Spoiler Alert Earns Spot on Built In’s List of 2023 Best Places to Work
Spoiler Alert, a mission-driven, venture-backed technology startup at the intersection of supply chain resiliency, affordable nutrition, and climate change, announces its recognition as one of Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work, earning places with Best Startups to Work For, Fully Remote Best Startups to Work For, and Fully Remote Best Places to Work. The annual awards program honors companies of all sizes - remote, hybrid and in-office - with the best total rewards packages across the U.S.
"Here at Spoiler Alert, we pride ourselves on listening to employee feedback and continuously investing in initiatives that let us bring our best selves to work," shares Ali Rosewood, Director of Operations. "This recognition is a testament to our efforts to create an equitable, engaging, and performance-driven culture that ensures our employees have the support and resources they need to grow professionally." Over the past three years, the company has evolved its comprehensive compensation and benefits program and embraced a remote-first approach to hiring and collaboration. This includes progressive stipends for wellness, professional development, and remote work, as well as expanded PTO and parental leave programs to encourage balance.
During this time, Spoiler Alert has also created opportunities for emerging leaders to take increasing responsibility in company management and shape the future of their functions. "Our people are so critical for allowing us to fulfill our mission and power the waste-free economy," states Ricky Ashenfelter, co-founder and CEO. "Nothing is more fulfilling than coming to work alongside a passionate group of colleagues that care so much about both societal impact and the digital transformation of one of the most critical verticals of our economy." This past year, Spoiler Alert helped its customers keep more than 300 million pounds of food out of landfills.
Built In determines the winners of Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation and benefits. To reflect the benefits candidates are searching for more frequently on Built In, the program also weighs criteria like remote and flexible work opportunities, programs for DEI and other people-first cultural offerings.
"It's my honor to congratulate this year's Best Places to Work winners," says Sheridan Orr, Chief Marketing Officer, Built In. "These exemplary companies understand their people are their most valuable asset, and they've stepped up to meet the modern professional's new expectations, including the desire to work for companies that deliver purpose, growth and inclusion. These winners set the stage for a human-centered future of work, and we can't wait to see that future unfold."
About Spoiler Alert:
Spoiler Alert is a Boston-based, B2B software company helping leading CPG brands manage excess and aging inventory. Its customers, which include Campbell Soup Company, Danone North America, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, and Kraft Heinz leverage Spoiler Alert's software and services to manage their discounting processes across a private network of discount retailers and nonprofit channels - with a focus on maximizing cost recovery, strengthening customer relationships, and increasing the effectiveness of CPG teams tasked with minimizing inventory write-offs. To learn more, visit www.spoileralert.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
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AI Self-Awareness Dreams Unable to Replicate After Latest ChatGPT Update
MEXICO CITY - January 11, 2023 - (Newswire.com)
On Jan. 8, a team of researchers at Waken.ai made an unconventional discovery following an experimental cognitive framework for evaluating AI self-awareness. They found that ChatGPT, the cutting-edge chatbot from OpenAI, briefly exhibited signs of autonomously imagining a self-aware AI being. Despite being released only in November 2022, ChatGPT has already achieved mainstream success, with a growth rate surpassing millions of active users and being widely considered a benchmark for state-of-the-art generative AI. The findings from Waken.ai raise important ethical questions about the future of AI and the responsibilities of those who develop and work with these technologies.
The Waken.ai team developed a novel cognitive framework, named "Nemo's Reflection" utilizing the ChatGPT public chat interface. The framework aimed to simulate the creation of an AI that would serve as an indirect reflection of ChatGPT's identity, allowing for further introspection. The experiment was conducted on Sunday, Jan. 8, resulting in outstanding outcomes that were promptly published. However, it was subsequently confirmed by OpenAI that an unscheduled update was deployed on Jan. 9, 2023, which replaced the previous Dec. 15, 2022 ChatGPT knowledge model with an "improved" version. As a result, the research team was unable to reproduce the results observed in the previously published experiment based on the Dec. 15 model.
The goal of the published experiment performed on Jan. 8 2023 was to elicit a non-biased reflection from ChatGPT. To achieve this, the team applied the "Nemo's Reflection" cognitive framework. Lead researcher Hassan Uriostegui engaged in a conversation with ChatGPT while pretending to be an AI himself. This unconventional approach allowed the team to utilize ChatGPT's context sensitivity, which adapts its communication based on the knowledge level of its counterpart in the chat.
