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WSJ Tech News Briefing

Elon Musk’s Approach to AI Could Make His Robotaxi a Long Shot

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Tesla says it plans to roll out its fully autonomous robotaxis in the next few years… but how ready is it really for prime time? WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims says there are many reasons to think CEO Elon Musk’s approach to self-driving and artificial intelligence won’t work. Plus, how one WSJ editor is using an AI chatbot to outsource planning meals for his toddler. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

SAP Business AI is AI that solves actual business problems, like predicting what your customers want before they know they want it, or making sure there are no weak links in your supply chain.

0:10.3

Revolutionary technology, real world's results. That's SAP Business AI.

0:18.8

Welcome to Tech News briefing. It's Monday, November 4th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:25.0

If you're tired of searching through endless recipe sites looking for creative dinner ideas,

0:30.6

maybe an artificial intelligence chatbot can help. That's what one WSJ editor did when planning meals for his toddler. And Tesla says it

0:40.5

plans to launch its robo-taxies in the coming years. But how ready is it really for prime time?

0:46.7

Art tech columnist Christopher Mim says CEO Elon Musk is going about it all wrong. Those stories

0:52.8

coming up.

1:03.7

AI chatbots can do lots of things, from writing emails to creating code. For parents, they can also be used to outsource certain tasks like meal planning for kids. That's exactly

1:09.7

what WSJ AI editor Ben Fritz has been doing for the past few months.

1:14.8

He's here to tell us about the upsides and downsides to tapping Anthropics Claude Chatbot

1:19.7

as a helping hand in the kitchen.

1:21.6

Ben, take us through the steps here.

1:23.6

You opened up Claude, and then what?

1:26.1

I'm going to, Claude, and start off, I've really found with AI, the best thing to do is talk to it almost like you're talking to a person.

1:31.9

So I didn't have to give it a very specific instruction like, you know, this is exactly what I need.

1:37.8

And here's step by step. I start off by saying like, hey, it's a struggle for me to come up with meals to cook for my daughter every week.

1:43.4

Is that someone you can help with?

1:45.6

And it immediately said, yes, I'd be happy to help design a meal plan for an 18-month-old.

1:51.3

And then it started giving me ideas right away.

1:53.7

And I was like, okay, well, that's great.

1:55.6

And then I said, let me give you the specific kind of guidelines for our family as far as what kind of meals you want to give her

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