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laurengoode, 5 months ago to random

NEW, in @WIRED OpenAI’s new app store borrows a page from Big Tech's playbook, incentivizing developers (and non-techies) to build stuff for ChatGPT and keep it engaging.

But OpenAI still hasn't shared exact plans for paying app makers, which means developers both large and small are taking a leap of faith that terms will be favorable. All it has said is that payment will be based on user engagement https://www.wired.com/story/openais-app-store-chatgpt-everything-app/

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

Last month I had the chance to spend two days with Weight Watchers CEO Sima Sistani in New York City, asking her about the digital transformation she's been tasked with, weight-loss whiplash, body acceptance, and how, exactly, Weight Watchers is handling drugs like Ozempic. Our latest @Wired Big Interview: https://www.wired.com/story/sima-sistani-weight-watchers-big-interview/

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

I wrote about “magic” editors, Adobe Firefly, photo provenance, and where our real memories end and generative AI begins for
@Wired https://www.wired.com/story/where-memory-ends-and-generative-ai-begins/

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

The latest episode of HAVE A NICE FUTURE is out! @glichfield talks to the brilliant @Mer__edith about corporate and government surveillance, how history informs our view of the future, and why privacy is not totally dead (yet) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-wired/id1516843565?i=1000612464371

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

New episode of Have a Nice Future! We sat down with Lidiane Jones, Slack’s new CEO, to talk about the future of hybrid work, automation, and whether tech can ever truly solve our unhealthy relationships to work. And you’ll be surprised to learn who Gideon doesn’t always respond to asap https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-wired/id1516843565?i=1000611565010

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

Finally using Ivory 🤗

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

The latest episode of HAVE A NICE FUTURE is out! Gideon chats with Noah Raford, a futurist (yes it's a real job), about climate change, AI, and why it's good (?) to scare your kids on a semi-regular basis. Listen to our therapy session, I mean podcast, here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-worry-it-gets-worse/id1516843565?i=1000610683122

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

"'Writers are always selling somebody out,' Joan Didion (a mother!) famously wrote. So, too, are momfluencers. And the people they sell out, whether they realize it or not, are their children." Always read
@kateknibbs https://www.wired.com/story/momfluencers-essay/

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

"AI has become a ubiquitous marketing buzzword, much like 'internet' once was. If a company ever asked one of its engineers to fool around with ChatGPT, it's likely now calling itself AI-enabled." via
@danprimack, who also notes this is different than past VC investment hype cycles like crypto or nanotech, in that there are few skeptics. People are concerned about AI doomsday, but that hasn't stopped investments (yet) https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-f0a2bd2b-86a1-4e4e-b835-b5f3408d7e11.html

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

Why is it so hard to get into the habit of using Mastodon?? Am I just overloaded with social networks? Ok, hi, I'm here, back again, going to tweet or toot or share or whatever here

laurengoode, 1 year ago to random

Some big news: I'm writing a book, about the various ways the digital world has affected our memories & our sense of self. This is a topic that came to a head for me when I underwent major life changes in 2019-2020 and found myself bombarded with digital memories from the past. But that experience, and the story I eventually wrote about it, got me thinking much more broadly about the ways we store memories now, our nostalgia for an offline age, & what it means for our identities going forward.