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Online Review Trends Suggest Consumers Are Looking Beyond Star Ratings

Does a flawless 5-star rating still seal the deal for customers? Is this indicator of brand performance still the number one signifier of trustworthiness? Recent online review trends say no.

Increased sensitivity to fake and AI-written online reviews has motivated a major shift in consumer perceptions and behavior. Consumers are looking beyond the surface and beyond opaque star ratings in search of real experiences that actually justify a brand’s good online image.

Why Star Ratings Aren’t Enough

Skepticism has become a key factor in the way consumers approach online reviews. Overlooking scores, potential buyers are instead paying more attention to real review content.

Why is this? Consumers want to see the experiences behind the ratings. How did the company earn the score? How do they perform when a customer has a problem? People want genuine accounts of real experiences with a brand’s service and product. These are elements that a...

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Nebius is raising $4.5bn in convertible bonds to build AI data centres

Nebius Group said on Wednesday that it plans to raise $4.5 billion by selling convertible bonds. It will use the money to build data centres for artificial intelligence. The Amsterdam-based company set out the plan in a statement. The offering comes in two parts. Nebius is selling $2.75

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China lands a rocket booster on the ground for the first time

The Chinese startup LandSpace recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday. It is one of only a handful of private companies to land an orbital-class booster. Reuters reported that the feat places LandSpace alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin, and narrows China’s gap with the US in

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A watchdog says Meta pays influencers to fight teen bans worldwide

Meta is running a global campaign to push back against laws that would ban teenagers from social media, according to a new investigation by the Tech Transparency Project. The effort relies on paid influencers and funded parent groups, the watchdog said. Meta developed the tactics in the United States, the

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OpenAI puts a 20% compute cost on its new AI safety monitoring

OpenAI has put figures and detail on the slowdown it signalled this week. It paused some frontier training for two weeks, it said. It is also running a new monitoring system for the riskiest work. That system adds about 20 percent to the compute cost of what it covers. The

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Nebius is raising $4.5bn in convertible bonds to build AI data centres

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A watchdog says Meta pays influencers to fight teen bans worldwide

OpenAI puts a 20% compute cost on its new AI safety monitoring