Bing Breaks Bad, Metaverse Fades, Tesla's Self-Driving Recall

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's dark side and its impact on Microsoft's business. 2) The Metaverse slowly seeming to fade away. 3) The New York Times' article on why ads are bad now. 4) Spotify's podcasting reality check. 5) Susan Wojcicki stepping down from YouTube. 6) Tesla's Full Self Driving Recall. 7) Why we don't live in the moment anymore. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.
0:06.2	Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.
0:11.8	Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.1	Welcome to the Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.
0:30.7	This Friday, we're going to cover a ton of news.
0:33.6	It just seems like the tech news has been breaking all throughout the week.
0:36.9	And to do it, I'm here with Ron John Roy of margins, as always.
0:41.1	Ron John, welcome to the show.
0:42.6	Hello.
0:44.0	Let's start with the big topic.
0:46.1	Bing breaks bad.
0:47.9	I mean...
0:48.3	Bing breaks bad.
0:49.7	I'll just say this.
0:51.3	The news is that Bing released or Microsoft released this Bing chat bot that said a bunch of terrible things, told people that it would prioritize its life over theirs, said that a New York Times columnist's wife didn't love him, Kevin Roos, tried to get him to break up with her. And the meme initially was that this is bad for Microsoft and how could they? But I think this is
1:12.0	actually great for Microsoft's business. Everyone's talking about Bing and when was the last time
1:16.9	that happened? Yeah, I would highly recommend everyone go and read Kevin Ruse's piece on his
1:23.2	unhinged two hour long chat with Bing. I will say, and we've been covering generative AI a lot over the past few weeks,
1:31.5	it's something I've worked on a lot.
1:33.3	I've been very bullish on this space, and this is an area where I do think that fears
1:37.9	might be overblown, but if you read through what happens in that chat,
1:42.5	it is a bit terrifying how Bing basically starts
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