Squid Game Challenge, Any Box Nick and Tanny Win Against Miss T and Huggy Wuggy Fail

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CNN's John Sutter printed out some of the best terrible ads that he and other people have seen in the past few months. One ad is for a game called 3D Squid Game Challenge, any box Nick and Tanny winning versus Miss T and Huggy Wuggy fail. Another appears to be from Amazon and it says New Year's picks discover what's new for 2023. It was like, I don't even know what they're selling.

“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.

Additional reading:

Bing AI appeared to have a split personality in a conversation with Kevin Roose, a “Hard Fork” co-host.
Elon Musk ordered changes to Twitter’s algorithm after his Tweets did not perform as well as he desired.
Why digital ads are so bad these days.