Is A.I. Poisoning Itself? + Billionaire Cage Fight + Cooking With ChatGPT
Whether it’s on TikTok or Twitter, A.I.-generated content is already flooding the web. So, what happens when the technology — prone to confidently making things up — starts ingesting itself?Then, the ...
30 Kesä 20231h 8min
A.I. Beach + Vibes-Based R.T.O. + the ‘Black Mirror’ Quamputer
This week, advertisers swarmed the beaches of southern France for the Cannes Lions advertising festival. Kevin says artificial intelligence is all anyone there can talk about, but admits the conferenc...
23 Kesä 20231h 1min
Reddit Revolts + MrBeast’s YouTube Empire + Peak Trust and Safety?
Moderators on Reddit have shut down their forums in protest of a new policy that charges users for access to the site’s API. The revolt has put Kevin in child care-wisdom-withdrawal (RIP r/daddit) — a...
16 Kesä 20231h 19min
Apple’s Face Computer + Crypto Chaos + How Teens Really Feel About Social Media
Apple kicked off the week with the announcement of a mixed-reality headset: the Apple Vision Pro. Putting a computer on your face may seem weird AF, but if there’s one company that knows how to make n...
9 Kesä 20231h 9min
A.I.'s Inner Conflict + Nvidia Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club + Hard Questions
A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever...
2 Kesä 20231h 5min
The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning + A.I.’s Existential Risks
The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, says social media poses a “profound risk of harm” to young people. Why do some in the tech industry disagree?Then, Ajeya Cotra, an A.I. researcher, on how A...
26 Touko 20231h 13min
Mr. Altman Goes to Washington + Casey Goes on This American Life
In a congressional hearing this week, OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, appeared to be on the same page as lawmakers: It’s time to regulate A.I. But like so many other proposals to regulate tech, ...
19 Touko 20231h 12min
Google’s A.I. Bonanza + Driverless Car Talk With Cruise C.E.O. Kyle Vogt
At its biggest event of the year, Google announced an avalanche of A.I. product releases: A.I. in search, A.I. that writes emails and A.I. that generates slides. Is Google pulling ahead in the A.I. ar...
12 Touko 20231h 9min
