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As 2024 election looms, OpenAI says it is taking steps to prevent AI abuse

reader comments 62 On Monday, ChatGPT maker OpenAI detailed its plans to prevent the misuse of its AI technologies during the upcoming elections in 2024, promising transparency in AI-generated content and enhancing access to reliable voting information. The AI developer says it is working on an approach that involves policy enforcement, collaboration with partners, and… Read More: As 2024 election looms, OpenAI says it is taking steps… »

At Senate AI hearing, news executives fight against “fair use” claims for AI training data

Enlarge / Danielle Coffey, president and CEO of News Media Alliance; Professor Jeff Jarvis, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; Curtis LeGeyt, president and CEO of National Association of Broadcasters; and Roger Lynch, CEO of Condé Nast, are sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing on “Artificial Intelligence and The… Read More: At Senate AI hearing, news executives fight against “fair use”… »

OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot roles

reader comments 28 On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the launch of its GPT Store—a way for ChatGPT users to share and discover custom chatbot roles called “GPTs”—and ChatGPT Team, a collaborative ChatGPT workspace and subscription plan. OpenAI bills the new store as a way to “help you find useful and popular custom versions of ChatGPT” for… Read More: OpenAI’s GPT Store lets ChatGPT users discover popular user-made chatbot… »

OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material

reader comments 243 ChatGPT developer OpenAI recently acknowledged the necessity of using copyrighted material in the development of AI tools like ChatGPT, The Telegraph reports, saying they would be “impossible” without it. The statement came as part of a submission to the UK’s House of Lords communications and digital select committee inquiry into large language… Read More: OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without… »

A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023

Getty Images | Benj Edwards reader comments 0 “Here, There, and Everywhere” isn’t just a Beatles song. It’s also a phrase that recalls the spread of generative AI into the tech industry during 2023. Whether you think AI is just a fad or the dawn of a new tech revolution, it’s been impossible to deny… Read More: A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI… »

Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used

reader comments 103 On Wednesday, news quickly spread on social media about a new enabled-by-default Dropbox setting that shares Dropbox data with OpenAI for an experimental AI-powered search feature, but Dropbox says data is only shared if the feature is actively being used. Dropbox says that user data shared with third-party AI partners isn’t used… Read More: Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data… »

Everybody’s talking about Mistral, an upstart French challenger to OpenAI

Enlarge / An illustration of a robot holding a French flag, figuratively reflecting the rise of AI in France due to Mistral. It’s hard to draw a picture of an LLM, so a robot will have to do. reader comments 30 On Monday, Mistral AI announced a new AI language model called Mixtral 8x7B, a… Read More: Everybody’s talking about Mistral, an upstart French challenger to OpenAI »

As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause

reader comments 62 In late November, some ChatGPT users began to notice that ChatGPT-4 was becoming more “lazy,” reportedly refusing to do some tasks or returning simplified results. Since then, OpenAI has admitted that it’s an issue, but the company isn’t sure why. The answer may be what some are calling “winter break hypothesis.” While… Read More: As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as… »

Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated

Enlarge / A still from Google’s misleading Gemini AI promotional video, released Wednesday. reader comments 39 Google is facing controversy among AI experts for a deceptive Gemini promotional video released Wednesday that appears to show its new AI model recognizing visual cues and interacting vocally with a person in real time. As reported by Parmy… Read More: Google’s best Gemini AI demo video was fabricated »

New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid”

Enlarge / Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI, seen here in July 2016. Drew Angerer / Getty Images News reader comments 72 When Sam Altman was suddenly removed as CEO of OpenAI—before being reinstated days later—the company’s board publicly justified the move by saying Altman “was not consistently candid in his… Read More: New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not… »