Ellen Huet

San Francisco

I write tech features for Bloomberg @business @bw. Writing a book about an alleged sex cult. I work for tips: ehuet4 at bloomberg dot net, signal: ellenhuet.99

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Sexual Wellness Firm Head Found Guilty Of Forcing Employees Into Sex Acts

2 weeks ago | ndtv.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

Nicole Daedone was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor. The founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste was convicted in New York of engaging in a yearslong forced-labor scheme by manipulating employees and some participants in the firm's educational courses. Nicole Daedone, who co-founded OneTaste in 2004, was found guilty Monday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor.
Sexual Wellness Firm Founder Convicted in Forced-Labor Case (2)

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

The founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste was convicted in New York of engaging in a yearslong forced-labor scheme by manipulating employees and some participants in the firm’s educational courses. Nicole Daedone, who co-founded OneTaste in 2004, was found guilty Monday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor. Also convicted was Rachel Cherwitz, the former head of sales and a Daedone confidante.
Sexual Wellness Firm Founder Convicted in Forced-Labor Case (2)

2 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

The founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste was convicted in New York of engaging in a yearslong forced-labor scheme by manipulating employees and some participants in the firm’s educational courses. Nicole Daedone, who co-founded OneTaste in 2004, was found guilty Monday by a federal jury in Brooklyn of one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor. Also convicted was Rachel Cherwitz, the former head of sales and a Daedone confidante.
Sexual Wellness Firm Founder Convicted in Forced-Labor Case

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

Nicole Daedone, founder and former ceo of OneTaste, and Rachel Cherwitz, former head of sales for OneTaste, center right, exit federal court in New York, on May 6. (Bloomberg) -- The founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste was convicted in New York of engaging in a yearslong forced-labor scheme by manipulating employees and some participants in the firm’s educational courses.
Chatbots Offer Emotional Ties That Bind Too Tight: Tech In Depth

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ellen Huet

XYour Choices Regarding Cookies and IdentifiersWe and our 150 third party partners use cookies and similar technologies ("Cookies") and hashed identifiers (e.g., a hashed version of your name, email address or phone number) to help us identify you on our site and third-party sites and to process certain information, such as your IP address and digital identifiers, to analyze site usage and provide you with relevant advertisements and content.
Are We Getting Too Close to Our Chatbots?

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Ellen Huet

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Ellen Huet reports on researchers’ growing concerns about our emotional entanglements with virtual friends. Alibaba disappoints: The company’s quarterly revenue increased 7%, reflecting a stubborn Chinese consumer malaise. The results were in contrast to the fastest top-line growth in years from rivals Tencent and JD.com.
Bloomberg Technology: The 10 People in Tech Shaping AI Startups and Venture Capital

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Kurt Wagner |Leah Nylen |Ellen Huet |Brad Stone

Ahmad Al-Dahle As head of the most important artificial intelligence efforts at Meta, Al-Dahle has one of the tech industry’s most stressful jobs. He works closely with Mark Zuckerberg, and the Facebook founder has made it abundantly clear that he expects Meta’s AI products to lead the industry by the end of the year. That’s no small task considering the competition from the likes of Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.
Founder of Sexual Wellness Startup OneTaste Goes on Trial

1 month ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

The founder of sexual-wellness company OneTaste and her former head of sales are slated to go on trial Monday in Brooklyn, New York, for allegedly manipulating victims of sexual trauma. Nicole Daedone, the founder, and Rachel Cherwitz each face one criminal count of engaging in a forced labor scheme that involved participants in OneTaste courses and company employees from 2006 to 2018. If convicted, they face as long as 20 years in prison.
Founder of Sexual Wellness Startup OneTaste Goes on Trial

1 month ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

The founder of sexual-wellness company OneTaste and her former head of sales are slated to go on trial Monday in Brooklyn, New York, for allegedly manipulating victims of sexual trauma. Nicole Daedone, the founder, and Rachel Cherwitz each face one criminal count of engaging in a forced labor scheme that involved participants in OneTaste courses and company employees from 2006 to 2018. If convicted, they face as long as 20 years in prison.
Founder of Sexual Wellness Startup OneTaste Goes on Trial

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Ellen Huet |Patricia Hurtado

Nicole Daedone, left, and Rachel Cherwitz. (Bloomberg) -- The founder of sexual-wellness company OneTaste and her former head of sales are slated to go on trial Monday in Brooklyn, New York, for allegedly manipulating victims of sexual trauma. Nicole Daedone, the founder, and Rachel Cherwitz each face one criminal count of engaging in a forced labor scheme that involved participants in OneTaste courses and company employees from 2006 to 2018. If convicted, they face as long as 20 years in prison.