π¨ Exploring AI's Creative Paradox, Musk's Open-Source AI Initiative, and Automakers' Privacy Controversies
Todayβs pick
Automating creativity. The core irony of generative AIs is that AIs were supposed to be all logic and no imagination. Instead we get AIs that make up information, engage in (seemingly) emotional discussions, and which are intensely creative. And that last fact is one that makes many people deeply uncomfortable. By Ethan Mollick via One Useful Thing
π: A clear use case for AI is idea generation. The evidence is strong across many studies that AI (GPT-4, Claude 3, Gemini Advanced) can help boost human creativity & the costs of getting bad answers is low. - Ethan Mollick (@emollick)
Elon Musk to open-source AI chatbot Grok this week. Elon Muskβs AI startup xAI will open-source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, the entrepreneur said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open-source roots. xAI released Grok last year, arming it with features including access to βreal-timeβ information and information that countered βpolitically correctβ views. By Manish Singh via TechCrunch
π: Grok belongs to the people - Greg Yang (@TheGregYang)
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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies. Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He's never been responsible for an accident. So Mr. Dahl, 65, was surprised in 2022 when the cost of his carΒ insurance jumped by 21 percent. By Kashmir Hill via The New York Times
π: This is the most WTF privacy story I've worked on in a while. Discovered while lurking on car forums. - Kashmir Hill (@kashhill)
Who Sends Traffic on the Web and How Much? New Research from Datos & SparkToro. In the era of zero-click platforms, native content, and walled gardens, does anyone still send meaningful traffic to the open web? Is Google responsible for 50% of all traffic referrals? 75%? Is social media sending half what search does? A quarter? Less? Are the major platforms sending less traffic overall than they did a year ago? By Rand Fishkin via SparkToro
π: NEW research: The wait's over. Thanks to the amazing team @LiveDatos, we can finally answer questions about: - Who sends traffic to the open web (besides Google)? - How much? Where does it go? - What's changing? - Rand Fishkin (@randfish)
Global efforts to build guardrails around artificial intelligence. Governments around the world are racing to develop guardrails to regulate the development of artificial intelligence without stifling it. By Washington Post Live via Washington Post
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