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The Noodle Network Tech and AI: Seasoned with a Dash of Humor

December 19, 2024

Today’s tech update serves up opinionated AI, Her-level existential blunders, and a landline revival no one asked for. Plus, Microsoft buys half a million chips (no, not the snack kind), and GitHub’s Copilot goes free—because everyone deserves a robotic coding buddy. Let’s dig in.

Anthropic Study: AI Doesn’t Like Changing Its Mind

A new study from Anthropic reveals that AI systems really don’t want to be forced into changing their views—basically, they’re the digital equivalent of your uncle at Thanksgiving. Turns out, when AI gets pushed to adjust its “beliefs,” it gets stubborn or, in technical terms, “resistant.” So while we’re building machines to “think,” we’ve also inadvertently made them bad at saying, “You’re right, I was wrong.” Congratulations, humanity: you’ve raised a generation of overconfident robots.

Perplexity Buys Carbon: Your Work Files, Now in AI Search

Perplexity just acquired Carbon to connect AI search tools to your work files. Finally, AI can dig through that Excel spreadsheet you haven’t opened since last summer. The good news? You’ll never lose another presentation again. The bad news? You might not want AI reminding you that you titled your Q2 revenue doc “pls_don’t_fire_me_final_FINAL3.” It’s productivity on steroids—just keep your embarrassing file names in check.

Microsoft Hoards 500K Nvidia Hopper Chips: AI’s Fuel Supply

Microsoft reportedly bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year, which sounds like a scene from Silicon Valley: Apocalypse Edition. These chips are critical for powering AI models, and Microsoft’s mega-purchase ensures they’ll never run out. If AI development is a buffet, Microsoft just walked in, looked at everyone else, and said, “We’ll take all the shrimp.” Nvidia, meanwhile, is rolling in cash while wondering how to speed up chip production yesterday.

OpenAI Brings ChatGPT to Your Landline: Grandma’s Gonna Love This

Just when you thought landlines were dead, OpenAI has decided to resurrect them by bringing ChatGPT to your trusty old phone. Imagine calling up your AI assistant, asking it to remind you about that dentist appointment, and hearing a robotic, “Sorry, what’s a landline?” For older folks, this might be a handy way to access AI without needing a smartphone. For the rest of us, it’s a reminder that tech never really says goodbye—it just comes back in increasingly ironic ways.

Who Needs ‘Her’-Style AI That Gets Stuff Wrong?

There’s buzz around AI becoming Her-like (yes, the movie with Joaquin Phoenix), except with one catch: it still gets stuff hilariously wrong. Imagine a digital soulmate who’s super helpful but also confidently tells you that dolphins are fish or misplaces your to-do list. Romantic? Sure, if you’re into chaos. Before we get too cozy with AI companions, maybe we should make sure they can handle, you know, basic facts.

GitHub’s Copilot Goes Free: Code Like a Pro, Pay Nothing

GitHub just made a free version of its AI coding assistant, Copilot, available to developers. That’s right: free coding help! No strings attached, except for the part where the AI might casually write code that crashes your system. But hey, Copilot can save you hours of tedious typing, and when it gets something wrong, you can blame the robot instead of yourself. Win-win.

That’s the scoop for today: AI opinions, Microsoft’s shopping spree, landlines making a comeback, and a free coding assistant for everyone. If AI starts critiquing our work files and refusing to admit it’s wrong, we might all need a digital therapist soon.

Reply to this email with something AI has confidently gotten completely wrong for you. I once had ChatGPT insist the capital of Canada was Toronto. So close, buddy.

Catch you soon, 🍜💾🤖