The newsletter also includes a range of other tech-related stories, including the potential catastrophic climate tipping points, the need for a better board structure to avoid a second OpenAI breakdown, the misuse of TikTok dancers' work by Alibaba's new AI model, and the challenges of AI bias. It also mentions the shutting down of Twitch in South Korea, the booming carbon credit market, Amazon workers quitting in droves, and the story of a man developing drugs to treat his children's deadly disease.
Key takeaways:
- Millions of coders are now using AI assistants like Copilot, which is changing the way software is developed.
- Chinese food delivery app Meituan is allowing users to serve on "juries" to settle disputes between customers and restaurants.
- AI bias is a complex issue that can arise at many stages of the deep-learning process, not just from biased training data.
- Microsoft and Google are planning to embed similar AI models into office software used by billions around the world.