OpenAI discretely unveiled GPTBot, a dedicated web scraper for collecting training data. Edit: It’s currently unclear with GPTBot is the same/updated bot as OpenAI used to…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
In June, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company wouldn’t start working on GPT-5 for “some time.” In mid-July, OpenAI submitted a trademark for GPT-5, hinting…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Apple has removed over 100 generative AI apps from its App Store platform in China in anticipation of new laws going into effect there. In July,…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Researchers have found a scalable, reliable method for ‘jailbreaking’ AI chatbots developed by companies such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Public AI models like ChatGPT, Bard,…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
News publishers discussed uniting against the unpermitted use of their news content for AI purposes in June. They’re inching closer to finalizing a deal, with potential…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI has discontinued its AI text-detection tool due to a disappointingly “low rate of accuracy” in discerning text created by ChatGPT from human-written text. The tool…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
OpenAI is rolling out the option of adding custom instructions in your user preferences to tailor ChatGPT responses. ChatGPT delivers more accurate responses when you give…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Fake reviews are ubiquitous and unavoidable, but they’ve never been this hard to identify. By some estimates, 40% of Amazon reviews are fake, but this also…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
ChatGPT’s abilities are devolving over time. At least, that’s what thousands of users are arguing on Twitter, Reddit, and the Y Combinator forum. Casual, professional, and…
By Sam Jeans · 9 min read
OpenAI has confirmed a licensing agreement with The Associated Press (AP) to train its AI models using its news story archive. The essence of the agreement…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
