Threads finally brings messaging to the web

About this episode

The episode discusses Threads introducing web messaging and covers a lawsuit against Character.AI and Etsy's new app within ChatGPT.

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Topics covered

• messaging
• web
• AI
• lawsuit
• technology news

Keywords

• Threads
• messaging
• Character.AI
• Etsy
• ChatGPT
• lawsuit
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Character.AI, Etsy

Products: ChatGPT

Places: Pennsylvania

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