AI isn’t useless. But is it worth it? (Molly White, citation needed)

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps (Mike Isaac, Cade Metz, NYTimes)

Should We Respect LLMs? A Cross-Lingual Study on the Influence of Prompt Politeness on LLM Performance (Ziqi Yin, Hao Wan, Kaito Horio, Daisuke Kawahara, Satoshi Sekine, arxiv.org)

How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections (Suhasini Raj, NYTimes)

OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory (Lauren Goode, Wired)

A.I. Has a Measurement Problem (Kevin Roose, NYTimes)

Lessons after a half-billion GPT tokens (Ken Kantzer, Ken Kantzer’s Blog)

Should We Respect LLMs? A Cross-Lingual Study on the Influence of Prompt Politeness on LLM Performance (Ziqi Yin, Hao Wang, Kaito Horio, Daisuke Kawahara, Satoshi Sekine, arxiv.org)

Will A.I. Break the Internet? Or Save It? (Episode) (Ezra Klein, NYTimes)

Nordic AI in Media Summit 2024: Five projects you should keep an eye on (Marina Adami, Reuters Institute)

Creating structure with generative AI (Zach Seward, zachseward.com)

The AI Spotlight Series (Karen Hao & team, Pulitzer Center)

Dark Visitors. A List of Known AI Agents on the Internet (Bit Flip)

Will Search Be Generative AI or Blue Links? Actually, It’s Both. (Alex Kantrowitz, Big Technology)

Publishers give on-site search a long-needed upgrade in the form of AI chatbots (Sara Guaglione, Digiday)