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Imperial College London: Altering our language can help us deal with the intelligence of chatbots

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Imperial College London: Altering our language can help us deal with the intelligence of chatbots. “Were these LLMs to be used by bad faith actors, for example scammers or propagandists, people could be vulnerable to handing over their bank details in pursuit of connection, or being swayed politically. Now a new paper sets out recommendations to prevent us over-empathising with AI chatbots to our detriment.”

The Verge: Discord is shutting down its AI chatbot Clyde

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The Verge: Discord is shutting down its AI chatbot Clyde. “Discord is shutting down Clyde, its experimental AI chatbot. In a support note, Discord says the chatbot will be ‘deactivated’ at the end of the month, and that by December 1st ‘users will no longer be able to invoke Clyde in DMs, Group DMs or server chats.'”

ZDNet: How Google’s AI Bard helped me fix a Gmail technical problem

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ZDNet: How Google’s AI Bard helped me fix a Gmail technical problem. “Talking to Bard was fun and easy. It’s not quite as intuitive in its responses as ChatGPT Plus with GPT-4, but Bard works for this sort of problem. I had to guide it a few times, and I had to wait for it to spew a lot of suggestions that were the stock trade of every junior tech support person on the planet (i.e., ‘Try it from a different computer’).”

Hongkiat: Top 10 GPTs by OpenAI So Far (Explained with Examples)

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Hongkiat: Top 10 GPTs by OpenAI So Far (Explained with Examples). “At OpenAI’s recent DevDay event, one of the standout announcements was the unveiling of specialized GPTs…. In this article, we’ll delve into ten of the most impactful GPTs launched to date. Having spent a considerable amount of time testing each one, I’ll share insights and sample outputs to give you a taste of what each can offer.”

Northeastern Global News: What are AI chatbots actually doing when they ‘hallucinate’? Here’s why experts don’t like the term

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Northeastern Global News: What are AI chatbots actually doing when they ‘hallucinate’? Here’s why experts don’t like the term. “As debate over the true nature, capacity and trajectory of such man-made tools simmers in the background, a leading expert in the field is pushing back against the concept of ‘hallucination,’ arguing that it gets much of how current AI models operate wrong. ‘Generally speaking, we don’t like the term because these models make errors — and we can explain why they make errors,’ says Usama Fayyad, executive director for the Institute for Experiential Artificial Intelligence.”

New York Times: Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize

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New York Times: Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize. “When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27 percent.” That link is to a gift article; you should not experience a paywall..

The Verge: YouTube is testing a chatbot that will appear under select videos

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The Verge: YouTube is testing a chatbot that will appear under select videos. “YouTube’s latest AI experiments includes a new chatbot that’s designed to give you more information about a video you’re watching. The conversational AI tool, as Google’s support post calls it, aims to answer your questions about a video and can also recommend related content.”

TechCrunch: Brave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to desktop users

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TechCrunch: Brave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to desktop users. “Brave, a company building an alternative web browser, is releasing its AI-powered assistant, Leo, to all desktop users. The company is also releasing a $15 per month paid version called Leo Premium with features like access to faster and better large language models (LLMs) and higher-rate limits.”

Ars Technica: Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies

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Ars Technica: Elon Musk’s new AI model doesn’t shy from questions about cocaine and orgies. “On Saturday, Elon Musk announced xAI’s launch of an early beta version of ‘Grok,’ an AI language model similar to ChatGPT that is designed to respond to user queries with a mix of information and humor. Grok reportedly integrates real-time data access from X (formerly Twitter)—and is apparently willing to tackle inquiries that might be declined by other AI systems due to content filters and conditioning.”

Stanford University: What do AI chatbots really mean for students and cheating?

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Stanford University: What do AI chatbots really mean for students and cheating?. “The launch of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots has triggered an alarm for many educators, who worry about students using the technology to cheat by passing its writing off as their own. But two Stanford researchers say that concern is misdirected, based on their ongoing research into cheating among U.S. high school students before and after the release of ChatGPT.”

9to5 Google: Google Bard can now ‘respond in real time’ instead of waiting

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9to5 Google: Google Bard can now ‘respond in real time’ instead of waiting . “Large language models (LLMs) aren’t instantaneous, so there’s a delay between prompt and answer. Google is now making Bard feel faster with a ‘respond in real time’ option. As such, ‘Responses will show in real time while in progress.’ There is still a wait wherein you’ll see the rotating Bard sparkle in different colors, but text comes in line-by-line after that.”

Ars Technica: People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality

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Ars Technica: People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality. “In 2013, Spike Jonze’s Her imagined a world where humans form deep emotional connections with AI, challenging perceptions of love and loneliness. Ten years later, thanks to ChatGPT’s recently added voice features, people are playing out a small slice of Her in reality, having hours-long discussions with the AI assistant on the go.”

Fast Company: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots rely heavily on copyrighted news media, say publishers

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Fast Company: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots rely heavily on copyrighted news media, say publishers. “Makers of generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have been using copious amounts of copyrighted news material to train their chatbots, according to new accusations from a new trade group. The News/Media Alliance, which represents over 2,200 publishers, showcased its research in a blog post and white paper Tuesday, saying AI companies regularly used the information in news stories without authorization, and violate laws protecting that intellectual property.”

Ars Technica: Thanks to AI, the future of programming may involve YELLING IN ALL CAPS

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Ars Technica: Thanks to AI, the future of programming may involve YELLING IN ALL CAPS. “Not long after OpenAI first unveiled its DALL-E 3 AI image generator integrated into ChatGPT earlier this month, some users testing the feature began noticing bugs in the ChatGPT app that revealed internal prompts shared between the image generator and the AI assistant. Amusingly to some, the instructions included commands written in all-caps for emphasis, showing that the future of telling computers what to do (including programming) may involve surprisingly human-like communication techniques.”