Anti-Piracy Group Takes Massive AI Training Dataset ‘Books3′ Offline
One of the most prominent pirated book repositories used for training AI, Books3, has been kicked out from the online nest it had been roosting in for nearly three years.…
WokeGPT: Study Says ChatGPT Shows Liberal Bias
A study from researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests ChatGPT demonstrates liberal bias in some of its responses. Tech companies spent recent years desperately trying…
AP Shares Guidelines Prohibiting Staff From Using AI to Write Publishable Content
The Associated Press is putting its foot down on journalists using any kind of AI program to write articles, though that isn’t stopping the company itself from making a quick…
AI Is Being Used to Ban Books From School Libraries
You can add regressive academic censorship to the list of unintended use cases for ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence models. In Iowa, a school district reportedly deployed AI software to identify and…
New York Times Bars AI Companies From Using Its Content for Algorithm Training
The New York Times is making it clear that the AI industry won’t be given free rein to pilfer the newspaper’s content to train algorithms. In a recent change to…
Listen to Werner Herzog Read a Book of AI Poetry
An AI chatbot wrote a collection of poetry, and when its human co-authors needed someone to narrate the audio-book, Werner Herzog was the only reasonable option. It’s the only saving…
Sorry, Chief, Microsoft Cortana Is Finally Dead
You can now visit the gravestone of Microsoft’s virtual assistant app Cortana in the growing mortuary of failed products. The company ended support for the Bing search-based voice control engine…
Newegg wants you to trust ChatGPT for product reviews
Jacob Roach / Digital Trends Newegg, the online retailer primarily known for selling PC components, has pushed AI into nearly every part of its platform. The latest area to get…
Yes, Zoom can still train AI on your videos — here’s what you need to know
Zoom Like everyone else, Zoom has added AI features to improve its app and video conferencing service. We all love the ease and speed AI provides, but there are often…
‘Hypnotized’ ChatGPT and Bard Will Convince Users to Pay Ransoms and Drive Through Red Lights
Security researchers at IBM say they were able to successfully “hypnotize” prominent large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT into leaking confidential financial information, generating malicious code, encouraging users to pay…