Thu. 05/04 – The Regulators Come For AI

The regulators have not been sleeping on the AI revolution. Everybody wants to get in on the blue checkmark game. But this time, with actual utility. Airbnb now offers to rent out single rooms. Can ChatGPT out invest professional money managers? And the return of the flip phone. No, not a foldable phone. The flip phone from your youth.

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Links:

• “We must regulate AI,” FTC Chair Khan says (ArsTechnica)
• UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market (Financial Times)
• Microsoft’s Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more (The Verge)
• Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders (9to5Google)
• Airbnb Revamps Site to Ease Tensions Between Guests, Hosts (Bloomberg)
• ChatGPT ‘portfolio’ outperforms leading UK funds (Financial Times)
• Gen Zers Are Snapping Up Flip Phones. They Might Be Onto Something. (WSJ)

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