It's Monday, readers. This is my last day writing the newsletter before handing back the baton to Diamond Naga Siu.
Thanks to my many TikTok (okay, more like Instagram Reels) rabbit holes, I am obsessed with cleaning hacks like this one. While I don't go on intense Sunday reset cleaning drives, I also didn't know there were so many things I'd been cleaning wrong. Spring cleaning season is upon us, folks.
Okay, brooms down. Monday is a fresh start. Let's get to the stories.
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1. Humans are key to responsible AI. Calls to pause AI development centered around the need to make sure we were building responsible AI. But companies just need to make sure a human is around to check on it, writes yours truly.
- AI ethicists pay attention to the potential impact of a product on society — in many cases, they can delay a release if they have concerns over its safety. They also supervise AI, making sure they don't develop biases or otherwise go amok.
- But some Big Tech companies laid off responsible AI employees as part of the great cost-cutting sweeping the industry, possibly undermining the greatest tool against unfettered, unchecked AI.
- Those moves come right as society has come to understand what can happen if AI escapes its guardrails, making AI ethics more important than ever.
Here's why humans will help bring responsible AI to fruition.
In other news:
2. What we know about the alleged suspect in the Bob Lee case. Nima Momeni, the tech consultant arrested in San Francisco in connection with the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee, was described as friendly by his neighbors but had some run-ins with the police. Here's more.
3. Facebook cozies up to creators. Meta wants influencers to remember that Facebook is still around. It plans to expand its ad revenue-sharing program to entice creators to make sure they're still posting on the big, blue app. Read more here.
4. Technical difficulties delayed Netflix's highly anticipated live episode of "Love Is Blind". Netflix apologized after enraged viewers lashed out at the global streaming giant. Read more.
5. Meta recovering from Apple's privacy crackdown. After Apple allowed users to opt out of apps that track their data through ads, Meta lost out on billions. But the company is poised to make a comeback after deploying new ad strategies. Read more on Meta's recovery.
6. Salesforce employee says she got laid off while on maternity leave. An employee of Salesforce thought maternity leave shielded her from layoffs, but she wrote on her LinkedIn that she found out the hard way that it doesn't. Learn more here.
7. Meet the venture capitalist who escaped Hong Kong loan sharks. Maurice Ng, founder of Tings Capital, moved to the US at 18 to escape threats Hong Kong loan sharks made against his family. Years later, he was able to pay off his father's debt. Read more here.
8. How recruiters are using AI. Jasmine Cheng, who runs the recruitment firm TopKnack, said she uses ChatGPT to search for companies and employees for her clients. Here's more.
Odds and ends:
9. AI helped astronomers with images of a black hole. Astronomers used machine learning algorithms to cobble together a photo of the black hole at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy so they could better study it. See the photo here.
10. A cool new Nintendo Switch controller. If you're in the market for a new controller for your Nintendo Switch, Insider's Reviews team said you should consider the 8BitDo Ultimate Controller. The best news, it works for PC too.
What we're watching:
- The annual TED conference kicks off in Vancouver, Canada, today. Speakers from the worlds of art, entertainment, activism, and tech will be present, including OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman.
- Today is the day. To celebrate a haiku. Thank you for reading. It's National Haiku Poetry Day.
Curated by Emilia David in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email edavid@insider.com or tweet @miyadavid.) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet @gamoid) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.