The new AI tool creating a buzz
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
GPT-3 is a tool whose predecessor was dubbed “too dangerous to release”. We find out why the new version is creating a hot debate in the tech world. Plus, why a popular mobile game in China has been pulled because of some morse code in a song. And many people have had to get used to videoconferencing during the past few months. Are meetings in virtual reality the next step? Please note that since this episode was recorded the Congressional hearing mentioned in the show has been postponed. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Stock image representing a human brain against a tech-related background, Credit: Getty Images).
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| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
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| 0:44.0 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly update on the hottest news and trends from the technology world. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm Rory Catlin Jones and this week it's called GPT3 and it's supposed to be a great leap forward for artificial intelligence. |
| 0:53.7 | We'll find out what the fuss is about. |
| 0:55.3 | We've heard lots about the mounting tensions between China and the West over tech and trade, but what's the view of |
| 1:00.0 | this battle on Chinese social media? And how's the government trying to control the conversation? |
| 1:05.4 | Our expert will tell us all. And we're getting used to meeting via video conferencing apps, but is virtual reality |
| 1:12.7 | going to be the new way to get together? Joining me again this week from her now famous kitchen |
| 1:18.2 | about 30 miles away from my lockdown loft is BBC technology reporter Jane Wakefield. How's it going, Jane? |
| 1:24.9 | I'm good, as ever. Good to see you. And no cat in the background |
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