Jessica Karl, Columnist

AI Sends Its Best Wishes to the US Economy

The same platforms that make up facts about users’ lives are also driving the country’s economic growth. 

Seriously: Who the heck is Suchitra??

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I don’t have a wife. Or a husband. But if I did have a spouse, I am not sure how much my AI would know about them, for the simple reason that I don’t use AI that much. Now consider Gautam Mukunda, who is such an AI power user that Claude actually knows the name of his wife. That name is Eva Maria, which Claude has been told many times, so you can imagine Gautam’s surprise when Claude asked him to pass along its best wishes to his wife Suchitra.