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ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outlets
Read full article: ChatGPT will now work as a search engine as OpenAI partners with some news outletsOpenAI is launching a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with search giant Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news and other timely information.
OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT maker
Read full article: OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and 2 other execs are leaving the ChatGPT makerA high-ranking executive at OpenAI who served a few days as its interim CEO during a period of turmoil last year says she’s leaving the artificial intelligence company.
Hong Kong is testing out its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI planned extra steps to block access
Read full article: Hong Kong is testing out its own ChatGPT-style tool as OpenAI planned extra steps to block accessHong Kong’s innovation minister says the government is testing its own ChatGPT-style tool for its employees, with plans to eventually make it available to the public, after OpenAI decided to take extra steps to block access from unsupported regions like China.
Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word'
Read full article: Two 80-something journalists tried ChatGPT. Then, they sued to protect the 'written word'When two octogenarian buddies named Nick discovered that ChatGPT might be stealing and repurposing a lifetime of their work, they tapped a son-in-law to sue the companies behind the artificial intelligence chatbot.
European Union's competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and Google
Read full article: European Union's competition boss signals fresh AI scrutiny for Microsoft-OpenAI deal and GoogleThe European Union is escalating its scrutiny of the artificial intelligence industry, including taking a fresh look into Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI.
OpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence'
Read full article: OpenAI co-founder Sutskever sets up new AI company devoted to 'safe superintelligence'One of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman says he’s starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company.
Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risks
Read full article: Former OpenAI employees lead push to protect whistleblowers flagging artificial intelligence risksA group of OpenAI’s current and former workers are calling on the ChatGPT-maker and other artificial intelligence companies to protect employees who flag safety risks about AI technology.
OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence model
Read full article: OpenAI forms safety committee as it starts training latest artificial intelligence modelOpenAI says it’s setting up a new safety and security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot.
Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its use
Read full article: Scarlett Johansson says a ChatGPT voice is 'eerily similar' to hers and OpenAI is halting its useOpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices that “Her” actor Scarlett Johansson says sounds “eerily similar" to her own.
A former OpenAI leader says safety has 'taken a backseat to shiny products' at the AI company
Read full article: A former OpenAI leader says safety has 'taken a backseat to shiny products' at the AI companyA former OpenAI leader who resigned from the company earlier this week says that product safety has “taken a backseat to shiny products” at the influential artificial intelligence company.
Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong review
Read full article: Senators urge $32 billion in emergency spending on AI after finishing yearlong reviewA bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and put safeguards around it.
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure from ChatGPT maker
Read full article: OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever announces departure from ChatGPT makerOne of the original creators of the artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT says he is leaving the company after a nearly decade.
AI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC
Read full article: AI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DCThe rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly.
Eight U.S. newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
Read full article: Eight U.S. newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringementA group of eight U.S. newspapers is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that the technology companies have been “purloining millions” of copyrighted news articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots.
Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup Anthropic
Read full article: Amazon pours an additional $2.75 billion into AI startup AnthropicAmazon says it is pouring an additional $2.75 billion into Anthropic, bringing its total investment in the artificial intelligence startup to $4 billion.
Digital outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for unauthorized use of journalism
Read full article: Digital outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for unauthorized use of journalismNews industry lawsuits are piling up for OpenAI, the company behind artificial intelligence-fueled chatbot ChatGPT.
ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI
Read full article: ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAIItalian regulators say they informed OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated European Union’s stringent data privacy rules.
FTC opens investigation into Big Tech's partnerships with leading AI startups
Read full article: FTC opens investigation into Big Tech's partnerships with leading AI startupsU.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an investigation into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them.
ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted works
Read full article: ChatGPT-maker braces for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use' of copyrighted worksA barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works.
AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks generative AI, Amazon's investment in Anthropic and cloud cost cutting
Read full article: AWS chief Adam Selipsky talks generative AI, Amazon's investment in Anthropic and cloud cost cuttingAdam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon’s cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history.
Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT
Read full article: Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPTCity lawmakers in Brazil passed what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition
Read full article: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competitionLess than a year into its meteoric rise, the company behind ChatGPT has unveiled the future it has in mind for its artificial intelligence technology.
Chatbots might disrupt math and computer science classes. Some teachers see upsides
Read full article: Chatbots might disrupt math and computer science classes. Some teachers see upsidesAs schools across the country debate banning AI chatbots, some math and computer science teachers are embracing them as just another tool.
Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of water
Read full article: Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of waterAs they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water consumption.
