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The Online Search Wars

Feb 15, 2023

Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and host of "Hard Fork," dives into the latest advancements in search technology. He talks about Microsoft's new AI-driven Bing, comparing it to traditional methods and its potential to personalize user experiences. The discussion highlights how these innovations might disrupt the advertising economy and challenge Google’s dominance. They also explore the fierce competition with Google Bard, its rocky start, and the future of AI’s role in online searches.

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Kevin Roose

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Episode notes

Microsoft's Plan to Make AI More Factual

01:41

Intro

2min

The AI Revolution in Search Engines

12min

The Disruption of Search: AI's Impact on the Economy

5min

The Impact of News Summarization on Online Publishers

2min

AI Chatbot Showdown: Google Bard vs. Bing

10min

Navigating Technology, Taxes, and Troubling News

3min

Microsoft recently released a new version of Bing, its search engine that has long been kind of a punchline in the tech world.

The company billed this Bing — which is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT — as a reinvention of how billions of people search the internet.

How does that claim hold up?

Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and host of the Times podcast “Hard Fork.”

Background reading:

When Microsoft released the new Bing, it was billed as a landmark event and the company’s “iPhone moment.”
On the latest episode of “Hard Fork,” OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, and Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, talk about an A.I.-powered Bing.

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