Democracy Dies in Darkness

Would you ask Facebook AI Snoop Dogg for frozen yogurt suggestions?

Tech companies seem to be ignoring an essential question: What is all this AI for, anyway?

Analysis by
Help Desk Strategy Editor
September 29, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. EDT
A collage with Snoop Dogg holding froyo.
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In the past 10 days, technology companies have lost their grip on reality.

Amazon and Google showed or released artificial intelligence products that did not work as the companies claimed they did.