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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”…
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WSJ editorial questions Lina Khan, FTC authority re OpenAI
Read more: WSJ editorial questions Lina Khan, FTC authority re OpenAIA day after the FTC’s investigation of OpenAI became public, the WSJ Editorial titled “Lina Khan’s Artificial Intelligence” questions her authority to investigate OpenAI. Khan is the Chair of the FTC. The WSJ Editorial focuses especially on the FTC’s authority to investigate potential defamation propagated on ChatGPT: “Does this standard also apply to what the New…
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FTC investigates OpenAI amidst privacy & defamation concerns
Read more: FTC investigates OpenAI amidst privacy & defamation concernsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to OpenAI. The CID spans 20 pages, listing 49 questions OpenAI must answer, plus 17 different items OpenAI is asked to turn over relevant documents. The FTC’s inquiry covers two main areas: (1) privacy and the handling of personal data/information, and (2) the…
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Sam Altman asks Congress to regulate AI, warns of potential for “significant harm to the world,” job losses
Read more: Sam Altman asks Congress to regulate AI, warns of potential for “significant harm to the world,” job lossesSam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, testified before Congress. The tone he struck was surprising. Altman wanted Congress to regulate AI, warned of its dangers with the potential of causing “significant harm to the world,” and conceded that there will be job losses but was optimistic AI technology would also create new…
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Should you pay for ChatGPT Plus, GPT-4? Comparing GPT 3.5 v. 4
Read more: Should you pay for ChatGPT Plus, GPT-4? Comparing GPT 3.5 v. 4OpenAI now offers ChatGPT 4 only through its Plus subscription service of $20 a month. According to OpenAI, the upgrade yields better results: “In a casual conversation, the distinction between GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 can be subtle. The difference comes out when the complexity of the task reaches a sufficient threshold—GPT-4 is more reliable, creative, and…