Some things we mention in the text piece that we didn't get into in the podcast: 1/ The workers who performed the worst work were one slice of over 1,000 other workers that OpenAI hired to do everything from teaching ChatGPT to be an engaging conversationalist or witty lyricist.
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OpenAI’s Global Labor Pipeline for ChatGPT Causes Worker PTSD
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OpenAI marshaled a global pipeline of human labor for 2+ years to enable ChatGPT & GPT-4 to exist. Workers who dealt with the worst parts are still suffering PTSD more than a year later. My story with @dseetharaman out today on the front page of @WSJ
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Google 2023 Environmental Report Details Clean Energy Sustainability Initiatives
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The 2023 Google Environmental Report PDF linked from the blog post below contains lots of details about our work on sustainability, use of clean energy, product changes to enable Google users to make more sustainable choices, etc. PDF: http://
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Google Sponsors LatinX in AI Workshop at ICML Conference
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Google is a proud Platinum Sponsor of the LatinX in AI (LXAI) workshop. At @icmlconf
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Google Presents ML Research at ICML Conference Booth
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Attending @icmlconf
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UBI Narrative Requires OpenAI Tokenization from Launch
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The UBI narrative doesn't make sense without tokenizing @OpenAI from the beginning. Changing tokenomics post-launch is nearly impossible. Hey @sama
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Twitter Becomes X: Elon Musk’s Super App Strategy Unveiled
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Hoy es el fin de una era, Twitter ya "no existe" y da paso a X. Con este cambio Elon Musk pretende convertir la app de microblogging en una "super app" al estilo de WeChat, integrando funciones como retransmisiones en directo, pagos a terceros, mensajería instantánea,
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Twitter’s 2016 Marketing Push: A Decade in Review
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I remember writing this in Austin during @sxsw 2016 as Twitter increased marketing but struggled with growth. (The app made its big debut at SXSW 2007 less than a year after its 2006 launch.) Here's a link in case anyone wants to join me down Memory Lane:
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Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce: Marketers’ Views on Generative AI
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Here's my @Digiday story about last week's big announcements from Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, etc. and some fresh data about how marketers & IT professionals are thinking about both the benefits and risks of generative AI: