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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Google is the undisputed leader in the race to dominate AI, in part because of its reputation as a company with strong corporate ethics. But as questions about the morality and efficacy of AI become more pronounced, Google finds itself mired in internal conflicts and bad PR. Google’s stagnation gives Microsoft an opportunity to team up with an ambitious start-up called OpenAI. When OpenAI releases ChatGPT, the chatbot shakes up the AI landscape and puts Google on its heels.

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0:00.0	Before we get started a brief content warning, this episode contains a discussion of gun violence. Please be advised.
0:17.0	It's late October 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
0:22.0	Joy Bula Mweeney slams her hand against her desk in frustration.
0:27.0	The intricate Lego display spread across the table shakes from the impact.
0:32.0	Bula Mweeney takes a deep breath. She can make this work.
0:37.0	Bula Mweeney is in her first semester of a graduate program at MIT.
0:41.0	She's working on an assignment to build a piece of technology inspired by science fiction.
0:47.0	Bula Mweeney is making what she's dubbed an aspire mirror.
0:51.0	The idea is that when a user looks in the mirror, it will reflect back an image superimposed on the user's face that will inspire them.
1:00.0	It could be the face of a lion or a tennis superstar Serena Williams or even a quote or a symbol.
1:07.0	Bula Mweeney is using facial recognition software to track the user's face to know where to place the inspirational image.
1:15.0	But try as she might, she can't get the software to work.
1:18.0	Over and over, a message appears that reads, no face detected, even though she's staring right into the mirror.
1:26.0	Bula Mweeney adjusts her chair and angles her chin down, hoping the change in position will help the software recognize her.
1:34.0	Bula Mweeney's size. Why won't you work?
1:43.0	She spins around in her chair. She doesn't know what she's going to do.
1:48.0	The assignment is due soon and without reliable facial recognition software, it won't work.
1:55.0	As her chair comes to a stop, Bula Mweeney spies a white Halloween mask sticking out of her bag. She'd brought it to a friend's party.
2:04.0	Bula Mweeney grabs the mask and slips it over her face. She turns and looks into the mirror.
2:10.0	Staring back at her is a lion, regal and proud.
2:14.0	Behind the mask, Bula Mweeney wrinkles her brow. She moves her head to the left and then the right.
2:22.0	The software tracks the white mask perfectly. She shoves the mask on top of her head and looks back into the mirror.
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