Celebrities Fight Sora + Amazon’s Secret Automation Plans + ChatGPT Gets a Browser
Backlash to OpenAI’s video generation app Sora has reached a new tipping point. We discuss two big changes the company is making, after Bryan Cranston and the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. complained about deepfakes. Then, New York Times reporter Karen Weise joins us to discuss her scoop that Amazon plans to reduce its hiring needs by more than half a million workers, thanks to new improvements to warehouse automation. And finally, A.I. browsers are here. We offer our first impressions on ChatGPT Atlas and how it stacks up against alternatives like Perplexity’s Comet and The Browser Company’s Dia.
Guests:
- Karen Weise, New York Times technology reporter covering Amazon.
Additional Reading:
- OpenAI Blocks Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. After Racist Depictions
- Amazon Plans to Replace More Than Half a Million Jobs With Robots
- The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation
- OpenAI Unveils Web Browser Built for Artificial Intelligence
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