AI and society

Summary Italy sets a deadline for OpenAI and conditions for the reinstatement of ChatGPT in Italy. Some of these conditions could pose significant challenges for OpenAI. OpenAI has until April 30th to meet the conditions set by the Italian data protection authority “Garante”, or provide the prospect of meeting them. This includes implementing age verification …

EU data protection poses major challenges for OpenAI and ChatGPT Read More »

Summary Chinese internet company Alibaba launches Tongyi Qianwen, a ChatGPT-like chatbot for Chinese businesses and consumers. Shortly after, the Chinese government unveils strict rules for generative AI. Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen is to be used primarily for business applications, driving Alibaba’s cloud applications. Initially, Chinese business customers will have access. “We are at a technological watershed …

Alibaba launches its GPT-4 competitor as Beijing crashes the chatbot party Read More »

Summary AI is already transforming jobs, raising serious questions in the process. Policymakers should start looking for answers. “It happened to me today,” reads a thread on Reddit in which a freelance writer complains that he just lost his “biggest and best” client to ChatGPT. The client had told him that while he wrote better …

As GPT-4 reshapes the labor market, policymakers may soon need answers Read More »

Summary When chatbots answer questions directly, they replace clicking on answers. This shifts the content ecosystem in favor of chatbot providers. Microsoft is still a dwarf in the search engine market with Bing, but with wild Sydney and the new chatbot offering, Bing search has recently gained more attention. However, it is chatbot search that …

Microsoft wants publishers to be part of its chatbot success story Read More »

Summary Hoan Ton-That, founder of surveillance company Clearview AI, shares his insights on the unchecked growth of his facial database in an interview. US surveillance company Clearview AI, whose facial recognition software is used by law enforcement and government agencies worldwide, has been under fire for years for harvesting people’s facial images from the internet …

Clearview AI is on track to track everyone Read More »

Summary Added statement from Sam Altman Update April 1, 2023: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to the Italian privacy watchdog’s request on Twitter: His company will “of course defer” to the Italian government and will no longer offer ChatGPT in Italy, effective immediately. However, OpenAI expects to comply with all privacy laws, Altman said. Original …

Italy bans ChatGPT over privacy concerns, OpenAI defers Read More »

Summary Proving human identity may become increasingly important in the age of artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is betting on it with his startup Worldcoin. Founded in Berlin in 2019, crypto startup Worldcoin specializes in identifying people using biometric iris scans, in addition to establishing a global cryptocurrency. “The advancement of AI has …

Start-up funded by OpenAI CEO releases SDK Read More »

Summary Italy has blocked ChatGPT due to GDPR concerns, OpenAI has followed suit without protest. Will other EU countries also block ChatGPT? According to a Reuters report, the data protection authorities of France and Ireland have contacted the Italian data protection authority. The latter had blocked ChatGPT last week due to privacy concerns, OpenAI has …

Generative AI tears a hole in existing copyright and privacy laws, and EU takes notice Read More »

Summary “The number of incidents concerning the misuse of AI is rapidly rising.” This is one of the key statements that can be read in the Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2023. This year’s 400-page work is considered one of the most trusted reports on the status quo of artificial intelligence, and is now in its …

Incidents of AI misuse are rapidly increasing Read More »

Summary Researchers at TH Ingolstadt and the University of Southern Denmark have studied the effects of AI opinions on humans. Their study shows that machine-generated moral perspectives can influence people, even when they know the perspective comes from a machine. In their two-step experiment, the researchers first asked ChatGPT to find solutions to different variants …

ChatGPT influences users’ judgment more than people think Read More »