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Apple’s Mixed Reality Bet Comes Due
A project seven years in the making hits primetime, but not as Apple hoped.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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May 2023
He Helped Train ChatGPT. It Traumatized Him.
For less than $1 per hour, workers in Nairobi, Kenya trained OpenAI’s GPT models. They walked away shaken.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Google, Generative Search, And The Web’s Uncertain Future
Digging through a bunch of websites to find information is annoying, but we’re in trouble if the primary sources go away.
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Alex Kantrowitz
6
Musk Biographer Ashlee Vance On 'The State of Elon' And His New Book
What it's like covering someone who doesn't exactly love the media.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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The AI PR Industrial Complex
Forget the technology’s capabilities, there’s money to be made and points to score.
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Alex Kantrowitz
6
April 2023
Why Bluesky Is The New Hotness
Twitter alternative is taking off thanks to hilarious memes and the fact that it is not Twitter.
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Alex Kantrowitz
10
How AI Chat Will Make Money (Outside Of Ads)
APIs, plugins, data licensing, and subscriptions may supplement advertising — or supplant it — in the chatbot business model.
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Alex Kantrowitz
15
What The Heck is Happening At Uber?
A bizarre profile, stock underperformance, and big executive pay packages stand out as the ride-hailing company tries to find a way forward.
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Alex Kantrowitz
9
As AI Gets Better, Could It Swallow The Companies Building With It?
OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google may never be free of the tension between being AI technology providers and developers themselves.
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Alex Kantrowitz
7
March 2023
The Homogenization of Social Media Is Going To Have Some Real Consequences
TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube are all starting to look the same. That’ll change how they make money and compete.
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Alex Kantrowitz
9
TikTok’s CEO Isn’t The Boss
In a hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Chew came off like an underling. Now we’ll see if anything comes of it.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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The Over-Financialization Of Tech And The SVB Backlash
People don't see the tech industry as they once did. And it almost cost the sector a rescue.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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