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Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Instagram is no stranger to taking product ideas from other companies and turning them into their own successes. Just ask Snapchat about Instagram Stories or TikTok about Instagram Reels. This time, the company is coming for Twitter with Instagram Threads. Today, the head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, on why the company now wants to take on Twitter.

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Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’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 New York Times reporter Joe Bernstein talks about why Mark Zuckerberg wants to fight Elon Musk in a cage match. Plus, we put ChatGPT’s recipe generation to the test with A.I.

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Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’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 conference is making him rethink how quickly generative A.I. will take over the industry — despite the buzz. Then, the New York Times reporter Emma Goldberg on when remote work stopped being the future for tech companies. And finally: What does the newest season of “Black Mirror” tell us about what’s next for TV?

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Then, a deep dive into MrBeast and what his YouTube empire says about the future of the internet. Reddit came along and said, oh, we need to protect Reddit from the rise of these large language models. So I don’t think they’re totally out of the woods. But I don’t think people would say it was a golden age for how safe the platforms fell to use. But I want to challenge you on this, because I don’t necessarily think that it’s a bad thing if we have past peak trust and safety.

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Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon | Google Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’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, but if there’s one company that knows how to make nerdy stuff into the thing that everyone wants, it’s Apple. Will these fancy goggles be the next Apple revolution? Then, crypto had (another) terrible week after the S.E.C. Plus: Our teenage listeners on how they feel about social media.

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☆ 6 Podcasts to Make Sense of A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That unforgettable, and unsettling, Valentine’s Day encounter fueled ongoing debate over the implications of creating A.I. “Bot Love” delves into that subject, exploring what intimacy can look like between a human and a chatbot. Starter episode: “Bot Love 5 — Maybe I’ve Got A Problem”Produced by the M.I.T. Technology Review and hosted by Jennifer Strong, this deeply researched series provides weekly deep dives into how modern life has been transformed by A.I. Since then, “In Machines We Trust” has explored the use of A.I.

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One is about the possibility that we’re going to have this super intelligent AI that’s capable of great destruction. casey newtonI think that’s right. But it’s just like — I don’t think — I don’t think about to do these things in the moment like Dan. I don’t think that there’s an ethical issue with doing what he wants to do. And yeah, I just think it’s going into an area that’s going to be uncomfortable for the friend.

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And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

☆ Advanced AI keeps Sundar Pichai up at night and makes Sam Altman a bit scared. Here's why some tech execs are wary of its potential dangers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here's what tech executives are saying about the potential dangers of advanced AI tech. In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk said AI had the potential to destroy civilization. Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said he's a "little bit afraid" of AI. "And I think it'd be crazy not to be a little bit afraid, and I empathize with people who are a lot afraid." In an earlier interview with ABC News, Altman said that "people should be happy" that his company was "a little bit scared" of the potential of artificial intelligence.

☆ Sundar Pichai says ethicists and philosophers need to be involved in the development of AI to make sure it is moral, and doesn't do things like lie
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AI development needs input from social scientists, ethicists, and philosophers, Sundar Pichai said. The Google CEO told CBS that AI systems need to be "aligned to human values, including morality." Social scientists, ethicists, and philosophers need to be involved in the development of AI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told CBS' "60 Minutes." "This is why I think the development of this needs to include not just engineers, but social scientists, ethicists, philosophers, and so on." Though much of the buzz so far has been based on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google is also developing Bard, its own AI chatbot.

☆ Ether dips slightly ahead of Shanghai upgrade, and Montenegro taps Ripple for CBDC: CNBC Crypto World
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Jordan Smith | Talia Kaplan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEther dips slightly ahead of Shanghai upgrade, and Montenegro taps Ripple for CBDC: CNBC Crypto WorldCNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Diogo Monica, co-founder and president of Anchorage Digital, explains what Ethereum's Shanghai hard fork means for institutions.

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File PhotoApril 11 (Reuters) - Investors are finally set to gain access to more than $33 billion of ether this week under a planned revamp of the blockchain. A new software upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain, dubbed Shapella, will let market players redeem their "staked ether" - coins they have deposited and locked up on the network over the past three years in return for interest. About 15% of all ether is staked, totaling $33.73 billion in market value, according to data from Dune Analytics. "It seems unlikely, therefore, that much of the staked ether will be sold," Rangar added. Following the upgrade, staked ether will no longer be locked up on the blockchain, so investors may be more willing to stake coins.

☆ Google CEO says he used the company's Bard AI chatbot to plan his father's 80th birthday party
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he used Google Bard to help plan his father's 80th birthday. Pichai said Bard told him he should make a scrapbook for the event. "It's not that it's profound, but it says things and kind of sparks the imagination," Pichai told the Times. Pichai's experience echoes similar stories from early users of Google's competitor, Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot. Pichai told the Times he understands the concerns people have, but remains optimistic about AI technology.

☆ Google CEO Sundar Pichai: Bard AI Chatbot will be improved soon, powered by 'more capable models'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's Bard AI chatbot will be upgraded soon. Pichai said Google was careful about introducing Bard, and wanted to get more complex models right rather than focusing on being first, or the perception of "losing" in the ongoing AI race. Criticism that AI is moving too fast or that Google is falling behind creates a feeling of "whiplash" for Pichai, and he said Google is prioritizing safety and responsibility as Bard develops. Integration of Bard into other products like Gmail has begun rolling out to "a limited number of trusted testers," Pichai said. Industries like health care that will be impacted by AI already have privacy regulations, which will help develop new regulations for AI in other industries, according to Pichai.

☆ CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI says AI will be 'the greatest force for economic empowerment' we've ever seen
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The popularity of AI chatbots like ChatGPT has people concerned that AI may steal their jobs. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT. Altman says he thinks AI will be the "greatest force for economic empowerment" we've ever seen. "I think AI is going to be the greatest force for economic empowerment and a lot of people getting rich we have ever seen," Altman said in a tweet on Monday. In an interview last month with StrictlyVC's Connie Loizos, Altman was similarly asked for his predictions on the future of AI.

☆ Microsoft's chief technology officer says he uses the new AI-powered Bing to decode his teenage daughter's use of Gen Z slang like 'rizz' and 'bussin'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft's CTO said he uses the new AI-powered Bing search engine to understand his teenage daughter's slang. In a recent interview, he praised the search engine, saying he misses it whenever he doesn't have access. Microsoft unveiled its new AI-powered Bing in collaboration with OpenAI last week. The overhauled search engine will feature similar technology that backs OpenAI's viral chatbot, ChatGPT, though OpenAI has promised Bing will be "more powerful." There's currently a waitlist to gain admittance to the new search engine, so Insider looked up the definitions the old-fashioned way: on Google.

☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said ChatGPT is 'cool,' but it's a 'horrible product'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said ChatGPT was a "horrible product" in an interview, citing the AI chatbot's outages. OpenAI reportedly released ChatGPT to the public as a last resort due to internal beta testing issues. Altman conceded that the AI chatbot was "cool" but that it wasn't a "great, well-integrated product." In his interview with "Hard Fork," Altman conceded that ChatGPT's AI technology is "cool, for sure." But no one would say this was like a great, well-integrated product yet... but there is so much value here that people are willing to put up with it," Altman said.

☆ 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.

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