TikTok Creators Sue; Sarcastic chatbots; Every A.I. reference at Google I/O.

Finite Scroll #13

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As with much of the tech news for the past few quarters, this week was super duper A.I.-heavy, with the launch of Chat GPT 4o, Google I/O, and more. There was so much usage of the acronym, in fact, that there is now a minutes-long supercut of every use of "A.I." at Google's conference. Insanity. Also, with the new Chat GPT updates, you can make the chatbot neg you with sarcasm all the time — if you're into that.

Anyway, have fun clicking around and reading some links I saw this week that I couldn't get off my mind. ✨

You can read any/all of these today, over the weekend, or treat them as orphaned tabs you open in the background, only to come back to close in a few days. 🤳

• Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds.
• Threads adds 'Recent' filter for search results.
• Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana ruled yes.
• Microsoft's A.I. obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions.
• Google's broken link to the web.
• TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads as it continues to take on YouTube.
• I went undercover as a secret OnlyFans chatter. It wasn't pretty.
• Big Tech to E.U.: "Drop Dead."
• iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes.
• OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT.
• Raccoon pitch invader caught with a trash can at the Philadelphia Union-NYCFC match.
• I am once again asking our tech overlords to watch the whole movie.
• Travis Kelce's game show sounds kind of good?
• Fans flood the stands for Clark's WNBA debut.
• "We're trauma bonding": Kathleen Hanna, in conversation with Brontez Purnell.
• Prom dresses are just dresses now.
• TikTok creators sue U.S. government over potential ban.
• Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business.

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