This week on HeartFolk, Kevin Ruse and Casey Newton talk about the latest in AI. Snapchat is introducing an AI chat bot into its product named MyAI. New York Times reporter David Daffy Bellany will tell us whether crypto is dead or only mostly dead. And finally, we'll talk about the controversial new TikTok filter that may be making people dangerously hot.
Snapchat launches a chatbot. Meta plans to “turbocharge” its A.I. work. Elon Musk explores “BasedAI.” At this point, who isn’t making an A.I. play?
Plus: Is crypto finally dead? Also, a new TikTok filter is making people terrifyingly hot.
On today’s episode:
David Yaffe-Bellany, a cryptocurrency and financial technology reporter for The New York Times.
Hard Fork listeners! We want to hear from you. How is A.I. showing up in your everyday life? In your job, school and families? What are you using it for? Email us a voice memo at hardfork@nytimes.com.
The science fiction and fantasy magazine “Clarkesworld” was flooded with chatbot-generated submissions. The writing is “bad in spectacular ways,” its editor said.