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Nicholas Thompson

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CEO of The Atlantic. Father of 3 boys. Neurotic runner. Fingerstyle guitarist.

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The most interesting thing in tech: a new story details the split between Elon Musk and OpenAI a few years ago. He told them that they were hopelessly behind and that he would come in, run it, and fix it. They said no. And here we are now. created by Nicholas Thompson with Nicholas Thompson's original sound
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The most interesting thing in tech: a new story details the split between Elon Musk and OpenAI a few years ago. He told them that they were hopelessly behind and that he would come in, run it, and fix it. They said no. And here we are now.
The most interesting thing in tech: a bad day for TikTok. The CEO came to Washington and got grilled by Congress. He did not, it seemed, convince any of them that TikTok is not a security risk.
The most interesting thing in tech: the GPT-4 technical paper shows how the system can be used to solve a captcha problem in an amazing and decious way. That problem has been solved now … but there is more to come. #gpt4
The most interesting thing in tech: GPT-4 is here and we’re about to enter a world where everything written is a blur—where we have great new powers but almost no idea who wrote what. #gpt4
The most interesting thing in tech: three different stories that are being told about the SVB failure: “Screw them” — “hard love” — and “thank god.” Here’s my best sense of what these stories are and how they came about.
The most interesting thing in tech: lots of drama over the weekend with Silicon Valley Bank. And we might have resolution that protects deposit holders and prevents the spread of contagion. It’s still early though on Monday.
The most interesting thing in tech: a fascinating question I was asked—how much is the US push to subsidize chip manufacturing at home because the government believes China will take over Taiwan?
The most interesting thing in tech: the future of social media. You used to find this video because you were my friend; them because you were interested in tech; then because the algorithms decided it suited you. In the future, with AI, you won’t need any of that. The bug platforms will just immediately create custom videos like this—with better shaved and better dressed correspondents—whenever they sense you want to watch one.
The most interesting thing in tech: a new study makes the case that community mask mandates don’t reduce the spread of respiratory illnesses. This is interesting! But it’s not defintive in the way that some people think, and it’s not going to change my policy of wearing an N95 in situations of high potential transmission and low social cost or stress.
The most interesting thing in tech: Apple has introduced a fascinating new feature so that phones, in some situations, will prioritize charging when clean energy is available. A lot of people on social media are upset! I can see some reasons why. But, honestly, I think it’s a pretty cool feature implemented well and with very low risk. I hope that other companies do the same thing.
the most interesting thing in tech: a news story about the risks of Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving. I’m not surprised by the finding: autonomous driving in Teslas is not as safe as I’d like it to be yet! But there are some fascinating ethical questions that get raised. #tesla
the most interesting thing in tech: why was ChatGPT invented in the US? There are lots of possible theories. One that compels me: it’s because of Chinese censorship. A chatbot is one of the scariest things to imagine building in a place that so closely polices what you say. #chatgpt
The most interesting thing in tech: the concept of “temperature” in large language models. It’s essentially a way that the models determine the default randomness and creativity in the answers they give. #chatgpt
The most interesting thing in tech: with so much in life, there’s a balance to find between analytics and letting go. How much can you measure before you get lost in the measurements? I have a talk partly about this at the Running USA conference in Denver, and I think the lessons apply to much of life
The most interesting thing in tech: what could go wrong with chat-based search? There’s a lot that will be great. But the biggest risk is that it fundamentally changes the economic nature and health of the Web.
The most interesting thing in tech: why did China want to send a spy balloon up over the United States when there are so many satellites flying up above spying on everything anyway? Well, there are a few things that a balloon can do that a satellite (or a plane) cannot.
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