How PayPal is using AI to combat fraud, and make it easier to pay
Read full article: How PayPal is using AI to combat fraud, and make it easier to payArtificial intelligence has been the buzzword of 2023 ever since ChatGPT made its public debut earlier this year, with businesses, schools, universities and even non-profits looking for ways to integrate AI in their operations.
Journalists seek regulations to govern fast-moving artificial intelligence technology
Read full article: Journalists seek regulations to govern fast-moving artificial intelligence technologyNews organizations are seeking regulations to govern the fast-moving artificial intelligence technology that threatens upheavals for their businesses.
Facebook parent Meta makes public its ChatGPT rival Llama
Read full article: Facebook parent Meta makes public its ChatGPT rival LlamaFacebook parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of ChatGPT and Google’s Bard but it’s taking a different approach: releasing it for free.
FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues
Read full article: FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issuesThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news stories
Read full article: ChatGPT-maker OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news storiesChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they’ve made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP’s archive of news stories.
Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000
Read full article: Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000A federal judge has imposed $5,000 fines on a group of lawyers after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research to support an aviation injury claim.
Europe, US urged to investigate the type of AI that powers systems like ChatGPT
Read full article: Europe, US urged to investigate the type of AI that powers systems like ChatGPTEuropean Union consumer protection groups are urging regulators to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems like ChatGPT over risks that leave people vulnerable.
Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find out
Read full article: Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend church service generated by ChatGPT to find outHundreds of German Protestants attended a church service in Bavaria that was generated almost entirely by artificial intelligence.
Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformation
Read full article: Is it real or made by AI? Europe wants a label for that as it fights disinformationThe European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up efforts to fight false information by adding labels to text, photos and other content generated by artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning
Read full article: Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warningScientists and tech industry leaders, including executives at Microsoft and Google, have issued a new warning about the perils that artificial intelligence poses to humankind.
OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rules
Read full article: OpenAI boss downplays fears ChatGPT maker could leave Europe over AI rulesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is downplaying worries that the ChatGPT maker could exit the European Union if it can’t comply with the bloc’s strict new artificial intelligence rules.
How Europe is leading the world in building guardrails around AI
Read full article: How Europe is leading the world in building guardrails around AIAuthorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where draft legislation faced a pivotal moment.
ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police say
Read full article: ChatGPT user in China detained for creating and spreading fake news, police sayA ChatGPT user was recently detained by Chinese police for allegedly using the artificial intelligence chatbot to fake a news story reporting a nonexistent train crash.
In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazer
Read full article: In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazerEuropean lawmakers have rushed to add language on general artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT as they put the finishing touches on the Western world's first AI rules.
OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands
Read full article: OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demandsChatGPT’s maker says the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands of regulators who temporarily blocked it over privacy concerns.
ChatGPT could return to Italy if OpenAI complies with rules
Read full article: ChatGPT could return to Italy if OpenAI complies with rulesChatGPT could return to Italy by the end of the month if its maker, OpenAI, complies with measures to satisfy regulators who had imposed a temporary ban on the artificial intelligence software over privacy worries.
Biden administration seeks input on AI safety measures
Read full article: Biden administration seeks input on AI safety measuresPresident Joe Biden’s administration wants stronger measures to test the safety of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT before they are publicly released, though it hasn’t decided if the government will have a role in doing the vetting.
OpenAI to offer remedies to resolve Italy's ChatGPT ban
Read full article: OpenAI to offer remedies to resolve Italy's ChatGPT banItalian regulators say the company behind ChatGPT will propose measures to resolve data privacy concerns that sparked the country's temporary ban on the artificial intelligence chatbot.
Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
Read full article: Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concernsItaly is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules.
‘Profound risks:’ Elon Musk, scientists call for halt to AI race sparked by ChatGPT
Read full article: ‘Profound risks:’ Elon Musk, scientists call for halt to AI race sparked by ChatGPTAre tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that could one day outsmart humans.
AI search engines can now chat with us, but glitches abound
Read full article: AI search engines can now chat with us, but glitches aboundNearly a quarter-century after Google’s search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing
Read full article: Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine BingMicrosoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence.
Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection tool
Read full article: Cheaters beware: ChatGPT maker releases AI detection toolThe maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
EXPLAINER: What is ChatGPT and why are schools blocking it?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What is ChatGPT and why are schools blocking it?Ask the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to write an essay about the cause of the American Civil War and you can watch it churn out a persuasive term paper in a matter of seconds.