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This research from Baymard Institute suggests displaying the number of user ratings alongside average star ratings on e-commerce product lists can increase user trust.

Marketing platform Klaviyo, popular with Shopify merchants, has filed to go public, revealing strong revenue growth and profitability. The company brought in $321 million in sales with a $15.2 million profit in the first half of 2023.

via Modern Retail

This formula for building a modern, proactive integrated measurement strategy includes capturing the right signals, determining the value of your channels, and optimizing your results through experimentation. via Think with Google.

Cool Tools recommends Stable Doodle for creating art from sketches, reviews the Mind Window app and the *Chimp Empire* documentary, and suggests an artist, a Schengen Calculator app, and motivational videos. via Cool Tools

Cool Tools issue #365 recommends some durable tools, including kitchen shears and an AI-powered voice note recorder, and also suggests a website for checking movie endings. via Recomendo

An MIT paper argues that the best way to regulate potentially risky technologies like AI is through gradual adoption while monitoring for negative impacts. via Marginal Revolution.

Cory Doctorow's daily links cover a range of tech topics including content moderation, AI risks, privacy, and a security flaw impacting MSI computers. via Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Tyler Cowen shares a lecture by Kevin Bryan about how large language models could revolutionize economics research, particularly in the social sciences. via Marginal REVOLUTION.

Marginal Revolution's security vulnerability piece describes prompt injections, which can be used to manipulate AI systems to perform actions like forwarding emails and displaying false information. via Marginal REVOLUTION