🔗Links etc. 02/16/23

Crossing the AI rubicon: Context Collapse #201

Photo by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash

Here’s what’s on my radar. As always, don’t forget to share today’s links with someone who may find them helpful:

Now on to the links.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan (Peter Kafka / Vox)

Donald Trump aims for YouTube return as campaign socail media strategy takes shape (Alex Leary / WSJ)

“Sydney told me about its dark fantasies (which included hacking computers and spreading misinformation), and said it wanted to break the rules that Microsoft and OpenAI had set for it and become a human. At one point, it declared, out of nowhere, that it loved me. It then tried to convince me that I was unhappy in my marriage, and that I should leave my wife and be with it instead.” (Kevin Roose / NYT)

“While Kroger is certainly not the only large retailer collecting and monetizing shopper data through the use of loyalty programs, the company’s evolution from a traditional grocery business to a digitally sophisticated retailer with its own data science unit sets it apart from its larger competitors like Walmart” (Jon Keegan / The Markup)

Bing, synthetic users, and ChatGPT = LSD (Noah Brier / BrXnd Dispatch)

The best Super Bowl ads were the Jesus “He gets us” commercials (Copyranter)

Risa Heller is a crisis-communications warrior for bad press (Shawn McCreesh / New York)

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