Tag Archives: large language models

Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers

reader comments 36 with On Tuesday, Google announced updates to its Google Bard AI assistant—its version of ChatGPT—including integration with Google apps (such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Flights) and a feature to double-check Bard’s answers against web content. It also added language support for over 40 languages. Notably, Bard’s new… Read More »

Microsoft offers legal protection for AI copyright infringement challenges

reader comments 35 with On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will provide legal protection for customers who are sued for copyright infringement over content generated by the company’s AI systems. This new policy, called the Copilot Copyright Commitment, is an expansion of Microsoft’s existing intellectual property indemnification coverage, Reuters reports. Microsoft’s announcement comes as generative… Read More »

The AI-assistant wars heat up with Claude Pro, a new ChatGPT Plus rival

Enlarge / The Anthropic Claude logo. Anthropic / Benj Edwards reader comments 11 with On Thursday, AI-maker and OpenAI competitor Anthropic launched Claude Pro, a subscription-based version of its Claude.ai web-based AI assistant, which functions similarly to ChatGPT. It’s available for $20/month in the US or 18 pounds/month in the UK, and it promises five-times-higher… Read More »

OpenAI confirms that AI writing detectors don’t work

reader comments 80 with Last week, OpenAI published tips for educators in a promotional blog post that shows how some teachers are using ChatGPT as an educational aid, along with suggested prompts to get started. In a related FAQ, they also officially admit what we already know: AI writing detectors don’t work, despite frequently being… Read More »

OpenAI’s first-ever dev conference hopes to draw “hundreds of developers” in November

reader comments 13 with On Wednesday, OpenAI announced that it will host its first-ever developer conference, OpenAI DevDay, on November 6, 2023, in San Francisco. The one-day event hopes to bring together hundreds of developers to preview new tools and discuss ideas with OpenAI’s technical staff. Launched in November, ChatGPT has driven intense interest in… Read More »

TurboTax-maker Intuit offers an AI agent that provides financial tips

reader comments 41 with On Wednesday, TurboTax-maker Intuit launched an AI assistant called “Intuit Assist” that can provide AI-generated financial recommendations and assist with decision-making when using the company’s software, Reuters reports. Inuit Assist uses a custom large language model platform called GenOS, and it is available now to all TurboTax customers and select users… Read More »

Google’s $30-per-month “Duet” AI will craft awkward emails, images for you

reader comments 30 with On Tuesday, Google announced the launch of its Duet AI assistant across its Workspace apps, including Docs, Gmail, Drive, Slides, and more. First announced in May at Google I/O, Duet has been in testing for some time, but it is now available to paid Google Workspace business users (what Google calls… Read More »

The new spreadsheet? OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Enterprise for businesses

reader comments 40 with On Monday, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Enterprise, an AI assistant aimed at businesses that offers unlimited access to GPT-4 at faster speeds. It also includes extended context windows for processing longer texts, encryption, enterprise-grade security and privacy, and group account management features. Building on the success of ChatGPT, which launched just nine… Read More »

10X coders beware: Meta’s new AI model boosts coding and debugging for free

reader comments 45 with Meta is adding another Llama to its herd—and this one knows how to code. On Thursday, Meta unveiled “Code Llama,” a new large language model (LLM) based on Llama 2 that is designed to assist programmers by generating and debugging code. It aims to make software development more efficient and accessible,… Read More »

You can now train ChatGPT on your own documents via API

Getty Images reader comments 16 with On Tuesday, OpenAI announced fine-tuning for GPT-3.5 Turbo—the AI model that powers the free version of ChatGPT—through its API. It allows training the model with custom data, such as company documents or project documentation. OpenAI claims that a fine-tuned model can perform as well as GPT-4 with lower cost… Read More »