Zoe Schiffer is our managing editor at platformer. She delivered scoop after scoop about why Elon Musk's Twitter feed was taken over by him this week. He wanted to not only be the CEO of Twitter, but the most popular person on the platform. The story became Code Red when his tweet didn't do as well as Joe Biden's and he convened a meeting of 80 engineers.
“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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