All Gas, No Brakes in A.I. + Metaverse Update + Lessons From a Prompt Engineer

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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