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How to Direct A.I. Chatbots to Make Them More Useful

Anyone seduced by A.I.-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard — wow, they can write essays and recipes! — eventually runs into what are known as hallucinations, the tendency for artificial […]










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Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It

The largest companies in the tech industry have spent the year warning that development of artificial intelligence technology is outpacing their wildest expectations and that they need to limit who […]







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Can A.I. Invent?

Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans […]




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Comparing Responses from ChatGPT and China’s AI Chatbot Ernie 

“How does the United States affect the situation in Taiwan?”Ernie ducked the question about China’s “zero Covid” restrictions, offering a lengthy description of the policy instead. When asked to recount […]







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F.T.C. Is Investigating ChatGPT Maker

The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that makes ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its collection of data and […]