battery recycling, and the way AI may revamp Microsoft Workplace

Microsoft is reportedly eyeing a $10 billion funding in OpenAI, the startup that created the viral chatbot ChatGPT, and is planning to combine it into Workplace merchandise and Bing search.

It is a large deal. If profitable, it should convey highly effective AI instruments to the lots. So what would ChatGPT-powered Microsoft merchandise appear to be? Whereas neither Microsoft or OpenAI had been keen to reply our questions, we all know sufficient to make some knowledgeable, clever guesses. Trace: it’s in all probability excellent news for those who discover creating PowerPoint displays and answering emails boring. Learn the total story.

—Melissa Heikkilä

Melissa’s story is from The Algorithm, her weekly AI publication. Join to obtain it in your inbox each Monday.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.

1 China’s inhabitants has fallen for the primary time in 60 years
The information has main implications for the nation’s social, protection and financial insurance policies. (CNN)
+ China’s financial system is slumping. (Quartz)
+ India is ready to take over because the world’s most populous nation. (Economist $)
+ Anti-covid zero demonstrators are nonetheless being detained. (Bloomberg $)

2 The primary invoice for Elon Musk’s Twitter buy is looming
How he offers with it’s one more main take a look at of his management. (FT $)
+ We’re witnessing the mind demise of Twitter. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

3 Getty Photos is suing Steady Diffusion’s creators
Getty claims the software program was skilled utilizing thousands and thousands of unlawfully scraped photos. (The Verge)
+ Microsoft is including ChatGPT to its cloud service “quickly.” (Bloomberg $)

4 EV gross sales have handed a big milestone
They made up 10% of recent vehicles bought final 12 months. (WSJ $)
+ Tesla is slashing its costs—however not everybody’s joyful. (The Verge)

5 Tenant-screening algorithms reportedly discriminated in opposition to Black renters 
Now the US Division of Justice is getting concerned. (Wired $)
+ AI has exacerbated racial bias in housing. Might it assist eradicate it as an alternative? (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

6 3D printed buildings may assist to resolve the US housing disaster
However there’s a serious barrier: the way in which the development trade works now. (New Yorker $)
+ Meet the designers printing homes out of salt and clay. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

7 US tech corporations are poaching expertise from Latin American startups
Native startups battle to match the salaries, that are nonetheless low by US requirements. (Remainder of World)

8 The agony and ecstasy of proudly owning a coveted Instagram deal with
You’d higher put together for individuals attempting to steal it. (Slate $)