A Trip to TikTok + ChatGPT’s Origin Story + Kevin Systrom’s Comeback

TikTok is opening up a “Transparency and Accountability Center” to try to win over skeptics. Is the company’s strategy working? Then, the origin story of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and how the company kicked off an A.I. arms race.

Plus: A co-founder of Instagram, Kevin Systrom, hopes to make a “TikTok for text.”

On today’s episode:

• Kevin Systrom is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Instagram.

Additional reading:

• TikTok is taking a more aggressive approach toward lobbying.
• Inside OpenAI’s race to build ChatGPT.
• Kevin Systrom is starting a new A.I.-powered news app.

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