Meta’s battle with ChatGPT begins nowChatGPT kicked off the AI chatbot race. Meta is determined to win it. To that end: the Meta AI assistant, introduced last September, is now being integrated into the search box of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It’s also going to start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed.
AUDIO: How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Everything We Interact With OnlineQuartz reporter Bruce Gil explains the formulas that influence what we stream, shop, and see online.
How AI coaches are transforming leadership in tech companiesThe coaching industry is experiencing significant growth, with its market value reaching $20 billion by 2022 and an estimated annual growth rate of 6.7 percent.
A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AIJason Matheny is a delight to speak with, provided you’re up for a lengthy conversation about potential technological and biomedical catastrophe. Now CEO and president of Rand Corporation, Matheny has built a career out of thinking about such gloomy scenarios.
It’s the End of the Web as We Know ItThe web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection.
The Humane AI Pin is lost in translationOf all the things the Humane AI Pin promised, I was most intrigued by translation. In a demo, a man speaks to Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri in Spanish. The AI Pin automatically translates it to English. Chaudhri replies in English. Again, the AI Pin translates his words back into Spanish.
Second-biggest black hole in the Milky Way foundAs far as black holes go, there are two categories: supermassive ones that live at the center of the galaxies (and we're unsure about how they got there) and stellar mass ones that formed through the supernovae that end the lives of massive stars.
No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect JobsForget artificial intelligence breaking free of human control and taking over the world. A far more pressing concern is how today’s generative AI tools will transform the labor market.
Big tech companies form new consortium to allay fears of AI job takeoversUPS’s largest layoff in its 116-year history was the result of, in part, new technologies including AI, CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call in February. Meanwhile, IBM plans to pause hiring for roles it thinks could soon be automated by AI, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg last year.
How to change or cancel your music streaming servicesThere are more digital subscriptions around than ever, and among them, you may well have a music streaming service (or two or three). What with “free” trials and trying to find a service you really like, it’s easy to suddenly realize you’re oversubscribed.
The Surprising Way Air Hunger Limits Your EnduranceHeading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Our lungs and airways are “overbuilt,” according to exercise physiologists. Though we gasp and pant during heavy exercise, that’s not what actually slows us down.
The World Doesn’t Need More Journal AppsPicture it. The year is 2013. Something called a “cronut” keeps popping up in your Instagram feed. You went on a trip with your best friend, so you made an album on Facebook, tagged her, and geotagged the restaurant. Then you wrote a Yelp review.
Lauren Oyler and the Critic in the Internet AgeIn No Judgment, the novelist and critic explores the perilous activity of literary criticism in the era of social media. Like many great literary critics before her, Lauren Oyler wrote a novel as her first book.
The future of AI gadgets is just phonesAt any given time, there are between five and eight phones on my desk. And by “my desk,” I mean any combination of tables and countertops throughout my house.
For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organismEvolution is quite a wondrous and lengthy process, with some random bursts of activity that are responsible for the diversity of life on our planet today. These can happen on large scales like with the evolution of more efficient limbs.