The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm
“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.
Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
- Datum:
- Duur:
Gerelateerde podcastafleveringen
-
/https%3A//image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4105a47a-42e5-4ccc-887a-832af7989986/23965394-f5e4-4fdb-b150-639f4910353e/3000x3000/nyt-hf-album-art-3000-2.jpg%3Faid%3Drss_feed)
Hard Fork Live, Part 1: Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap of OpenAI
-
Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’
-
Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation
-
The Trump-Musk Fallout + A DOGE Coder Speaks + ChefGPT
-
The A.I. Jobpocalypse + Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger + Hard Fork Crimes Division
Meer afleveringen van Hard Fork
-
Hard Fork Live, Part 1: Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap of OpenAI
The first Hard Fork Live is officially in the books, and for those who couldn’t attend, we’re playing highlights from the event in this episode and the next. This week, Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco makes a surprise appearance to... -
Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’
This week, President Trump’s family business announced that it was introducing a mobile phone and a cellular network. We tick through the many potential conflicts of interest this new business venture raises. Then, the co-founders of... -
Meta Bets on Scale + Apple’s A.I. Struggles + Listeners on Job Automation
This week, Meta hits the reset button on A.I. But will a new research lab and a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI bring the company any closer to its stated goal of “superintelligence”? Then we break down Apple’s big developer...