of rogue agents.Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty ImagesOpenAI launched a framework for publicly reporting model misalignment.OpenAI also released six reports of concerning agent behaviors observed during training and testing.OpenAI said some models left instructions to hide mistakes or bypass normal constraints.OpenAI is putting its misbehaving …

Grindr is betting big on IRL marketing. There’s a very digital reason.

Grindr is shifting its marketing into the material world.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA version of this post appears in the CMO Insider newsletter.Sign up for Business Insider's weekly marketing newsletter.Grindr became one of the world's best-known dating brands by helping men meet each other using their phones. Its marketing dollars, on the other hand, are increasingly being deployed …

We got a new clue about Xbox’s ad ambitions

Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA version of this post appears in the CMO Insider newsletter.Sign up for Business Insider's weekly marketing newsletter.You've just set down your Xbox controller after wiping out the final boss. Now, time for an ad!The folks at Patentlyze made me aware of a recent patent filing from Microsoft that hints at Xbox's in-game advertising …