Microsoft vs. Google: Whose AI is better?

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The quest for dominance in artificial intelligence is taking shape in the tech world with some familiar players. Both Google and Microsoft are spending billions to come out on top of the chatbot arms race. Today, we put ChatGPT and Bard to the test to see which company hosts the superior chatbot.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:07.0	This is the indicator from Planet Money, I'm Whalen Wong.
0:15.1	And I'm Jerry Inwoods.
0:16.4	And today we are talking all things tech.
0:19.0	So Whalen, what has caught your eye this week?
0:22.2	Well, I did a double take at this headline I saw that said that Tesla workers are trying
0:26.9	to unionize their workers in New York state that are launching a campaign to form a union.
0:31.7	I want to hear Elon Musk feel about that.
0:33.9	Elon Musk noted advocate of worker rights.
0:36.8	Yes, full solidarity.
0:38.2	I'm sure what have you seen, Darian?
0:41.0	Well, the ruler of Dubai made an announcement about flying taxis.
0:45.6	It looks pretty cool.
0:47.3	Like, I mean, like, laid run it maybe.
0:49.2	Or maybe Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the original flying car.
0:53.0	The future is finally here.
0:54.7	But the big trend that I want to talk about in technology today is actually artificial intelligence.
1:00.5	And how companies are investing billions of dollars in a race for chatbot and search dominance.
1:06.8	Ooh, sounds like an arms race.
1:09.0	Today on the show, the quest for AI search supremacy.
1:12.9	We see how the battle is playing out.
1:14.9	We judge a head-to-head test involving mathematics, literature and love.
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