Fri. 02/10 – A Record Year For Bots (The Other Kind Of Bots)

Fri. 02/10 – A Record Year For Bots (The Other Kind Of Bots)

More job cuts at Microsoft make me wonder if the HoloLens is still a thing. But also, we have data to explain why Apple hasn’t done layoffs yet. More AI chatbot announces coming fast and furious. But the other kind of bots, actual mechanical robots had their biggest year ever last year. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: RelationshipHero.com/techmeme Links: Apple Avoids Job Cuts Because It Didn’t Overhire Like Google and Amazon (Bloomberg) Microsoft to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook soon (The Verge) Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com to launch ChatGPT-style product (CNBC) North American companies notch another record year for robot orders (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: ‘Disrespectful to the Craft:’ Actors Say They’re Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI (Motherboard) ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why (Motherboard) ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web (The New Yorker) The Inference Cost Of Search Disruption – Large Language Model Cost Analysis (SemiAnalysis) Stripe Can’t Lose (Every) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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