reader comments 77 On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Reddit has signed a contract allowing an unnamed AI company to train its models on the site’s content, according to people familiar with the matter. The move comes as the social media platform nears the introduction of its initial public offering (IPO), which could happen as soon… Read More: Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of… »
Enlarge / Snapshots from three videos generated using OpenAI’s Sora. reader comments 172 On Thursday, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI model that can generate 60-second-long photorealistic HD video from written descriptions. While it’s only a research preview that we have not tested, it reportedly creates synthetic video (but not audio yet) at a fidelity… Read More: OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora, a photorealistic AI video… »
Enlarge / OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman walks on the House side of the US Capitol on January 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Getty Images reader comments 98 On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors to raise as much… Read More: Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from… »
reader comments 40 On Thursday, Google announced that its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, previously called Bard, is now called “Gemini,” renamed to reflect the underlying AI language model Google launched in December. Additionally, Google has launched its most capable AI model, Ultra 1.0, for the first time as part of “Gemini Advanced,” a $20/month subscription feature.… Read More: Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded… »
Enlarge / With so many choices, selecting the perfect GPT can be confusing. reader comments 13 On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a new feature in ChatGPT that allows users to pull custom personalities called “GPTs” into any ChatGPT conversation with the @ symbol. It allows a level of quasi-teamwork within ChatGPT among expert roles that was… Read More: ChatGPT’s new @-mentions bring multiple personalities into your AI convo »
Getty Images reader comments 76 ChatGPT is leaking private conversations that include login credentials and other personal details of unrelated users, screenshots submitted by an Ars reader on Monday indicated. Two of the seven screenshots the reader submitted stood out in particular. Both contained multiple pairs of usernames and passwords that appeared to be connected… Read More: ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users,… »
reader comments 11 On Monday, OpenAI announced a partnership with the nonprofit Common Sense Media to create AI guidelines and educational materials targeted at parents, educators, and teens. It includes the curation of family-friendly GPTs in OpenAI’s GPT store. The collaboration aims to address concerns about the impacts of AI on children and teenagers. Known… Read More: OpenAI and Common Sense Media partner to protect teens from… »
reader comments 19 On Thursday, OpenAI announced updates to the AI models that power its ChatGPT assistant. Amid less noteworthy updates, OpenAI tucked in a mention of a potential fix to a widely reported “laziness” problem seen in GPT-4 Turbo since its release in November. The company also announced a new GPT-3.5 Turbo model (with… Read More: OpenAI updates ChatGPT-4 model with potential fix for AI “laziness”… »
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on September 27, 2023. reader comments 49 On Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is working on building “general intelligence” for AI assistants and “open sourcing it responsibly,” and that Meta is… Read More: Zuckerberg’s AGI remarks follow trend of downplaying AI dangers »
reader comments 33 On Tuesday, ChatGPT developer OpenAI revealed that it is collaborating with the United States Defense Department on cybersecurity projects and exploring ways to prevent veteran suicide, reports Bloomberg. OpenAI revealed the collaboration during an interview with the news outlet at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The AI company recently modified its… Read More: OpenAI opens the door for military uses but maintains AI… »