Mon. 03/06 – AI And The Golden Age Of Scamming

As Microsoft begins to integrate AI into its core enterprise and productivity products, are we ready for the scamming that AI is going to be able to produce? Details on forthcoming new iMacs. A checkin on Twitter. And why does Meta seem hellbent on ignoring what most people use VR for in the first place?

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Links:

• Microsoft’s Latest AI Assistant Is Meant for Marketers, Customer Reps and Work Apps (Bloomberg)
• They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam. (WashingtonPost)
• OpenAI Rival Stable Diffusion Maker Seeks to Raise Funds at $4 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
• Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% Last Year, Investor Letter Reveals (CoinDesk)
• Apple Readies Its Next Range of Macs, Including — Finally — a New iMac (Bloomberg)
• Musk Delayed Paying Twitter’s Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat (The Information)
• Twitter’s Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Fell About 40% in Month of December (WSJ)
• I don’t think Meta knows it’s a game company (The Verge)

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