Parmy Olson
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Skip The Hype, Here's How AI Agents Can Really Help
The reality of where AI agents are headed is that they won't be blank-slate geniuses that can handle lots of tasks. Instead, they'll be highly specialised at repetitive chores.
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Be Wary Of Sam Altman's AI Doublespeak
Altman has become a master of modulating between humility and hype.
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ChatGPTs $8 Trillion Birthday Gift To Big Tech
What's clear is that in two years, the biggest beneficiaries of the kind of AI that will one day "benefit all humanity," according to Sam Altman, are a handful of tech firms.
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AI Started As A Dream To Save Humanity. Then, Big Tech Took Over.
Many AI builders say this tech promises a path to utopia. Others say it could bring about the collapse of our civilization. In reality, the science-fiction scenarios have distracted us from the more insidious ways AI is threatening to harm society.
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Opinion: Amazon, Google Scramble To Keep Pace With OpenAI Despite Huge AI Teams
Of all the questions that ChatGPT has raised about the future of artificial intelligence, one still reverberates through Silicon Valley: Why couldn't the industry's largest technology firms breed an innovative service with a similar kind of impact?
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Opinion: Chief Twit Elon Musk Makes Mostly Disastrous Start
Elon Musk has wasted no time in showing the world that Twitter Inc.'s new sheriff is in town - or rather its "chief twit" is. That was his new Twitter bio last week when he walked into the company's San Francisco headquarters holding a sink, a gag pr
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Opinion: Tech Layoffs Are Shooting Up - Microsoft, Meta, More To Come
Mass layoffs are one of the more painful consequences of a looming economic recession, and the high-flying and well-funded tech industry isn't immune. A worsening economic outlook means tech businesses will be looking for ways to trim costs this year
