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ChatGPT-like AI could destroy Google in two years
ChatGPT-like AI could destroy Google in two years
Plus: Scientists just discovered a 17-pound meteorite in Antarctica.
Feb 02, 2023
Is this the beginning of the end for the Google search engine? Paul Buchheit (the guy who created Gmail) thinks so.
He’s tweeted to say that, thanks to ChatGPT, Google's business will last a maximum of two years.
Launched in November last year, ChatGPT is the new go-to destination for asking questions online. Instead of delivering a response to a search result that runs into tens of pages, ChatGPT answers the questions in a conversational style, making it easier for the user to ask follow-up questions.
But before you decide whether this is all going to happen or not, take a look at this video. It shows Arleigh Burke Class — a class of multi-mission guided missile destroyers built by the United States Navy to perform roles including air defense and antisubmarine warfare.
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Paul Buchheit (the guy who created Gmail) has tweeted to say that, thanks to ChatGPT, Google's business will last a maximum of two years.
Launched in November last year, ChatGPT is the new go-to destination for asking questions online. Instead of delivering a response to a search result that runs into tens of pages, ChatGPT answers the questions in a conversational style, making it easier for the user to ask follow-up questions.
This has led many to wonder if this could be the beginning of the end for the Google search engine.
But don’t feel too sorry for Google yet. The company charges advertisers a fee for displaying their products and services right next to the search results, increasing the likelihood of the provider being found. In 2021, it raked in over $250 billion in revenue, which is its best-ever income in its nearly 25-year existence.
→ With ChatGPT making rapid strides (it has even passed MBA exams at the Wharton School of Business) it has received further financial support from Microsoft as it looks to incorporate the chatbot's abilities into its own search engine and pip Google from the top spot.
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SCIENCE
Antarctica is an oasis of meteorites. In fact, in the last 100 years alone, scientists have recovered about 45,000 of them from the frozen continent.
However, only a small number (around 100) of those are as heavy as a newly-found meteorite, which weighs in at 16.7 pounds (7.57 kg). This meteorite is among the five space rocks a team of international researchers recently discovered in Antarctica.
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INNOVATION
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced the development of “RaiBo,” a robotic dog that is capable of walking on even very tricky terrain, such as sand.
The quadrupedal robot control technology can be used without prior information on the terrain, so it can be applied to various robot walking studies, according to the team behind it.
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HEALTH
A rare disorder called VEXAS syndrome has bemused US health services since 2020.
Now, a study led by the NYU Grossman School of Medicine has shown that about 13,200 men and another 2,300 women in the United States over age 50 are estimated to have VEXAS syndrome.
Furthermore, it’s found that up to 50 percent of sufferers (mostly men) pass away within five years of diagnosis.
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MAIL & MUSINGS
Gmail creator says ChatGPT-like AI will destroy Google's business in two years.
Do you think this is the beginning of the end for the Google search engine?
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Yesterday, we asked you if you think drilling the biggest ever borehole to power the Earth is a good idea, and you were for it, in general. 42 percent of you said yes, it’s inspired, while 37 percent said providing they can do it safely.
42%
Yes, it’s inspired
37%
Providing they can do it safely
16%
No, this is a terrible idea
5%
I am unsure either way
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Forget artificial intelligence — in the brave new world of big data, it’s artificial idiocy we should be looking out for.”
Tom Chatfield, British author, broadcaster and tech philosopher.
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