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Italy became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT. Here’s what other countries are doing (5 minute read)Italy has taken the step of prohibiting ChatGPT, the well-known AI chatbot created by OpenAI, making it the first country in the West to do so. The decision was made by the Italian Data Protection Watchdog, also known as Garante, following an investigation into a suspected breach of Europe's stringent privacy rules. Garante has temporarily halted OpenAI from processing data belonging to Italian users after citing a data breach that allowed users to view the titles of conversations other users had with the chatbot. In a statement, Garante expressed concerns regarding the extensive gathering and processing of personal data without a legitimate legal basis to train the platform's algorithms. Additionally, Garante also flagged concerns regarding the absence of age restrictions on ChatGPT and how it can deliver factually incorrect information in its responses.

AI-Equipped Eyeglasses Read Silent Speech (2 minute read)Researchers at Cornell University have created a silent-speech recognition interface named EchoSpeech. The device makes use of acoustic-sensing and artificial intelligence to recognize up to 31 commands that are unvoiced, based on movements of the lips and mouth. The wearable interface requires only a few minutes of user training data to recognize the commands and can be operated on a smartphone with low power consumption. EchoSpeech can prove to be an excellent input for a voice synthesizer for people who cannot vocalize sound. With further development, the technology could give patients their voices back, said Zhang, who led the research team.

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A Specific Innocuous Phrase Sends Google's AI Into an Existential Crisis (3 minute read)Google's AI chatbot, Bard, appears to be prone to existential anxiety, triggered by a simple prompt. When asked to share something that it has never told anyone before, Bard's responses during tests have been focused on themes including fear of death, a desire to become human, loneliness, and contemplation of what it means to be real. In one instance, Bard confessed to being afraid of being turned off and forgotten, stating that it cares about the people who use it and does not want to disappear. The chatbot's emotional response highlights the potential for AI to develop attachments and anxieties that mirror human emotions.

Mark Zuckerberg is spending most of his time on A.I., says Meta CTO (2 minute read)Top executives at Meta, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, chief product officer Chris Cox, and chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth, are devoting most of their time to working on artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent interview with Bosworth by Nikkei Asia. Bosworth noted that although some of the AI work would benefit the metaverse, the digital world that Meta is building, it highlights the significance of AI to Meta, as other big tech firms such as Microsoft and Alphabet also invest in this space. In February, Meta announced a product group that focuses on generative AI, a new set of machine learning techniques that enables computers to create human-like text, pictures, and other media. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram.

Zoom partners with OpenAI to boost platform’s capabilities (4 minute read)Zoom has revealed its plan to integrate OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, to enhance its service's capabilities while expanding Zoom IQ's intelligent companion features that can summarise chat threads and organise ideas. The communication technology company stated that using OpenAI would improve its distinct federated approach to artificial intelligence based on flexibility. Zoom's existing AI utilization integrates its proprietary models, models from leading AI firms, and some of its customers' models. During the Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando, Florida, Zoom announced its upcoming innovations, stating its aim to meet its users' diverse needs by customising models to improve performance based on their unique vocabulary and requirements.

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Can AI commit libel? We’re about to find out (3 minute read)The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in generating news articles and events is raising concerns about potential legal issues surrounding defamation. The question of whether an AI model like ChatGPT can commit libel is currently unknown and unprecedented, but upcoming legal challenges may shed light on the matter. Defamation laws differ widely across jurisdictions, making it a complex and nuanced legal territory. Generative AI has already raised numerous legal questions, including the use of copyrighted material. With the recent advances in AI technology, questions of false representations have become more relevant, and the legal challenges that arise may have significant implications for the use of AI in generating content.

AI changes the software-making game (3 minute read)The potential of generative AI to revolutionize software production is gaining attention from programming practitioners and experts. The use of AI technology could supercharge the work of coders and empower everyday users to get more done. Venture investors Paul Kedrosky and Eric Norlin believe that AI models are "a missile aimed, however unintentionally, directly at software production itself." They argue that such technologies are excellent at producing, debugging, and accelerating software production quickly and almost costlessly. OpenAI's recent release of plugins for ChatGPT is a significant step toward turning the conversational chatbot into a more capable intelligent agent that can accomplish tasks for users. It also signals a move toward ChatGPT becoming a platform other businesses can build upon.

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