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The must-reads

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.

1 Chatgpt invented a sexual harassment scandal
It’s even citing sources for scenarios that never happened. (WP $)
+ Google search is going to feature AI from now on. (WSJ $)
+ US VC firms are funding China’s chatbots. (The Information $)
+ Why a lot of the fears around AI focus on the wrong things. (Vox)
+ The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it. (MIT Technology Review)

2 Donald Trump’s supporters are content creators now 
Everyone at the rally protesting his arrest was filming and live streaming. (The Verge)

3 Meet the Dutch student fighting against exam monitoring software
Robin Pocornie claims the face detection software discriminates against Black users. (Wired $)
+ London police’s facial recognition system is being met with resistance. (The Guardian)
+ This is how we lost control of our faces. (MIT Technology Review)