All Gas, No Brakes in A.I. + Metaverse Update + Lessons From a Prompt Engineer
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ChatGPT can now hear, see and speak — and that’s just the start of the deluge of A.I. news this week. Kevin and Casey unpack the lightning-speed updates.
Then, Meta’s next-generation headset, Quest 3, is here. Is there still hope for the metaverse?
And: An interview with a prompt engineer. Yes, that’s a real job.
Today’s Guest:
- Riley Goodside is a prompt engineer at Scale A.I., a San Francisco start-up.
Additional Reading:
- Kevin Roose on ChatGPT, which can now see, hear and speak.
- Spotify announced a new A.I.-powered voice-translation feature.
- Meta announced the release of the Quest 3 headset.
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