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The Google parent has advised employees not to enter its confidential materials into AI chatbots, the people said and the company confirmed, citing long-standing policy on safeguarding information. Alphabet also alerted its engineers to avoid direct use of computer code that chatbots can generate, some of the people said. A growing number of businesses around the world have set up guardrails on AI chatbots, among them Samsung (005930.KS), Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), the companies told Reuters. By February, Google told staff testing Bard before its launch not to give it internal information, Insider reported. A Google privacy notice updated on June 1 also states: "Don’t include confidential or sensitive information in your Bard conversations."

Persons: Bard, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Harry Potter, Yusuf Mehdi, Mehdi, Bing, Matthew Prince, Jeffrey Dastin, Anna Tong, Kenneth Li, Nick Zieminski Organizations: FRANCISCO, Reuters, Google, ChatGPT, Microsoft Corp, Samsung, Deutsche Bank, Apple, Data Protection, Politico, EU, cyberattacks, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Bard, San Francisco

☆ The AI act: Europe is leading the race to regulate artificial intelligence. Here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“We have made history today,” Brando Benifei, a member of the European Parliament working on the EU AI Act, told journalists. Detailed summaries of the copyrighted data used to train these AI systems would also have to be published. AI systems with minimal or no risk, such as spam filters, fall largely outside of the rules. Fines under the AI Act serve as a “war cry from the legislators to say, ‘take this seriously’,” Muldoon said. The Act also requires EU member states to establish at least one regulatory “sandbox” to test AI systems before they are deployed.

Persons: ” Brando Benifei, ” Benifei, Brad Smith, Sam Altman —, Doug McMillion, James Quincy —, Racheal Muldoon, Maitland Chambers, Meta, ” Muldoon, Dragoș, ”, Muldoon Organizations: London CNN, European Union, EU, Lawmakers, of, Big Tech, Microsoft, Yale, Summit, Walmart, ” Systems, Facebook, Twitter, General Data, Office, AI, Companies, Google, IBM Locations: Brussels, EU, Europe, China, London

☆ Google is using AI to change how you shop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The company on Wednesday announced a new virtual try-on feature that uses generative AI, the same technology underpinning a new crop of chatbots and image creation tools, to show clothes on a wide selection of body types. Google is also launching a feature that helps users find similar clothing pieces in different colors, patterns or styles, from merchants across the web, using a visual matching algorithm powered by AI. Google's new virtual try-on feature uses generative AI to show clothes on a wide selection of body types. Google isn’t the only e-commerce company blending generative AI into the shopping experience. And eBay recently rolled out an AI tool to help sellers generate product listing descriptions.

Persons: Bard Organizations: CNN, Google, Wednesday, XL, eBay

☆ OpenAI warned Microsoft not to rush the release of its Bing chatbot before it told users it loved them and wanted to be human, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft's Bing chatbot told users it loved them and wanted to be a human when it was released. OpenAI warned the company that its GPT-4 model could give bizarre responses, per the WSJ. Well, The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft previously warned OpenAI to move slower on Bing's release because it hadn't yet ironed out all these issues. After several users reported worrying interactions with Bing, Microsoft imposed limits to exchanges that contained user questions and Bing replies. "Very long chat sessions can confuse the underlying chat model," Microsoft said.

Persons: Microsoft's Bing chatbot, OpenAI, Bing, Kevin Roose, pilling, Microsoft execs Organizations: Morning, New York Times, Street Journal, Microsoft Locations: OpenAI, Bing

☆ Generative A.I. Can Add $4.4 Trillion in Value to Global Economy, Study Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Yiwen Lu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Generative artificial intelligence” is set to add up to $4.4 trillion of value to the global economy annually, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute, in what is one of the rosier predictions about the economic effects of the rapidly evolving technology. Half of all work will be automated between 2030 and 2060, the report said. would automate half of all work between 2035 and 2075, but the power of generative A.I. “Generative A.I. has the potential to change the anatomy of work, augmenting the capabilities of individual workers by automating some of their individual activities,” the report said.

