This week, Federico and John begin a new series on the impact of artificial intelligence on apps and the world around us. This week’s episode sets the stage with a look at chatbots, image generation tools, and issues and opportunities they raise.

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Links and Show NotesArtificial Intelligence* ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web | The New Yorker * 7 problems facing Bing, Bard, and the future of AI search * This is how Microsoft will compensate websites Bing and ChatGPT steals information from * CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy * ChatGPT jailbreak forces it to break its own rules * Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content * Replace Grammarly Premium with OpenAI ChatGPT * CNET’s AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism * Elon’s Crumbling Empire + Generative A.I. Goes to Court * How ChatGPT Will Destabilize White-Collar Work


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