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/FEATURED GOOGLE INTRODUCES BARD, 'THE CHATGPT KILLER' A few days ago, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced their answer to two recent news items: Microsoft's ChatGPT‑Bing integration and just ChatGPT in general. It's called Bard, an AI chatbot Google is developing in-house to not only crush GPT, but also integrate into search, Maps, and more. If you want to learn all about Bard and how it works, you should really check out this article from Dataconomy, which goes in depth on the new AI chatbot. As for this morning's big Paris event? Indian Express has a breakdown of the event, moment by moment, but the gist of it: Bard will remain in limited testing for now, Bard gave a wrong answer in its big public debut, and while they plan to integrate it across a lot of their products, that timeline is still TBD.

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/STORIES US EXPERTS WARN AI LIKELY TO KILL OFF JOBS — AND WIDEN WEALTH INEQUALITY In stark contrast to Google's big news, The Guardian reports that job experts expect AI to not only kill jobs, but mainly benefit those at the top, leaving the laid-off to fend for themselves. And yes, this means no one expects that when AI eliminates jobs, powerful CEOs will give out that magical and deserved UBI. Instead, they'll just laugh at the unemployed and say, "Too bad, maybe you should have been CEO instead" or something to that effect. MICROSOFT THINKS AI CAN BEAT GOOGLE AT SEARCH — CEO SATYA NADELLA EXPLAINS WHY Meanwhile, Microsoft officially announced that OpenAI would power the next version of Bing and support the next version of their Edge browser. But we already knew all this. What is interesting is that CEO Satya Nadella sat down with The Verge and said, despite Google's obvious dominance in the space, he believes this time, they can win. All we've wanted for years was a fifth season of Halt and Catch Fire but as it turns out, this Microsoft vs. Google AI battle might be all we actually need. A BETTER WAY TO GET THERAPY You don't have to cope with mental health challenges alone. Find your therapist on BetterHelp and connect via live video, phone and chat. [Partner] TRY IT OUT » ANNE HATHAWAY INVESTS IN REVOLUTIONARY VEGAN EGG TECH You know a company means business when Oscar-winning actors throw their weight behind it. According to Plant Based News, actor Anne Hathaway has invested an undisclosed amount of money into EVERY Co — a San Francisco-based firm who, since 2014, has been creating egg proteins without using chickens through a process called Precision Fermentation (PF), which uses micro-organism tanks to create the proteins. They even created the first-ever macaroons in partnership with Chantal Guillon and they look great, though we should really try them for ourselves. And then try regular macaroons for comparison. Honestly, we're just craving dessert.

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/CURIOUS //QUESTION OF THE DAY WHO WILL WIN THE NEW "OUR SEARCH ENGINE AND COMPANY USE AI NOW" WAR? GOOGLE OR MICROSOFT? Microsoft was fastest to announce they'd incorporate ChatGPT into the Bing experience but Google recently unveiled a big commitment to AI models in a lot of their products. Bing's approach is simple and straightforward, whereas Google is going big and comprehensive across multiple products and services. WHO WILL WIN? » //BEST OF TUESDAY WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"? Here are some of our favorite answers: Δ "Skynet" — Quick, someone protect every person named John Connor! Δ "Not intelligent" — Sick burn. Δ "HAL 9000" — You mean that lip-reading computer from the old movie? Also, don't forget: TAKE OUR 5-MINUTE READER SURVEY »

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