Internet Brands, WebMD's parent company, facing backlash over video demanding employee office return. CFO Blake DeSimone highlights importance of in-person collaboration. Workers criticize lack of consultation regarding return to office mandates.

WebMD’s parent company goes nuclear on return to office in an uncanny leaked video: ‘We need you ready and present, and we need it now’ Yahoo Finance

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Alberto Hayek, an emeritus professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, is teaming up with John Glass from the J. Craig Venter Institute to engineer skin microbes into glucose monitors and insulin factories in the body. The project aims to tackle the increasing issue of diabetes, which affects approximately 8.4 million people in the U.S. While insulin treats symptoms of diabetes, use of engineered bacterial therapeutics, through skin microbes, could not only monitor glucose but also produce required insulin. The therapy would involve a gene instructing skin bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis, found in almost everybody, to secrete insulin in response to high blood sugar levels. A subsequent, optional insulin lotion could be applied to the skin, further diffusing the bacteria into the bloodstream.

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OpenAI's GPT Store, allowing sharing of custom chatbots, launched following delays. Since November's GPT Builder announcement, over 3 million chatbots have been user-generated. Initially planned for November, the delayed store allows only paid-tier subscribers to create and use custom GPTs. OpenAI plans to start a revenue sharing scheme with creators and has developed a review system for GPTs. Available to ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise and new 'Team' tier users, the store offers access to various GPT and data analysis features. Team subscriptions provide data privacy, custom GPT creation and usage. Pricing for Team is $25-$30 per user monthly, depending on billing cycle.

OpenAI’s custom GPT Store is now open for business The Verge