Business, Spoken

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Business, Spoken episodes

January 11, 2024 OpenAI’s New App Store Could Turn ChatGPT Into an Everything App
A new app store from the creator of ChatGPT invites companies to build custom “GPTs” that add functionality to the chatbot. OpenAI isn’t saying how app builders will get paid.
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11 min
January 10, 2024 Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation
The SEC confirmed to WIRED that the financial regulator has launched an investigation involving Rumble, a “free speech” video platform. The nature of the probe remains unknown.
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8 min
January 09, 2024 Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
The tech economy is all about getting those next 10,000 users. What if it maximized something else for a change?
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10 min
January 08, 2024 The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
Droughts, heat, and extreme weather are pushing crops to their limits. The race is on to innovate faster than the Earth warms.
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14 min
January 05, 2024 As Robotaxis Hit City Streets, Local Officials Often Have Little Power Over Them
Autonomous vehicles are operating—and getting into crashes—in US cities. But state laws in Texas, California, Arizona, and other places prevent local governments from regulating the technology.
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12 min
January 04, 2024 Cars Are Getting Bigger. Can Smarter Software Make Them Safer?
Automobiles have gotten much bigger in recent years, alarming road safety experts. The chief engineer at Chrysler’s owner Stellantis says the solution is offering drivers more choice and smarter software.
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12 min
January 03, 2024 Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0
Generative AI companies’ struggles with content moderation, sketchy labor practices, and disinformation show them fighting the same problems that tripped up social platforms before them.
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11 min
January 01, 2024 Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe
More than a dozen organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior in how it controls messaging, apps, and more.
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10 min
December 25, 2023 Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis Says Gemini Is a New Breed of AI
Google’s new AI model Gemini launched inside the Bard chatbot. It could go on to advance robotics and other projects, says Demis Hassabis, the AI executive leading the project.
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11 min
December 22, 2023 Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff
Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app's giveaways—but have questions about its future.
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11 min

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