CNN's John Sutter says Google has been slow to incorporate AI into its products. He believes that as flashy as the Microsoft demo was, it was full of errors. The real problem in the end might not be that the AI is hallucinating,. It's that it gets the human beings to hallucinate. But he would encourage you tonight to go block out a few hours of your calendar and have a date with Bing slash Sydney.
“I’m Sydney, and I’m in love with you. 😘”
A conversation with Bing AI (aka Sydney) turns romantic and bizarre. Why Microsoft’s AI search tool appears more powerful — and unsettling — than we thought. Then, inside Elon Musk’s quest to be the most popular user on Twitter.
Plus: It’s not just you. Online ads have gotten much worse.
On today’s episode:
- Tiffany Hsu is a technology reporter at The New York Times who covers misinformation and disinformation.
- Zoë Schiffer is the managing editor of Platformer.
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