As recently as February, generative AI did not feature prominently in EU lawmakers’ plans for regulating generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as ChatGPT. The bloc’s 108-page proposal for the AI Act, published two years earlier, included only one mention of the word “chatbot.” References to AI-generated content largely referred to deepfakes: images or audio … Read more
The ChatGPT chatbot was reactivated in Italy after its maker OpenAI addressed issues raised by Italy’s data protection authority, the agency and the company confirmed on Friday. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy last month after the country’s data protection authority, also known as Garante, temporarily banned the chatbot and launched a probe over … Read more
Taiwan’s top chip design company MediaTek is focusing more resources on chips for cars and AI computing as its smartphone clients face a supply glut and inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty dent demand for consumer electronics. “We are definitely moving our resources very, very rapidly towards the automotive and computing areas, because those areas will provide … Read more
A committee of European Union lawmakers on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a European Artificial Intelligence Act, which would pave the way to the first ever regulation of AI. “Against conservative wishes for more surveillance and leftist fantasies of over-regulation, parliament found a solid compromise that would regulate AI proportionately, protect citizens’ rights, as … Read more
The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday urged CEOs of several artificial intelligence (AI) companies to prioritize security measures, combat bias, and responsibly roll out new technologies. Democratic Senator Mark Warner raised concerns about potential risks posed by AI technology. “Beyond industry commitments, however, it is also clear that some level of regulation … Read more
OpenAI is introducing what one employee called an “incognito mode” for its hit chatbot ChatGPT that does not save users’ conversation history or use it to improve its artificial intelligence, the company said Tuesday. The San Francisco-based startup also said it planned a “ChatGPT Business” subscription with additional data controls. The move comes as scrutiny … Read more
As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection of the company’s computing capacity, focused on its ability to do cutting-edge artificial intelligence work, according to a company memo dated September 20 reviewed by Reuters. They had a thorny problem: despite high-profile investments … Read more
A quarter into record layoffs, investors in US tech giants will scrutinize if the cost cuts boosted profits to their satisfaction, while the companies emphasize how artificial intelligence will be their next growth driver. Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Instagram owner Meta Platforms, and Amazon.com all report quarterly results in this week. Together, they command more than $5 trillion … Read more
Air India on Monday said it will be using ChatGPT-driven chatbot and various other initiatives as part of modernising the airline’s digital systems for which it has made an initial investment of $200 million (roughly Rs. 16.3 crore). The airline, which has embarked on the Vihaan.AI transformation programme, said significant progress has been made in … Read more
Researchers found students to have fared better at accounting exams than ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot product. Despite this, they said that ChatGPT’s performance was “impressive” and that it was a “game changer that will change the way everyone teaches and learns – for the better.” The researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU), US, and 186 other … Read more