AI Reading for Friday Jan 3
Sundar Pichai wants Google to get scrappy to compete with OpenAI. - Windows Central
Are you a bad designer if you use AI? - WE AND THE COLOR
Uses of AI are everywhere in the enterprise, but typically automate the type of manual knowledge work an intern could do, not high-value stuff. - The Globe and Mail
Apple opts everyone into AI that recognizes where they took a picture. - The Register
I'm not really sure if it's a big deal that it recognizes the Statue of Liberty.
Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past. - LinkedIn
Write a satirical blog post, get incorporated into Google’s AI answers immediately.
Music Publishers Reach Deal With AI Giant Anthropic Over Copyrighted Song Lyrics. - The Hollywood Reporter
Won't provide lyrics in the chatbot, labels seeking to bar them from training on lyrics.
Can God Speak to Us Through A.I.? - NY Times
Only a matter of time before there is a religion that worships a bot. Cut out the middleman.
Sorry Yuval Noah Hariri, AI surveillance and censorship is a dream come true for autocrats - WIRED
Trying out Google and Samsung's new mixed reality glasses. - CNET
Sam Altman's list of user requests - X (formerly Twitter)
I still can't decide if o3 is hype or something big and new. - The Algorithmic Bridge
Despite training on 100,000 GPUs, Grok 3 did not arrive by 2025. - TechCrunch
Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad? - The Economist
ummm… s/Would/Is/
25 experts predict how AI will change business and life in 2025 - Fast Company
AI flops of 2024 - MIT Technology Review
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