Everyone Pivots to A.I. + Bad News for Crypto

<p>Snapchat launches a chatbot. Meta plans to “turbocharge” its A.I. work. Elon Musk explores “BasedAI.” At this point, who <i>isn’t</i> making an A.I. play?</p><p>Plus: Is crypto finally dead? Also, a new TikTok filter is making people terrifyingly hot.</p><p><strong>On today’s episode:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-yaffe-bellany" target="_blank">David Yaffe-Bellany</a>, a cryptocurrency and financial technology reporter for The New York Times.</li></ul><p><i><strong>Hard Fork listeners! We want to hear from you.</strong> How is A.I. showing up in your everyday life? In your job, school and families? What are you using it for? Email us a voice memo at hardfork@nytimes.com. </i></p><p><strong>Additional reading:</strong></p><ul><li>Snapchat <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/27/23614959/snapchat-my-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-openai-plus-subscription" target="_blank">launched “My AI”</a> to paid subscribers.</li><li>Mark Zuckerberg <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/27/23617477/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-tools-personas" target="_blank">announced</a> a high-level group to “turbocharge” Meta’s work with generative A.I.</li><li>Meta AI <a href="https://ai.facebook.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta-ai/" target="_blank">released LLaMA</a> to researchers.</li><li>The science fiction and fantasy magazine “Clarkesworld” was flooded with chatbot-generated submissions. The writing is “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/technology/clarkesworld-submissions-ai-sci-fi.html" target="_blank">bad in spectacular ways</a>,” its editor said.</li><li>Elon Musk is considering starting <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fighting-woke-ai-musk-recruits-team-to-develop-openai-rival" target="_blank">his own A.I. company</a>.</li><li>An FTX co-founder <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/technology/ftx-guilty-plea-fraud.html" target="_blank">pleaded guilty</a> to criminal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors investigating Sam Bankman-Fried.</li><li>A “flurry” o