Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google’s advertising division from 2013 to 2018, said Microsoft and Google recognized that their current search business might not survive. “The wall of ads and sea […]
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Back to news homeWhy Do A.I. Chatbots Tell Lies and Act Weird? Look in the Mirror.
When Microsoft added a chatbot to its Bing search engine this month, people noticed it was offering up all sorts of bogus information about the Gap, Mexican nightlife and the […]
Why Chatbots like ChatGPT Weren’t Invented in China
Just a few years ago, China was on track to challenge United States dominance in artificial intelligence. The balance of power was tilting in China’s direction because it had abundant […]
Why a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
Also, the A.I. does have some hard limits. In response to one particularly nosy question, Bing confessed that if it was allowed to take any action to satisfy its shadow […]
Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots
In 2020, researchers at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies found that GPT-3, the underlying technology for ChatGPT, had “impressively deep knowledge […]
Microsoft Launches New Bing Likely Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 A.I
It’s been a rough few months for the tech industry. There have been tens of thousands of layoffs, hundreds of billions in value lost on Wall Street and a high-profile […]
Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT
Microsoft said on Monday that it is making a “multiyear, multibillion-dollar” investment in OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence lab behind the experimental online chatbot ChatGPT.The companies did not disclose […]
Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as It Looks to Trim Costs
Microsoft on Wednesday became the latest addition to a growing list of big technology companies to lay off employees because of worries about the economy and overhiring during the pandemic.The […]
A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom
Five weeks ago, OpenAI, a San Francisco artificial intelligence lab, released ChatGPT, a chatbot that answers questions in clear, concise prose. The A.I.-powered tool immediately caused a sensation, with more […]
Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal
Early this month, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, met with Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, to push for regulatory approval of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of the […]