Companies scramble to incorporate generative AI in products

News Summary

  • Illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/AxiosThe rush is on among tech companies large and small to add the latest hot AI technology into their products.Why it matters: Generative AI has dominated the tech conversation in recent months with both its impressive capabilities and its noteworthy shortcomings.
  • What they're saying: Microsoft corporate VP and consumer marketing chief Yusuf Mehdi says it's the right time to add generative AI capabilities to shipping products, even if the technology itself has limitations.The other side: Others say that the competitive pressure is leading companies to remove needed safeguards.
  • The big picture: Technologies like ChatGPT and image generators such as Dall-E 2 and Stable Diffusion have captured the imagination of the tech industry and beyond.Yes, but: Excitement is one thing; practical uses and profitable businesses are another.
  • "The problem with AI right now isn't that it's smart — it's that it is stupid in ways that we can't always predict," as John Oliver put it in a must-watch segment on AI in the latest episode of Last Week Tonight.
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