Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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Here’s the dark side to ChatGPT: billions of fake social network accounts in the hands of bad…
Here’s the dark side to ChatGPT: billions of fake social network accounts in the hands of bad…
The BBC has raised a question that has been a concern for some time: mass language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are being used by bot…
Balaji Srinivasan, and why we should be worried about his $2 million bet
Balaji Srinivasan, and why we should be worried about his $2 million bet
On March 17, Balaji Srinivasan made the following prediction on Twitter: the value of bitcoin, then around $26,000, would increase to $1…
The secret of Apple’s iPhone success: it’s not about selling more, it’s about selling better
The secret of Apple’s iPhone success: it’s not about selling more, it’s about selling better
It’s hard to overestimate the importance of the smartphone market: beyond allowing us to talk anytime, anyplace and just about anywhere…
Everything changes again
Everything changes again
This post is to announce the release of my new book in Spanish, “Todo vuelve a cambiar” (“Everything changes again”), a title that plays…
The metaverse: it’s still out there, somewhere…
The metaverse: it’s still out there, somewhere…
Anybody who doubted that Meta’s metaverse was a flash in the pan need only scan the headlines about Mark Zuckerberg’s company, which has…
Dear Replika: why doesn’t my chatbot love me anymore?
Dear Replika: why doesn’t my chatbot love me anymore?
It had to happen. Replika, an AI chatbot mobile app based on similar technology to Open AI’s ChatGPT where users can create avatars that…
Driving on sunshine…
Driving on sunshine…
As a Tesla owner, I am impressed by the company’s latest update to the vehicle app, which provides much more information about the…
Generative AI assistants: everything everywhere all at once
Generative AI assistants: everything everywhere all at once
Locked in a battle over the integration of their respective machine learning assistants into their office suites, Microsoft and Google have…
Why do Volkswagen’s new electric vehicles still look like their diesel and petrol forebears?
Why do Volkswagen’s new electric vehicles still look like their diesel and petrol forebears?
Volkswagen has announced its ID.2, an electric vehicle designed to be “spacious as a Golf, as inexpensive as a Polo”, priced at around…