AI is Becoming More ‘Cheers’ and Less ‘50 First Dates’

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The passive relationship between humans and technology is moving into a new, more personalized era. WSJ Pro’s enterprise technology bureau chief, Steven Rosenbush, explains the more “Cheers”-like approach to human-machine interaction. Plus, a conversation between WSJ reporter Keach Hagey and OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap at the WSJ Future of Everything event. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.5	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
1:01.3	It's Friday, June 6th.
1:02.9	I'm Victoria Craig for the Wall Street Journal.
1:05.3	Today, two stories on the future of the relationship between humans and AI.
1:10.6	First, if you want to be where everybody knows your name, is a chatbot.
1:14.6	The solution?
1:15.6	We'll tell you whether AI can really rival familiarity among friends at the local watering hole.
1:21.6	Then, we'll hear from OpenAI's chief operating officer on the state of the AI industry,
1:26.6	where it is, where it's going,
1:28.8	and what we know about a new suite of devices his company is working on.
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