EV Road Test: Picking the Best ‘Computer on Wheels’

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Choosing an electric vehicle has become a lot like comparison shopping for the latest tech gadget. WSJ’s senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern joins host Zoe Thomas to explain how she tested three EVs’ battery life, charging compatibility and more to pick her new “computer on wheels.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Fidelity Investments.
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0:14.9	Fidelity is an equal opportunity employer.
0:21.9	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Tuesday, August 29.
0:25.9	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:29.5	Long battery life, touch screens, smart assistance.
0:33.8	These are the features you'll need to compare not only when you're buying a smartphone or tablet,
0:38.9	but also an electric vehicle.
0:41.4	Our senior personal tech columnist, Joanna Stern, recently did some EV comparison shopping.
0:47.3	And she'll be here to explain how these different computers on wheels stacked up.
0:53.2	But first, OpenAI is launching a business version of ChatGPT.
1:01.2	It's a generative artificial intelligence tool.
1:04.2	ChatGPT Enterprise is meant to help employees learn new skills like coding
1:10.0	and to analyze internal corporate data according to OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer.
1:15.5	It'll be faster than the paid version of ChatGPT
1:18.8	and customers' data will not be used to train or improve new AI models,
1:24.2	a particular concern for corporate clients.
1:27.1	The new tool, though, puts OpenAI in direct competition with its biggest backer, Microsoft.
1:33.8	About six weeks ago, the tech giant launched its own AI workplace tool,
1:38.6	Bing Chat Enterprise, which is also built with OpenAI's technology.
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