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The Curious Case of the Missing Google Assistant
Google executives hosted the company’s I/O developer conference this week, an annual ritual that has in recent years centered on artificial…
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You’re Probably Underestimating AI Chatbots
In the spring of 2007, I was one of four journalists anointed by Steve Jobs to review the iPhone. This…
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The Boring Future of Generative AI
This week, at its annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Google showcased a head-spinning number of projects and products powered…
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Google I/O 2023: Google Adds Generative AI to Search
Six months ago, Google didn’t appear remotely worried about its search business. Then OpenAI’s ChatGPT was unleashed, and Microsoft’s Bing spawned a…
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What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer
“A lot of the headlines have been saying that I think it should be stopped now—and I’ve never said that,”…
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Gary Marcus Used to Call AI Stupid—Now He Calls It Dangerous
Back then–only months ago—Marcus’ quibbling was technical. But now that large language models have become a global phenomenon, his focus…
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Uber Ex-Security Chief Joe Sullivan to Be Sentenced for Breach
Update 05/05/23: Late on Thursday, federal judge William Orrick declared Uber’s former head of cybersecurity Joseph Sullivan would suffer no…
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These ChatGPT Rivals Are Designed to Play With Your Emotions
ChatGPT and its brethren are both surprisingly clever and disappointingly dumb. Sure, they can generate pretty poems, solve scientific puzzles, and debug…
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Google Is Letting You Claim a .Dad Dedicated Domain. Cue the Dad Jokes
Why wasn’t Google’s new top-level domain empathetic when listening to other people’s problems? Because it considered itself to be domain character…
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How Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Came to Be—and Where It’s Going Next
Jordi Ribas hasn’t taken a day off since last September. That month, the Microsoft search and AI chief got the…
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