Today on the flagship podcast of wanting to smooch your laptop:01:23 - The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, Richard Lawler, Adi Robertson, and James Vincent discuss the flaws with Microsoft's Bing AI, and why it can be an "emotionally manipulative liar."34:56 - <a href="https://www.platformer.news/">Platformer</a> managing editor Zoë Schiffer joins to explain why Twitter is showing everyone all of Elon Musk's tweets.50:33 - The crew discuss YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki stepping down after nine years at the helm.Further reading:<ul>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/15/23599072/microsoft-ai-bing-personality-conversations-spy-employees-webcams">Microsoft’s Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar, and people love it</a>  </li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23601763/bing-ai-search-guilt-trip-emotional-manipulation">AI search engines are not your friends</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23599441/microsoft-bing-ai-sydney-secret-rules">These are Microsoft’s Bing AI secret rules and why it says it’s named Sydney</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23602335/microsoft-bing-ai-testing-learnings-response">Microsoft says talking to Bing for too long can cause it to go off the rails</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23591290/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-google-bard-bing-ai-search-algorithms">The Supreme Court could be about to decide the legal fate of AI search</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599007/microsoft-bing-ai-mistakes-demo">Microsoft’s Bing AI, like Google’s, also made dumb mistakes during first demo</a></li>
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<a href="https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-sentient-ai/">From Bing to Sydney</a> (Stratechery)
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html">A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled</a> (The New York Times)
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<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23501694/ai-art-chatgpt-dalle-image-text-generation-boring">Seeing other people’s AI art is like hearing other people’s dreams</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23600358/elon-musk-tweets-algorithm-changes-twitter">Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/9/23593099/elon-musk-twitter-fires-engineer-declining-reach-ftc-concerns">Elon Musk’s reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/13/23598514/twitter-algorithm-elon-musk-tweets">Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/15/23600692/elon-musk-stepping-down-twitter-ceo-end-of-2023">Elon Musk says Twitter should be ready for new CEO by end of year</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23602759/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-stepping-down-neal-mohan-google">YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years at the helm</a> </li>
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<a href="https://medium.com/@pravse/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse-980c57cfd61a">The maze is in the mouse</a> (Praveen Seshadri)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23598871/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra-review-camera-battery-screen-s-pen">Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra review: practically peerless</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/23595235/razer-blade-18-2023-review-specs-13th-gen-performance-nvidia-rtx-4080-qhd-gaming-laptop">Razer Blade 18 review: the price is going up</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23602850/tesla-fsd-beta-recall-model-3-model-x-model-s-model-y">Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving beta for ‘crash risk’</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/23598265/mazda-mx-30-electric-suv-ev-review-range-specs-battery">Mazda MX-30 electric SUV review: a perfect storm of range anxiety</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challenge">Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23598517/interest-rates-tech-vc-sea-change">Less money and more fear: what’s going on with tech</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23598344/mozilla-firefox-ceo-mitchell-baker-microsoft-edge-bing-google-apple-ai">Erase browser history: can AI reset the browser battle?</a></li>
</ul>Email us at vergecast@theverge.com or call our Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11, we'd love to hear from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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