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Jan 1

Catch me on Substack!

New year, new platform. — Hi everyone, thanks so much for reading my posts here on Medium. I’ve been thrilled to write here regularly for the last 2.5 years and I’m now directing more of my attention to my own properties. To that end, I invite you to join me on Substack where I have…

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Catch me on Substack!
Catch me on Substack!

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Jan 1

What Happened To Amazon’s Employees After AI Automated Their Work

Instead of mass firings, Amazon assigned workers whose tasks it automated to inventive new roles. — Last week, I published an excerpt from my book, Always Day One, about how Amazon automated work in its corporate offices. This week, let’s look at what happened to the employees whose tasks it automated. Thank you so much to those who picked up Always Day One last week. If…

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What Happened To Amazon’s Employees After AI Automated Their Work
What Happened To Amazon’s Employees After AI Automated Their Work

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Dec 24, 2022

How Amazon Uses AI To Automate Work In Its Corporate Headquarters

Nearly all companies will soon have workplace AI on par with the tech giants. Here’s what to expect. — When I wrote my book, Always Day One, I wanted to open up the tech giants’ method of doing business to the outside world. My sense was that by revealing their leadership practices, processes, and internal technology, I could hand their playbook to those seeking to compete with them or…

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How Amazon Uses AI To Automate Work In Its Corporate Headquarters
How Amazon Uses AI To Automate Work In Its Corporate Headquarters

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Dec 19, 2022

Best And Worst Of The Year In Tech: 2022 Edition

Meet your winners for Person, Technological Advance, and Podcast of the year. Also, the worst deal. Sign up for my weekly Big Technology newsletter. The start of 2022 was almost serene. In January, Elon Musk was known mostly for building cars and rockets. FTX had yet to advertise in a…

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Best And Worst Of The Year In Tech: 2022 Edition
Best And Worst Of The Year In Tech: 2022 Edition

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Dec 9, 2022

Why Google Missed ChatGPT

The tech giant believes the future of search is conversational. How did it let OpenAI’s ChatGPT — Sign up for my weekly Big Technology newsletter. Google’s had an awkward week. After years of preaching that conversational search was its future, it’s stood by as the world discovered ChatGPT. The powerful chatbot from OpenAI takes queries — some meant for the search bar — and answers with astonishing…

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Why Google Missed ChatGPT
Why Google Missed ChatGPT

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Dec 2, 2022

OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Might Be The First Good Chatbot

After years of overpromising and underdelivering, chatbots are turning a corner. — A chatbot that meets the hype is finally here. On Thursday, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a bot that converses with humans via cutting-edge artificial intelligence. The bot can help you write code, compose essays, dream up stories, and decorate your living room. And that’s just what people discovered on day one. …

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OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Might Be The First Good Chatbot
OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Might Be The First Good Chatbot

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Dec 1, 2022

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bot Imagines Its Worst Possible Self

I asked OpenAI’s new AI chatbot to imagine a sinister future with itself at the center. It nailed the assignment. — Sign up for my weekly Big Technology newsletter. OpenAI has a new chatbot, called ChatGPT, that uses artificial intelligence to converse with humans. It’s impressively cool, and I haven’t been able to stop experimenting with it. This afternoon, I asked the bot to help me write a blog post about…

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bot Imagines Its Worst Possible Self
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bot Imagines Its Worst Possible Self

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Nov 23, 2022

It’s Time For The British Museum To Return The Parthenon’s Sculptures To Greece

Taking another country’s treasures and then acting like you set the terms of the debate is a gross violation of everything a cultural institution should represent. — On my first trip to England, I stumbled into the British Museum. The visit was unexpected — I bumped into the place jet lagged and searching for coffee — which only added to the shock I felt encountering the institution’s treasures. Floor after floor, the museum displayed some of the…

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It’s Time For The British Museum To Return The Parthenon’s Sculptures To Greece
It’s Time For The British Museum To Return The Parthenon’s Sculptures To Greece

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Nov 22, 2022

How To Land A Job In A Tough Economy

If you’re looking for work, try these strategies. Trust me, I’ve been there. It’s rough out there. Companies today are cutting costs, laying off workers, and scaling back ambitions. Hiring freezes are the norm. Uncertainty about the future abounds. And if you’re looking for a job, it can feel hopeless. …

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How To Land A Job In A Tough Economy
How To Land A Job In A Tough Economy

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Nov 19, 2022

Why Silicon Valley Didn’t Anticipate The Covid Comedown

Tech CEOs are laying off workers after predicting their Covid surges would persist. Here’s how they got it so wrong. — One by one, the tech CEOs apologized. They had failed to anticipate people’s behavior would return to normal once Covid restrictions lifted. So their projections for growth — in streaming, ecommerce, and the like — were way off. With expenses mounting and growth stagnating, they’d need to cut costs dramatically…

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Why Silicon Valley Didn’t Anticipate The Covid Comedown
Why Silicon Valley Didn’t Anticipate The Covid Comedown

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Alex Kantrowitz

Alex Kantrowitz

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Veteran journalist covering Big Tech and society. Subscribe to my newsletter here: https://bigtechnology.substack.com.

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