Chaos & Amazement #2423 AI Clones for Zoom, Showrunner.xyz, and Emojipasta
Buckle up for a wild ride this week, as we explore AI meeting clones, a major AI outage, and the latest developments in live shopping and e-commerce!
Tech News
Zoom is thinking about using artificial intelligence to create AI-powered digital twins that could attend meetings for you, freeing up your time. Imagine being the only real person in a Zoom call where everyone else has sent their AI clone instead. https://theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview
Earlier this week there was a major ChatGPT outage that took several other large language models down with it due to cascading technical problems. ChatGPT’s first outage in over six months really showcased how deeply millions depend on AI chatbots to help them do their jobs these days. https://status.openai.com
Zara plans to expand live shopping broadcasts in the UK, Europe, and the US between August and October 2024, testing a format that is wildly popular in China https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/after-china-zara-expands-live-shopping-experiment-europe-us-2024-06-03/
TikTok reportedly delays European e-commerce launch to prioritize US growth. Interesting shift considering US regulatory challenges. https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-31/tiktok-pauses-e-commerce-push-into-europe-to-focus-on-us [paywall]
From my blog
Is Showrunner.xyz the Netflix of AI? https://bnox.be/2024/06/is-showrunnerxyz-netflix-of-ai.html
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Weird and Wonderful
Late to the party that is r/emojipasta on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/emojipasta/ Here’s one post with a reaction to Trump’s conviction ealier this week.
Peaked in High School by @AlmostFridayTV. Emotional rollercoaster!
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