Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.

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He Helped Train ChatGPT – and It Traumatized Him | PRO Insight
For less than $1 per hour, workers in Nairobi, Kenya, trained OpenAI’s GPT models, and they walked away shaken by the harrowing content they taught the software to avoid
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Google, Generative Search and the Web’s Uncertain Future | PRO Insight
Digging through a bunch of websites to find information is annoying, but we’re in trouble if the primary sources go away
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The AI PR Industrial Complex | PRO Insight
Forget the technology’s capabilities, there’s money to be made and points to score
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Why Bluesky Is the New Hotness | PRO Insight
The Twitter alternative is taking off thanks to hilarious memes and the fact that it’s not Twitter
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How AI Chat Will Make Money – Outside of Ads | PRO Insight
APIs, plugins, data licensing and subscriptions may supplement advertising – or supplant it – in the chatbot business model
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What the Heck Is Happening at Uber? | PRO Insight
A bizarre Wall Street Journal profile, an underperforming stock and big executive pay packages stand out as the ride-hailing company tries to find a way forward
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As AI Gets Better, Could It Swallow the Companies Building With It? | PRO Insight
OpenAI, Microsoft and Google may never be free of the tension between being AI technology providers and developers themselves
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TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Are All Starting to Look the Same | PRO Insight
The homogenization of social media will have real consequences, including how the apps make money and compete
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TikTok’s CEO Isn’t the Boss | PRO Insight
In a hearing before Congress, Shou Zi Chew came off like an underling
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How Finance Invaded Tech and Sparked the Silicon Valley Bank Backlash | PRO Insight
People don’t see the technology industry as they once did – and it almost cost the sector a rescue
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Social Media Is Changing – and Paid Accounts Are the Response | PRO Insight
Monthly fees for Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are not for ordinary users — they’re for the professionals who’ve taken over the feeds
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Next Up for AI Chatbots? It’s All About How to Apply Them | PRO Insight
The magical demos displayed the capability, and now the platform wars begin
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The Wacky, Unhinged Bing Chatbot Is Still Good for Microsoft’s Business | PRO Insight
If the new search enhancement gaslights you, you might like it even more
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Do Chatbots Get Us Any Closer to Human-Level Artificial Intelligence? | PRO Insight
For AI to mirror human intelligence, it must perceive the world as we do
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The Big Tech Rebound Is Underway | PRO Insight
A moderating Fed, better cost management and low expectations presage a resurgence from the bottom for the industry
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