A.I.'s Inner Conflict + Nvidia Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club + Hard Questions

<p>A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever be good enough to pose such a threat?</p><p>Then, FAANG is now MAAAN, with the addition of Nvidia. Here’s how the GPU company became a trillion-dollar behemoth.</p><p>Plus: Kevin, Casey and the New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger answer Hard Questions from listeners.</p><p><strong>Today’s Guest:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-conger" target="_blank">Kate Conger</a> is a technology reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional Reading:</strong></p><ul><li>A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/nyregion/avianca-airline-lawsuit-chatgpt.html" target="_blank">lawyer used ChatGPT</a> the same week that A.I. leaders released a 22-word statement about the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html" target="_blank">existential risk</a> A.I. poses to humanity.</li><li>The chip company <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/nvidia-on-track-to-hit-1-trillion-market-cap-when-market-opens.html" target="_blank">Nvidia</a> hit a $1 trillion market cap, powered by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/business/dealbook/nvidia-outlook-artificial-intelligence.html" target="_blank">A.I. demand</a>.</li><li>The podcast “Acquired” did a <a href="https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-machine-learning-company-2006-2022" target="_blank">two-part series</a> on the history of Nvidia.</li></ul><p> </p>