In the final episode of 2023, Brian and Sarah go into forecast mode, laying out their AI predictions for 2024. Will the hype keep growing? What will the next phase of adoption look like? This New Year’s episode gets into all of it.
Meanwhile, in the week’s biggest news, the discussion looks at The New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI, Jony Ive’s latest hire for some ChatGPT-powered hardware, and Michael Cohen’s AI-powered legal mistake.
Timestamps for this episode:
[0:00] Intro
[00:16] Welcome
[1:32] AI predictions for 2024
[4:47] Sarah’s big prediction
[10:04] Brian’s big prediction
[17:57] The New York Times suing OpenAI
[27:04] Jony Ive’s design firm adds Tang Tan, an iPhone designer from Apple
[32:14] Michael Cohen’s trouble with Bard
[37:52] "Two truths and l’AI"
Links for topics referenced in this episode:
Skift’s AI-powered chatbot (Skift): https://ask.skift.com/
The New York Times sues OpenAI (Associated Press): https://apnews.com/article/nyt-new-york-times-openai-microsoft-6ea53a8ad3efa06ee4643b697df0ba57
Potential risks for The New York Times (Techdirt): https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/the-ny-times-lawsuit-against-openai-would-open-up-the-ny-times-to-all-sorts-of-lawsuits-should-it-win/
OpenAI’s negotiations with media companies (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/business/media/media-openai-chatgpt.html
Looks at generation AI output that raise copyright concerns (Marcus on AI):
Tang Tan from Apple joins Jony Ive (Engadget): https://www.engadget.com/apples-iphone-designer-is-leaving-to-work-with-jony-ive-and-sam-altman-on-ai-hardware-093028794.html
Michael Cohen gets caught using AI citing non-existent legal cases (The New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyregion/michael-cohen-ai-fake-cases.html
Champagne at risk, based on ClimateAI data (Fox News): https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/new-years-eve-beverage-could-extinct-climate-change-ai-company-predicts
Burger King’s facial recognition use for hangover identification (RetailWire): https://retailwire.com/discussion/burger-king-taps-facial-recognition-for-hangover-promotion/
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