There is one case that's pending over the cryptocurrency ripple, which the SEC claims security a couple of years ago. And we're sort of waiting for the judges ruling on that. That'll be a kind of landmark legal decision in this debate over the classification of cryptocurrencies.
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.
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The science fiction and fantasy magazine “Clarkesworld” was flooded with chatbot-generated submissions. The writing is “bad in spectacular ways,” its editor said.