The AI boom turned 3 on Sunday. ChatGPT was rolled out as a “low-key research preview” on Nov. 30, 2022, and despite the technology’s relative infancy, it has already transformed the world economy, geopolitics, education, and the internet, becoming a defining force of our time. ChatGPT’s creator, OpenAI, is now a household name but is under intense pressure as rivals catch up technologically and investors question the industry’s mammoth data center spending. Some, though, argue ChatGPT has a lasting edge by remaining the public’s favorite bot. AI has built “a world that is perpetually waiting for a shoe to drop,” The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel argued, creating a neverending state of anxiety among boosters and doomers alike.
US diplomats met with Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday to advance peace talks, kicking off a big week for negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.
Kyiv and its European allies have pushed for changes to a US-brokered peace proposal that favored Russia, and Sunday marked their last chance to lobby Washington before US special envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Moscow for talks on Monday.
But Russia may stick to its maximalist demands over territory and the downsizing of Ukraine’s military; Kyiv “remains concerned the US only has ears for Vladimir Putin,” Politico wrote.
The flurry of diplomacy comes just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed his chief of staff — and top negotiator — on Friday following a corruption scandal.