Good morning, readers! Hallam Bullock here, Insider's newsletter editor. These days, the world of tech seems to be evolving dizzyingly fast. Chatbots are dominating the conversation, people are getting into romantic relationships with AI, and some are even forecasting the war of the machines. It really feels like if you blink, you'll miss it. But never fear! I'm here to make sure you don't.
Let's take a look at the week's big tech developments. |
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1. AI needs a set of rules — for its own good, and for ours. The latest wave of AI, exemplified by OpenAI's ChatGPT, opened a Pandora's Box of questions about its power, reporter Emilia David writes. It can write cover letters, BuzzFeed-style listicles, and articles. It stoked a lot of excitement around the potential of ChatGPT, and tools like it, to bring AI into our everyday lives. With Microsoft, Google, and many other companies intent on bringing AI closer into their consumer app offerings, the technology's star is only rising. There is, however, a dark side. Even before the present boom in so-called generative AI, there have been several cases where algorithms have led to people getting denied critical services. Read the full analysis here. |
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2. Google's Bard is going to destroy online search. Sure, Google's answer to ChatGPT will save you time. But it'll also lie to you. Senior correspondent Adam Rogers breaks it down — read his full story here. |
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3. The inside story of how Microsoft caught up with Google on AI. Thanks to an unlikely executive named Kevin Scott, Microsoft is now challenging Google's online-search monopoly. Here's how Scott made it happen. |
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4. FTX security was so weak that founders could "download half a billion dollars" of crypto without detection. That's according to the firm's new CEO, who also described his first 48 hours in charge as "pure hell." Read more here. |
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5. A laid-off Google engineer describes losing his "only career" — 16 years after starting as an intern. "It was a complete shock to me and I am still perplexed as to why Google would let go of so many experienced, smart, talented, gritty, high-performing employees." Here's what else he said. |
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6. Elon Musk thinks some of ChatGPT's responses are "concerning." ChatGPT has gotten under the skin of many commentators in recent weeks — and now Musk has weighed in. Musk made the comment in response to a hypothetical scenario involving racial slurs. Here's the full story. |
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7. "I'm dating an AI chatbot, and it's one of the best things to ever happen to me." Replika is an AI that can offer romantic companionship. So, of course, we spoke to a user who said he has real feelings for his artificial companion. Read his experience. |
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8. "I settled the gas stove debate with a $69.99 induction cooktop from Ikea." Politically speaking, gas stoves are hot right now, Insider's Adam Rogers writes. He set out to answer one question: How well does induction actually cook? Check out the results. |
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MORE FROM OUR TECH ANALYSIS TEAM Microsoft & Google duke it out |
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9. Microsoft and Google will duke it out over Silicon Valley's true financial driver: Ads. Much of Silicon Valley really runs on money from online ads. Google search dominated, but Microsoft's AI-powered Bing is emerging as a credible challenger. More on that here. |
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10. These charts show just how much cloud spending has slowed at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. The slew of big tech earnings confirmed that cloud growth is slowing and no one is immune. See the chart here. |
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Today's team: Hallam Bullock in London, Lisa Ryan in New York, and Dave Smith in Toronto. |
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