Bing’s Revenge + Google’s AI Faceplant

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.3 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Microsoft’s release of a ChatGPT-powered Bing signifies a new era in search. Then, a disastrous preview of Bard — Google’s answer to ChatGPT — caused the company’s stocks to slide 7 percent. The A.I. arms race is on. Plus: What “Nothing, Forever,” the 24/7, A.I.-generated “Seinfeld” parody, says about bias in A.I.

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0:00.0	Casey, we've seen two big AI announcements this week, one from Bing and one from Google
0:05.6	called Bard.
0:07.1	And I'm just curious in this podcast of the two of us, who would you say is more of a
0:11.8	Bard and who is more of a Bing?
0:14.5	Well, you know, I've drawn a great deal of inspiration in my career from the Immortal
0:19.7	Bard, William Shakespeare.
0:21.0	And so I would probably say the letter for me.
0:23.8	I would also say the Bard because you are you are frequently late and often underwhelming.
0:28.6	Oh boy.
0:29.6	Watch out.
0:32.6	But I would say I am the Bing because I was laughed at for many years and now no one's
0:39.7	laughing.
0:40.7	To be clear, I'm still laughing.
0:46.2	I'm Kevin Russe.
0:49.8	I'm a tech columnist at The New York Times and I'm Casey Newton from Platformer.
0:53.5	This week on the show, open AI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on The New
0:59.0	Bing, Google's AI face plant and then nothing forever.
1:25.4	All right.
1:32.4	So Casey, we had a field trip this week.
1:35.5	Our first joint hard fork field trip.
1:38.7	It was a true whirlwind 24 hours up and back to Redmond Washington.
1:42.9	Yes, we went to Redmond just outside of Seattle.
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