Persons: — Organizations: McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey

☆ Google launches AI-powered advertiser features in push for automation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AI has dominated the tech industry in recent months as Google and other companies have developed novel chatbots that can respond to users in open-ended conversations. read moreWhile Google has previously introduced AI tools for advertisers, it is now using the technology to help brands achieve more specific goals for their ads. The second new feature will use AI to find the best ad placements with the goal of maximizing views of a brand's video ads, Google said. Early testing shows that brands received on average 40% more video views with the new tool, Srinivasan said. By using AI to remove some of the "grunt work" for advertisers, brands will be able to focus more on their marketing strategy and storytelling, she added.

Persons: Vidhya Srinivasan, Srinivasan, Sheila Dang, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Google, Gmail, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Dallas

☆ Factbox: Governments race to regulate AI tools
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

CHINA* Planning regulationsThe Chinese government will seek to initiate AI regulations in its country, billionaire Elon Musk said on June 5 after meeting with officials during his recent trip to China. ITALY* Investigating possible breachesItaly's data protection authority plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said in May. ChatGPT became available again to users in Italy in April after being temporarily banned over concerns by the national data protection authority in March. SPAIN* Investigating possible breachesSpain's data protection agency said in April it was launching a preliminary investigation into potential data breaches by ChatGPT. The Biden administration earlier in April said it was seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for AI systems.

Persons: Alan Turing, Elon Musk, Margrethe Vestager, Vestager, CNIL, Dado Ruvic, Ziv Katzir, Israel, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Antonio Guterres, Guterres, Michael Bennet, Biden, Alessandro Parodi, Amir Orusov, Jason Neely, Kirsten Donovan, Milla Nissi Organizations: Microsoft, Authority, Reuters, EU, Key, European Consumer Organisation, Seven, REUTERS, Israel Innovation Authority, UNITED, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations, U.S . Federal Trade Commission's, Thomson Locations: AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, Britain, CHINA, China, Beijing, U.S, FRANCE, Italy, Hiroshima, Japan, IRELAND, ISRAEL, Israel, ITALY, JAPAN, SPAIN, Gdansk

☆ A leaked document of Amazon's ideas for using ChatGPT and AI at work lists 67 ways to take advantage of the ChatGPT boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some of those ideas were shared in an internal document titled, "Generative AI-ChatGPT Impact and Opportunity Analysis." Amazon employees are in a rush to take advantage of the sudden rise of ChatGPT and similar AI technology. Amazon employees want to use the AI chatbot to auto-generate software code and marketing materials, according to the document. Amazon employees are even planning to use ChatGPT for a main part of Amazon's decision-making process, called PRFAQ. The same rules apply to the new Microsoft Bing search engine that uses ChatGPT's technology, an internal document said.

Persons: Eugene Kim Organizations: Amazon, Bloomberg, Microsoft Locations: Amazon

☆ Oracle is betting its AI future on a company called Cohere. Here's why this little-known startup is becoming OpenAI's chief rival.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oracle is offering generative AI to its customers based on tech from a startup called Cohere. Oracle will be embedding Cohere's generative AI technology into a bunch of its products and Cohere will be using Oracle's cloud to train, build, and deploy its generative AI models, Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison said. One is that Cohere is designed for enterprise customers, meaning companies can use their own data to train their AI models, without sharing that data. But at the moment, Cohere is the only partner Oracle announced to power its generative AI services for customers, though this could change one day. He was a research intern at Google Brain in 2017 when he co-authored a paper on a way of training AI models to improve their abilities to understand language.

