Fri. 05/17 – Reddit Embraces Its AI Role
As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer battery life like I want, or will they just make the phones thinner? A subtle but important improvement to ChatGPT and in the Longreads, a deep dive into what happened at Cruise.
As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer battery life like I want, or will they just make the phones thinner? A subtle but important improvement to ChatGPT and in the Longreads, a deep dive into what happened at Cruise.
Links:
- OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT (Reuters)
- OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts (The Verge)
- Grand Theft Auto VI is launching in fall 2025 (The Verge)
- iPhone 16 Pro Max to get new battery that could last longer (AppleInsider)
- ChatGPT now lets you import files directly from Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive (VentureBeat)
- Twitter is officially X.com now (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet (Fortune)
- How cuddly robots could change dementia care (MIT Technology Review)
- Where Did All The Stocks Go? (Sherwood)
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