OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrived in Washington this week with a carefully crafted message for policymakers: Artificial intelligence is already boosting productivity for millions of Americans, and his company intends to keep it “democratic” by putting it in everyone’s hands. As the capital buzzes with debates over AI regulation, Altman is positioning OpenAI not as […]
Elon Musk’s “Upgraded” AI Is Spewing Antisemitic Propaganda
Grok had a terrible Fourth of July weekend. Just hours after Elon Musk, founder of its parent company xAI, announced a major and important upgrade, the AI chatbot spiraled into a public meltdown, becoming the subject of a flood of complaints from users on X. The timing highlights a major disconnect between the company’s promises […]
Judge Says Requiring ChatGPT to Save Chat Logs Is Not a ‘Mass Surveillance Program’
OpenAI and some of its users have objected to a court order that requires the company to indefinitely maintain all of ChatGPT’s chat logs as part of an ongoing copyright lawsuit, claiming that holding onto such records amounts to a “nationwide mass surveillance program.” The court was not moved. Judge Ona Wang, who initially issued […]
Goldman Sachs Makes a Huge AI Bet
Goldman Sachs has just launched its generative AI assistant across the entire firm, making it available to all employees in what the bank calls a major milestone in its technology strategy. The move follows more than a year of internal development and testing that involved over 10,000 employees piloting the tool. The GS AI Assistant […]
The Trump Administration Is Launching an AI Chatbot
Chatbots are notoriously sources of misinformation and false confidence, so surely imbuing one with the authority of the federal government won’t cause any problems, right? 404 Media spotted a GitHub repository that shows the Trump administration is working on its very own chatbot that appears set to eventually launch on its own website, AI.gov. According […]
California Wants AI Chatbots to Remind Users They Aren’t People
Even if chatbots successfully pass the Turing test, they’ll have to give up the game if they’re operating in California. A new bill proposed by California Senator Steve Padilla would require chatbots that interact with children to offer occasional reminders that they are, in fact, a machine and not a real person. The bill, SB […]