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ChatGPT has a Scarlett Johansson problem

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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss announcements from Microsoft Build, the OpenAI's trouble with Scarlett Johansson, new Sonos headphones, and more.

Further reading:

  • Microsoft’s big bet on building a new type of AI computer 
  • Recall is Microsoft’s key to unlocking the future of PCs 
  • https://www.theverge.com › microsoft-surface-pro-pric...
  • Here’s the eight-inch Snapdragon PC for your Windows on Arm experiments 
  • How does the Microsoft Surface Laptop stack up to the MacBook Air? 
  • Microsoft Build 2024: everything announced
  • Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste
  • Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression
  • Here’s the eight-inch Snapdragon PC for your Windows on Arm experiments
  • Microsoft Edge will translate and dub YouTube videos as you’re watching them
  • Microsoft brings out a small language model that can look at pictures 
  • Microsoft’s new Copilot AI agents act like virtual employees to automate tasks 
  • Microsoft outage took down Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and ChatGPT search features
  • OpenAI is ‘in conversations’ with Scarlett Johansson over the ChatGPT voice that sounds just like her
  • OpenAI pulls its Scarlett Johansson-like voice for ChatGPT
  • Lawyers say OpenAI could be in real trouble with Scarlett Johansson
  • Scarlett Johansson told OpenAI not to use her voice — and she’s not happy they might have anyway
  • OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
  • OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
  • OpenAI’s News Corp deal licenses content from WSJ, New York Post, and more
  • OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts
  • The US government is trying to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster
  • The Sonos Ace headphones are here, and they’re damn impressive
  • Sonos CEO Patrick Spence addresses the company’s divisive app redesign
  • here’s an electric salt spoon that adds umami flavor 
  • Apple needs to explain that bug that resurfaced deleted photos 
  • Humane is looking for a buyer after the AI Pin’s underwhelming debut 


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