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OpenAI files updated brief to appeal Magistrate Judge’s decision re: 20M ChatGPT chats
Read more: OpenAI files updated brief to appeal Magistrate Judge’s decision re: 20M ChatGPT chatsOpenAI has filed an updated brief in support of its Rule 72(a) objection of Magistrate Judge Wang’s order requiring it to produce to plaintiffs 20 million chat logs for users of ChatGPT. This objection is being handled by OpenAI’s longstanding lawyers from Latham, MoFo, and Keker — not Lisa Blatt and the newly hired law…
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Magistrate Judge Wang sticks to her order to OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs. But Judge is entertaining reconsideration.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang sticks to her order to OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs. But Judge is entertaining reconsideration.The controversial order of Magistrate Judge Ona Wang for OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs (or chats) continues in inflame OpenAI. Dane Stuckey, chief information security office, wrote a scathing criticism of the order as an invasion of privacy. Then, on Nov. 12, OpenAI filed a letter asking Judge Wang to reconsider.…
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Is Sam Altman gaslighting us with Studio-Ghibli styled images for PR or has he struck a licensing deal with the Studio?
Read more: Is Sam Altman gaslighting us with Studio-Ghibli styled images for PR or has he struck a licensing deal with the Studio?In the past week, I’ve heard some wild theories in response to my copyright analysis of ChatGPT’s ability to recreate Studio-Ghibli styled characters and images. Theory no. 1: sam altman is gaslighting us with the controversy over chatgpt’s ability to produce studio ghibli-style images The first theory is Sam Altman loves all the controversy over…
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Apple unveils AI: new Apple Intelligence, plus ChatGPT access
Read more: Apple unveils AI: new Apple Intelligence, plus ChatGPT accessOn the first day of its WWDC24, Tim Cook and Apple unveiled a massive integration of AI into most, if not, all aspects of Siri and its other programs. The most anticipated announcement was Apple’s partnership with OpenAI that integrates ChatGPT into the iPhone. Siri will ask a user if they want additional information from…
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OpenAI “pauses” the Scarlett Johansson-like “Her” voice in ChatGPT voice
Read more: OpenAI “pauses” the Scarlett Johansson-like “Her” voice in ChatGPT voiceAfter a tumultuous weekend following the departure of key safety executives and engineers, OpenAI faced another controversy: it reportedly paused the voice that sounded like Scarlett-Johansson’s AI voice in the movie Her, a reference that even Sam Altman tweeted about upon the release of GPT-4o. (Her is Altman’s favorite movie.) For comparison, here’s what the…
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How did the New York Times figure out the glitch in GPT-4 for Exhibit J in its lawsuit v. OpenAI?
Read more: How did the New York Times figure out the glitch in GPT-4 for Exhibit J in its lawsuit v. OpenAI?The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI sent shockwaves across the business and media sector. Although a threat of a lawsuit had been revealed months ago, the Complaint filed by the NYT was cogent and chock-full of examples of alleged infringement. If OpenAI was trying to negotiate a licensing deal with the…
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What if Shakespeare wrote an ode to Taylor Swift? ChatGPT did.
Read more: What if Shakespeare wrote an ode to Taylor Swift? ChatGPT did.Time Magazine selected Taylor Swift of the 2023 Person of the Year. Fittingly. Her Eras tour cemented her status as a global cultural icon of which she has no peers. Universities around the country, including Harvard and Stanford, are offering courses on various aspects of Swift’s impact. Some professors have even likened her to a…
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AI more creative in divergent thinking than humans, on average,Koivisto & Grassini study
Read more: AI more creative in divergent thinking than humans, on average,Koivisto & Grassini studyResults “On average, the AI chatbots outperformed human participants. While human responses included poor-quality ideas, the chatbots generally produced more creative responses.” But “the best human ideas still matched or exceed those of the chatbots.”
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Top AI News of the week: July 9-15, ’23
Read more: Top AI News of the week: July 9-15, ’23It’s been quite an eventful week for AI, especially OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The company was sued in yet another class action lawsuit for possible copyright infringement and privacy violations, and was subject to a wide-reaching Civil Investigative Demand from the FTC. To top it all off, some media articles questioned whether GPT-4 got “dumber”…
