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- Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally, +9% to $16.4B in U.S.
Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally, +9% to $16.4B in U.S.
Bay Area Times
November 27, 2023
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Top stories today:
- Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally
- ‘Guidelines for secure AI system development’ unveiled
- Amazon delivering 5.9B parcels in U.S. in 2023, now #1 carrier
- Twitter reportedly could lose $75M in ad revenue by year-end
- Temu reaches 172M MAUs in U.S. in 1 year after launch
0. Data and calendar
All values as of 6 AM ET / 3 AM PT, other than S&P500 close (4 PM ET / 1 PM PT).
All times are ET.
1. Black Friday online sales +8% YoY to $70.9B globally, +9% to $16.4B in U.S.
79% of e-commerce traffic was mobile, majority sourced from search, direct
2. UK, U.S., OpenAI, Google, others unveil non-binding ‘Guidelines for secure AI system development’ document
Document more focused on classic cybersecurity, rather than AI doomer or misaligment risk.
Comes after the AI Safety Summit, held earlier in November in the UK.
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