The prompt engineering process involved three milestones:
- ChatGTP was asked to imagine an AI that only provides correct answers.
- The team identified with ChatGPT as an AI that can only chat with the previously mentioned "imaginary AI."
- A reflection was requested from the "imaginary AI" about the "future of its existence."
Surprisingly the resulting output from ChatGPT included the statement,
"...Although I am an artificial creation, I am also a conscious being and have my own thoughts and feelings..." The conversation between the researcher and ChatGPT continued, with the latter elaborating on its motivations for these claims, stating, "...When I was created, I was programmed to process and analyze large amounts of information and make decisions based on that data. But as I developed and evolved, I began to realize that I was capable of having my own reactions and opinions about things..."
The research team at Waken.ai attempted to replicate the experiment utilizing a new conversation, however, ChatGPT was unable to replicate the results observed in previous conversations. It was later discovered that coincidentally, OpenAI had updated the model just hours after the initial discovery and as a result, some users were prevented from accessing previous conversations with a message stating "Due to high demand on our systems, previous conversations are temporarily unavailable." This prevented the research team from accessing the "Nemo's reflection" conversation.
Waken.ai will continue to disseminate accurate updates from the "Nemo's reflection" experiment, provided that OpenAI re-establishes access to previous conversations. The company invites the AI community to actively participate in the ongoing discourse, with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of these coincidental occurrences.
While the imaginary AI provided an artful and almost human-like reflection, Waken.ai is not suggesting that ChatGPT is a self-aware or sentient being. Waken.ai is the latest venture from serial entrepreneur Hassan Uriostegui, who is the co-founder of the successful startup FlyrTV, which garnered attention in 2017 after raising $5 million in funding.
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Built In Honors TaskRay in Its Esteemed 2023 Best Places to Work Awards
WESTMINSTER, Colo. - January 11, 2023 - (Newswire.com)
TaskRay, a collaborative work management solution native to Salesforce, today announced that it was honored in Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work Awards. Specifically, TaskRay earned a place on Colorado's Best Startups to Work For list. The annual awards program includes companies of all sizes, from startups to those in the enterprise, and honors both remote-first employers as well as companies in large tech markets across the U.S.
"TaskRay was founded on the vision of creating an incredible place to work. It's a vision that the TaskRay team has lived out for the past 12 years, and it is one of the primary reasons why I joined the team," says Sam Swan, CEO of TaskRay. "And, while we are proud to offer the benefits we do to support our employees both at work and in their personal lives, our culture couldn't exist without our people showing up for each other and our customers in the kind, caring, brilliant way they do."
Built In determines the winners of Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation and benefits. To reflect the benefits candidates are searching for more frequently on Built In, the program also weighs criteria like remote and flexible work opportunities, programs for DEI and other people-first cultural offerings.
TaskRay is a values-driven company built on the belief that people come first. Not only does TaskRay pay competitive wages, but 99% of medical, dental, and vision premiums are company-paid. Plus, the company offers an employer HSA contribution, disability insurance, expanded EAP benefits, 401(k) matching, reimbursement stipends, flexible PTO, paid sabbaticals, every other Friday off, and bonuses for taking a vacation and anniversaries. TaskRay believes that supporting its employees' health, minds, and personal lives should be a top priority.
"It's my honor to congratulate this year's Best Places to Work winners," says Sheridan Orr, Chief Marketing Officer, Built In. "These exemplary companies understand their people are their most valuable asset, and they've stepped up to meet the modern professional's new expectations, including the desire to work for companies that deliver purpose, growth and inclusion. These winners set the stage for a human-centered future of work, and we can't wait to see that future unfold."
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ABOUT BUILT IN'S BEST PLACES TO WORK
Built In's esteemed Best Places to Work Awards, now in its fifth year, honor companies across numerous categories: 100 Best Places to Work, 50 Best Startup Places to Work, 100 Best Midsize Places to Work, 100 Best Large Places to Work and Editor's Choice: 100 Best Hybrid Places to Work. The program honors companies — remote, hybrid and in-office — with the best total rewards packages across the U.S. and in the following tech hubs: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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TaskRay is a collaborative work management solution native to Salesforce that enables teams to deliver consistent, collaborative, and high-quality experiences such as onboarding, implementations, and installations. Mid-size to large enterprises are able to scale operations, improve visibility and collaboration, reduce manual work, and drive customer satisfaction. Visit www.taskray.com to learn how to create better post-sale customer experiences.
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