This Week in Google 693

• The founder of Craigslist on giving away his money, whether billionaires should exist, and why so many of our plutocrats lose their mind.
• S.F. officials investigating allegedly illegal bedrooms at Twitter HQ, as Elon Musk criticizes Mayor Breed.
• Sam Altman: "ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!"
• Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day - by Zvi Mowshowitz.
• I asked GPTchat to write about folding T-shirts in the style of Malcolm Gladwell.
• AI Homework.
• Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge.
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse.
• Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more.
• Google Faces Pressure in Hong Kong Over Search Results for National Anthem.
• Open Source Hospital Price Transparency.
• The Supreme Court battle for Section 230 has begun.
• Online safety bill returns to parliament after five-month delay.
• "Org charts" comic by Manu Cornet.
• A Twitter software engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company says he was fired because he's a 'troublemaker'.
• “I thought I’d been hacked. It turned out I’d been fired”: tales of a Twitter engineer.
• Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
• TikTok Is Sued by State of Indiana, Accused of Targeting Young Teens With Adult Content.
• TikTok Shares the Top Clips, Creators and Trends in the App for 2022.
• Corn Kid Is Doing Just Fine.
• Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’ to Break Apple and Google’s Hold on Mobile Search.
• NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon.
• Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta'.
• Leo plays with ChatGPT.
• Google Search brings continuous scrolling to desktop.
• Google will show you suggested keywords right under the search bar.
• Chrome ‘@’ shortcuts search tabs, bookmarks, and history right from the address bar.
• ChromeOS 108: Files app Trash can, touchscreen keyboard redesign, more.
• Google Photos will get worse at estimating your photo locations.
• Google Messages starts rolling out group end-to-end encryption.
• December Pixel Feature Drop has Clear Calling, a free VPN, and new Recorder tools for Google's latest phones.

Picks:

• Stacey - Best binoculars 2022: Top picks for stargazing, wildlife and more.
• Stacey - Ember Mug²
• Stacey - Letter Napkin (Set of 4).
• Stacey - Nori Press, Compact Iron & Steamer for Clothes.
• Jeff - We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes.
• Jeff - 52 things I learned in 2022.
• Ant - First Look at KRK GoAux Studio Monitors.
• Ant - The Woman King.

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Links

• (21) Sam Altman on Twitter: "ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!" / Twitter
• Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day - by Zvi Mowshowitz
• I asked GPTchat to write about folding T-shirts in the style of Malcolm Gladwell
• Ben Thompson on GPTchat
• Elon Musk’s Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse | The New Republic
• Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more | TechCrunch
• Google Faces Pressure in Hong Kong Over Search Results for National Anthem - WSJ
• Open Source Hospital Price Transparency | DoltHub Blog
• “I thought I’d been hacked. It turned out I’d been fired”: tales of a Twitter engineer | The Economist
• Top TikToks for the year
• Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’ to Break Apple and Google’s Hold on Mobile Search — The Information
• NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon - Nextgov
• Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta' : NPR
• Google Search brings continuous scrolling to desktop - The Verge
• Google will show you suggested keywords right under the search bar
• Chrome ‘@’ shortcuts search tabs, bookmarks, and history right from the address bar
• ChromeOS 108: Files app Trash can, touchscreen keyboard redesign, more
• Google Photos will get worse at estimating your photo locations
• Google Messages starts rolling out group end-to-end encryption
• December Pixel Feature Drop has Clear Calling, a free VPN, and new Recorder tools for Google's latest phones
• Best binoculars 2022: Top picks for stargazing, wildlife and more
• Ember Mug²
• Letter Napkin (Set of 4)
• We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes.
• 52 things he learned this year
• KRK Speakers
• Such an Inspirational Film Starring Viola Davis
• Great Effort From So Many People