Tag Archives: AI

AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying “stop hiring humans”

Artisan CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack defended the campaign’s messaging in an interview with SFGate. “They are somewhat dystopian, but so is AI,” he told the outlet in a text message. “The way the world works is changing.” In another message he wrote, “We wanted something that would draw eyes—you don’t draw eyes with boring messaging.” So… Read More »

Reddit debuts AI-powered discussion search—but will users like it?

The company then went on to strike deals with major tech firms, including a $60 million agreement with Google in February 2024 and a partnership with OpenAI in May 2024 that integrated Reddit content into ChatGPT. But Reddit users haven’t been entirely happy with the deals. In October 2024, London-based Redditors began posting false restaurant… Read More »

Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly

[embedded content] A music video by Canadian art collective Vallée Duhamel made with Sora-generated video. “[We] just shoot stuff and then use Sora to combine it with a more interesting, more surreal vision.” During a livestream on Monday—during Day 3 of OpenAI’s “12 days of OpenAi”—Sora’s developers showcased a new “Explore” interface that allows people… Read More »

Your AI clone could target your family, but there’s a simple defense

The warning extends beyond voice scams. The FBI announcement details how criminals also use AI models to generate convincing profile photos, identification documents, and chatbots embedded in fraudulent websites. These tools automate the creation of deceptive content while reducing previously obvious signs of humans behind the scams, like poor grammar or obviously fake photos. Much… Read More »

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

On Thursday during a live demo as part of its “12 days of OpenAI” event, OpenAI announced a new tier of ChatGPT with higher usage limits for $200 a month and the full version of “o1,” the full version of a so-called reasoning model the company debuted in September. Unlike o1-preview, o1 can now process… Read More »

Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill

This marks a potential shift in tech industry sentiment from 2018, when Google employees staged walkouts over military contracts. Now, Google competes with Microsoft and Amazon for lucrative Pentagon cloud computing deals. Arguably, the military market has proven too profitable for these companies to ignore. But is this type of AI the right tool for… Read More »

OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow

On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a “12 days of OpenAI” period starting December 5, which will unveil new AI features and products for 12 consecutive weekdays. Altman did not specify the exact features or products OpenAI plans to unveil, but a report from The Verge about this “12 days of shipmas” event suggests… Read More »

HowStuffWorks founder Marshall Brain sent final email before sudden death

Brandon Kashani, a former student of Brain’s and startup mentor at NC State’s entrepreneurship clinic, recalled to the Technician about how he met with Brain on November 15. “He felt like his reputation was tarnished, like everything he worked for was ruined, and the root of all that was he didn’t get any support from… Read More »

Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why

The “David Mayer” block in particular (now resolved) presents additional questions, first posed on Reddit on November 26, as multiple people share this name. Reddit users speculated about connections to David Mayer de Rothschild, though no evidence supports these theories. The problems with hard-coded filters Allowing a certain name or phrase to always break ChatGPT… Read More »

Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival

Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI executives Dario and Daniela Amodei in 2021, will continue using Google’s cloud services along with Amazon’s infrastructure. The UK Competition and Markets Authority reviewed Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic earlier this year and ultimately determined it did not have jurisdiction to investigate further, clearing the way for the partnership to continue.… Read More »