Futurism: “Microsoft has finally spoken out about its unhinged AI chatbot. In a new blog post, the company admitted that its Bing Chat feature is not really being used to find information — after all, it’s unable to consistently tell truth from fiction — but for “social entertainment” instead. The company found that “extended chat… Continue Reading
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How Google Ran Out of Ideas
The Atlantic – The company thinks it’s an innovator. In fact, it’s an imitator—and not the best one, either. By Cory Doctorow. “Microsoft is making a desperate play. Having spent billions on a search engine that no one uses, the company has sunk billions more into equipping it with the chatbot technology ChatGPT, on the… Continue Reading
Don’t wait for AI search. Get better results with what you have now.
Washington Post: “…Microsoft unveiled its new Bing at a big event in February and has made the ChatGPT-powered search engine available as a beta to a select number of people, with a waitlist to test it out. Google recently previewed its own take on AI chatbot results called Bard, though it will not be available… Continue Reading
Microsoft’s Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar
The Verge: “Microsoft’s Bing chatbot has been unleashed on the world, and people are discovering what it means to beta test an unpredictable AI tool. Specifically, they’re finding out that Bing’s AI personality is not as poised or polished as you might expect. In conversations with the chatbot shared on Reddit and Twitter, Bing can… Continue Reading
ChatGPT: What It Is And Why It Matters To Lawyers
Via LLRX – ChatGPT: What It Is And Why It Matters To Lawyers – Attorney and legal technologist Nicole L. Black cautions user that ChatGPT is a great start, but that’s all it is. No matter what you’re using ChatGPT for, whether for personal or professional reasons, you’ll need to have a full understanding of the topic at… Continue Reading
TNI’s State of Power report: Who has digital power today?
TNI – Let’s start with a big open question that is at the heart of TNI’s: Who has digital power today? – Interview with Cory Doctorow – “Cory Doctorow is a prolific writer and a brilliant science fiction novelist, journalist and technology activist. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org (external… Continue Reading
Why you shouldn’t trust AI search engines
MIT Technology Review: “…Approximately two seconds after Microsoft let people poke around with its new ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine, people started finding that it responded to some questions with incorrect or nonsensical answers, such as conspiracy theories. Google had an embarrassing moment when scientists spotted a factual error in the company’s own advertisement for its chatbot Bard,… Continue Reading
How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location
Wired: “Your devices and apps really, really want to know where you are—whether it’s to tell you the weather, recommend some restaurants you might like, or better target advertising at you. Managing what you’re sharing and what you’re not sharing, and when, can quickly get confusing. It’s also possible that you have inconsistencies in the… Continue Reading
OpenAI’s ChatGPT – here’s how to use it
Insider: ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm since it launched in November. The AI-powered chatbot can do everything from pass MBA exams to successfully negotiate a raise. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s a step-by-step walkthrough of how to access and use ChatGPT. If you want to give the new Bing a whirl,… Continue Reading
The Death of the Smart Shopper
The Atlantic: “Internet retail was supposed to supercharge the informed consumer. What happened? Amazon is getting worse, but you probably already knew that, because you probably shop at Amazon. The online retail behemoth’s search results are full of ads and sponsored results that can push actually relevant, well-reviewed options far down the page. The proportion… Continue Reading
5 New Web Search Apps to Make Google Better or Replace Google
Make Use Of: “Google is the biggest web search engine in the world. But the web keeps changing, and you need tools to find the right content quickly, when Google can’t. These new search apps offer different ways to make Google better. Some augment search results with ChatGPT or social media searches, while others offer… Continue Reading
Reviewers Are Stunned at How Good Bing Is
Newser – “Kevin Roose is a tech columnist for the New York Times, and he’s as surprised as you are that he concludes his latest column like so: “I’m switching my desktop computer’s default search engine to Bing. And Google, my default source of information for my entire adult life, is going to have to… Continue Reading