Persons: Cohere, Geoffrey Hinton, Fei, Fei Li, Pieter Abbeel, Larry Ellison, That's, Ellison, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Salesforce, Aidan Gomez, cofounders, Nick Frosst, Ivan Zhang, Gomez Organizations: Oracle, Morning, NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, New York Times, Microsoft, Wall, Nvidia, Google, Cohere Locations: Cohere, OpenAI, Toronto

“There is unprecedented interest in all areas of A.I.,” Julie Sweet, Accenture’s C.E.O., said. Accenture plans to double its A.I.-focused staff to 80,000, through a mix of hiring, acquisitions and training. It also plans to use generative A.I. moves, too: PwC said in April that it would invest $1 billion over the next three years, while EY announced in 2021 that it would invest $2.5 billion over three years. work dates back at least to the introduction of Watson, has announced a “Center of Excellence” for generative A.I.

Persons: ” Julie Sweet, Accenture’s, PwC, EY, Bain, Watson Organizations: Accenture, Company, OpenAI, Deloitte, Nvidia, IBM Locations: A.I

☆ Google and OpenAI limit A.I. chatbots in Hong Kong amid China tensions, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hong Kong spent more than HK$600 billion ($76.44 billion) on various pandemic relief programs for the past three years, forcing it to run rare budget deficits. Hong Kong's Department of Justice also recently sought to block a pro-democracy song, "Glory to Hong Kong" from being disseminated online and cited 32 instances where it appeared on Google -owned YouTube. Other companies have also taken steps to filter content that reaches Hong Kong. Disney has chosen not to bring two episodes of "The Simpsons" that include references to critiques of the Chinese government to its streaming service in Hong Kong, the Journal reported. Hong Kong users have reported that Tencent's tool temporarily blocked access to legitimate Western sites like Twitter competitor Mastodon, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and coding website GitLab.

Persons: Disney, that's, Tencent, Read, what's Organizations: HK, Google, Microsoft, Street, Hong Kong's Department of Justice, Facebook, American, of Commerce, Apple, Disney, Wall Street, CNBC, YouTube Locations: Hong Kong, China, U.S

☆ Inside Amazon's rush to respond to ChatGPT. 'Amazon must be really scared about being late on all of this.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Amazon must be really scared about being late on all of this," one Amazon employee said in an interview. The same rules apply to the new Microsoft Bing search engine that uses ChatGPT's technology, an internal document said. "Since generative AI is all the rage right now, it will be included in the themes, and there will be a special award for the project that best demonstrates generative AI," the email said. Mike Blake/ReutersEmployees are still curious about Amazon's response to ChatGPT and generative AI, frequently bringing up the topic in internal town-hall meetings. He also said that Amazon's top leadership team, called the S-team, was "very excited about it" and that generative AI was a "big area of focus for us."

Persons: ChatGPT, Sam Altman, Sven Hoppe, It's, hackathons, Andy Jassy, Mike Blake, Adam Selipsky, Jassy, Eugene Kim Organizations: Amazon, Echo, Microsoft, Employees, Getty, Bloomberg, Burnham, Reuters Employees

☆ Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Gina Kolata | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There’s a reason doctors may neglect compassion, said Dr. Douglas White, the director of the program on ethics and decision making in critical illness at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Most doctors are pretty cognitively focused, treating the patient’s medical issues as a series of problems to be solved,” Dr. White said. That is what happened to Dr. Gregory Moore, who until recently was a senior executive leading health and life sciences at Microsoft, wanted to help a friend who had advanced cancer. The result “blew me away,” Dr. Moore said. Late in the conversation, Dr. Moore wrote to the A.I.

Persons: Douglas White, Dr, White, Gregory Moore, ” Dr, Moore, Moore’s, ChatGPT “ Organizations: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Microsoft

☆ Fintechs need to focus on the future to develop tomorrow's solutions today
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Unlimit With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The future is DeFiDecentralized finance (DeFi) has gained significant traction in recent years, offering a new paradigm for financial services that are open, transparent, and community-driven. DeFi adoption will significantly enhance the concept of "embedded finance," and we will see more integration of financial services with traditionally non-financial services or products. Foresee market structure trends and shape them proactivelyWhile fintech's growth in developed markets is undeniable, even more significant potential for growth lies in developing economies. This will empower customers to make payments swiftly and conveniently, ultimately driving higher adoption and usage of fintech solutions. With the fintech industry projected to reach $492.81 billion by 2028, the time to start looking into tomorrow is now.

