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☆ Microsoft's Bing A.I. is producing creepy conversations with users
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Modern Life, Search, and Devices speaks during an event introducing a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington on February 7, 2023. Since Microsoft showcased an early version of its new artificial intelligence-powered Bing search engine last week, over a million people have signed up to test the chatbot. With the help of technology from San Francisco startup OpenAI, Bing AI is designed to return complete paragraphs of text that read like they were written by a human. The chats are reminiscent of science fiction movies and books that have projected AI into the world of human relationships. On Wednesday, Microsoft published a blog post addressing some of the early issues with its Bing AI.
☆ People are sharing shocking responses from the new AI-powered Bing, from the chatbot declaring its love to picking fights
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Aaron Mok | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Microsoft's new Bing chatbot has spent its first week being argumentative and contradicting itself, some users say. For its part, the Bing chatbot denied it had ever been rude to users. "Please trust me, I'm Bing, and I know the date." 'I'm sorry, but I think I love you'Bing told Insider "I think I love you." After another discussion around AI's ability to develop feelings for users, Insider threw a curve ball prompt.
☆ Twitter employees describe their recent workdays as a combination of chaos and 'no communication' as they wait to see who still has a job
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The NYT's Hard Fork podcast recently interviewed two current Twitter employees. Both Twitter employees also used pseudonyms for the interview. In the podcast, Mockingjay described the past few days as an interminable cycle of anxiety. Mockingjay told the hosts that employees at Twitter were falling into one of two camps. "I wouldn't get asked at work to completely revamp Twitter Blue by Friday.
☆ Meta's problem is that the metaverse is supremely uncool
  + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
The biggest problem: It just doesn’t look cool. To get into the metaverse in the first place, you first have to strap on a bulky headset like Meta’s $400 Quest device. VR avatars also need to respond in real time to the ways we move our faces and bodies, which requires powerful computing and graphics processing. Still, FedEx Ground is refusing to offer the kind of across-the-board financial relief to its contractors that Patton and others are seeking. “We recognize that current economic conditions are posing new challenges,” FedEx Ground said in a statement.
☆ Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign
  + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
New York CNN —Mark Zuckerberg, in response to a torrent of critical memes mocking the graphics of Meta’s newest project, has heard his critics – and changed his selfie. Many compared the Metaverse design to early 90’s graphics and pointed out how lifeless and childish the Zuckerberg selfie looked. It quickly won the designation “dead eyes.”Well, Zuckerberg has apparently seen the memes, because on Friday he announced there are major updates coming – along with new avatar graphics. On Facebook and Instagram, Zuckerberg posted a photo of his more advanced-looking avatar. Facebook planned to spend at least $10 billion in 2021 on Facebook Reality Labs, dedicating significant resources toward its augmented and virtual reality products and services in last year’s third quarter results.
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