Business, Spoken

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Business, Spoken episodes

September 26, 2023 ChatGPT Can Now Talk to You—and Look Into Your Life
ChatGPT inches closer to feature parity with the seductive AI assistant from Her, thanks to an upgrade that adds voice and image recognition to the chatbot.
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12 min
September 25, 2023 Workers Demand Job Security in the Autonomous, Electrified Future of Transport
Truck drivers, auto workers, and others are fighting for the greener, smarter era of transportation to also include better pay and more protections for humans.
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12 min
September 22, 2023 Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial
A historic antitrust trial sees Google accused of unlawfully monopolizing search. A handful of antitrust activists are trying to make sure the world sees all the action.
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13 min
September 21, 2023 Amazon Upgrades Alexa for the ChatGPT Era
A sweeping upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa taps AI technology like that behind ChatGPT and also allows the virtual assistant to attempt to read body language.
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7 min
September 20, 2023 TikTok Shop Has a Snail Slime Problem
TikTok Shop, which launched in the US last week, is littered with impossibly cheap—and fake—products. Snail slime is just the beginning.
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9 min
September 19, 2023 Pay Transparency Is Sweeping Across the US
New York joined a wave of states that require pay transparency in job ads. New data suggests most US postings now include a salary range, but they are sometimes laughably vague.
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9 min
September 18, 2023 Teachers Are Going All In on Generative AI
Surveys suggest teachers use generative AI more than students, to create lesson plans or more interesting word problems. Educators say it can save valuable time but must be used carefully.
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13 min
September 15, 2023 A Concrete Crisis Has the UK Literally Crumbling
Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting.
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10 min
September 14, 2023 The iPhone 15 Opts for Intuitive AI, Not Generative AI
Apple ignored the tech industry's obsession with generative AI at the new iPhone launch, offering subtler AI features that make everyday tasks like photography and phone calls better.
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8 min
September 13, 2023 Senators Want ChatGPT-Level AI to Require a Government License
A new US government body would force companies to seek a license before working on powerful AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4, under a bipartisan proposal by senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley.
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9 min

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