Persons: Irene Skrynova, Statista Organizations: Intelligence, Central Bank, Allied Market Research, Finance, World Bank, Insider Studios Locations: China, India, Eastern Europe, Africa

☆ How Could A.I. Destroy Humanity?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Cade Metz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Hypothetical is such a polite way of phrasing what I think of the existential risk talk,” said Oren Etzioni, the founding chief executive of the Allen Institute for AI, a research lab in Seattle. Are there signs A.I. But researchers are transforming chatbots like ChatGPT into systems that can take actions based on the text they generate. In theory, this is a way for AutoGPT to do almost anything online — retrieve information, use applications, create new applications, even improve itself. “People are actively trying to build systems that self-improve,” said Connor Leahy, the founder of Conjecture, a company that says it wants to align A.I.

Persons: ”, Oren Etzioni, Connor Leahy Organizations: Allen Institute, AI Locations: Seattle, AutoGPT

☆ A.I. or Nuclear Weapons: Can You Tell These Quotes Apart?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Ian Prasad Philbrick | Tom Wright-Piersanti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

executives have likened their product to nuclear energy. creators’ calls for national and international regulation — much as scientists called for guardrails governing nuclear arms in the 1950s. The creators of this technology are telling us we need to pay attention.”Not every expert thinks the comparison fits. and nuclear energy, has upsides and risks. or nuclear technology.

Persons: “, ’, ”, Rachel Bronson, Julian Togelius Organizations: Atomic Scientists

☆ A radio host is suing OpenAI for defamation, alleging that ChatGPT created a false legal document that accused him of 'defrauding and embezzling funds'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A radio host is suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT generated a fake legal complaint about him. The bot falsely identified Mark Walters in a case he had no involvement in, court documents said. ChatGPT told an editor Walters was accused of defrauding and embezzling funds, the documents added. A radio host is suing OpenAI for defamation, alleging that ChatGPT created a fake legal complaint about him. The bot falsely identified Walters as involved in the case and said he was accused of "defrauding and embezzling funds," per court documents.

Persons: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Mark Walters, Walters, Fred Riehl, Riehl, Bob Ferguson Organizations: Amendment, SAF, Bloomberg Law, OpenAI Locations: Georgia, Washington

☆ The viral AI-generated image showing an explosion near the Pentagon is 'truly the tip of the iceberg of what's to come,' tech CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

People need to prepare for a surge in AI-generated content being shared online, a tech CEO told CNN. The viral image of an explosion near the Pentagon is just "the tip of the iceberg," Jeffrey McGregor said. The viral AI-generated image showing an explosion near the Pentagon is "truly the tip of the iceberg of what's to come," a CEO who works in image authenticity detection has warned. Earlier this year, a photographer sparked debate about whether AI-generated images can be classed as art after an image he created using DALL-E 2 won a major international photography competition. It's not just AI-generated images that are being used to deceive people.

Persons: Jeffrey McGregor, we're, Donald Trump, hadn't, It's, Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, Emma Watson, McGregor, Ben Colman Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, Reality

☆ I applied to McDonald's and 4 other fast food jobs, but the chatbots and automated process made it impossible for me to get hired
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Amanda Claypool | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Over the past few months, I've applied to five fast food jobs: Crumbl Cookies, McDonald's, Wendy's, Hardee's, and Waffle House. Unfortunately, the jobs that made me apply with AI chatbots left me annoyed and uncertain. The automated application process at Crumbl Cookies seems short, but it wasn't easyI applied to be a baker at Crumbl Cookies. McDonald's uses AI chatbots to automate its hiring process, but it made things more complicatedI applied to McDonald's and answered the questions the chatbot named Olivia asked me. To be fair, AI chatbots can make it easier to screen applicants and schedule interviews.

Persons: Amanda Claypool, —, I've, Claypool, chatbots, McDonald's, Olivia, they're, chatbot, wouldn't, didn't Organizations: Waffle, Service, Waffle House, House Locations: United States, McDonald's

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Bernstein's brutal letter to Andy Jassy, the price of our AI future, and Reels vs. TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But now, let's find out why a major Wall Street research firm has hit out at Amazon. Andy Jassy, who leads Amazon Web Services, will replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO and leaves an opening for a cloud new leader. A top Wall Street firm wrote a brutal open letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Meta's short-form video service, Reels, is starting to make headway against TikTok, according to a new survey by Morgan Stanley. Amazon is reportedly plotting an ad tier for Prime Video, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Persons: Nathan Rennolds, —, let's, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, Mike Blake, Bernstein, Amazon . Bernstein, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Morgan Stanley, I'm, Zach Smith, Z, Ben Thompson, Yuvo, YouTuber Matt Mikka, Tesla, Matt Mikka, Hallam Bullock Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Amazon, Wall, Amazon ., Getty, Facebook, TikTok, Apple, Prime, Street, Health Centers, Mastry Ventures, Samsung Locations: London, TikTok

☆ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg touts to employees 'incredible breakthroughs' the company has seen in A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants his workforce to know the company is in the middle of the artificial intelligence race. During a meeting with employees Thursday in the Hacker Square pavilion at Meta's Menlo Park headquarters, Zuckerberg discussed Meta's AI efforts, a spokesperson confirmed. Meta said it's giving employees access to several internal generative AI tools to help develop prototypes, and the company is hosting a hackathon for workers to show off their AI projects. Meta executives told employees the company is still committed to releasing AI research to the open-source community. Last week, Meta told employees they will need to work at the company's offices three days a week, starting in September.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, we've, Axios, hasn't, Meta, Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley Organizations: Menlo, CNBC, Meta, Microsoft, Google Locations: Sens, R

☆ Popular Reddit client Apollo will shut down after talks over new developer fees got 'ugly,' with allegations of blackmail
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apollo, a popular third-party app for accessing Reddit, announced it will shut down June 30. The creator of Apollo said the new pricing policy would cost his app $20 million a year. The Apollo app has been swept up in this battle, which technically revolves around access to Reddit's application programming interface. Elon Musk has cracked down on API access, tooReddit is not the only company that's had enough of this. Twitter began clamping down on API access after Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion.

Persons: Reddit, Apollo, Steve Huffman, Christian Selig, Selig, Huffman, Elon Musk, that's Organizations: The New York Times, Google, Street, Twitter, Elon, Microsoft, Apollo

☆ Meta previews generative AI chatbot planned for Whatsapp and Messenger at company all-hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) on Thursday gave employees a sneak peek at a series of AI tools it was building, including ChatGPT-like chatbots planned for Messenger and WhatsApp that could converse using different personas. Company executives speaking at an all-hands meeting also demonstrated a productivity assistant for employees called Metamate that could perform tasks based on internal company information, according to a summary of the session provided by a Meta spokesperson. Reporting by Katie Paul; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Katie Paul, Leslie Adler Organizations: YORK, Meta, Thomson

☆ There aren't actually THAT many people using ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Adoption of AI tools like chatbots ChatGPT and Google Bard remains surprisingly low. Some days, it feels like the whole world is using ChatGPT. A chart from a Morgan Stanley research report Morgan StanleyPeople mostly use chatbot services to learn about a new topic. When online shopping, 56% of respondents said they start by using Google Search, YouTube, or Bard. Online travel research was a little more split between Google and travel services like Expedia, and Bookings.com.

Persons: Google Bard, Morgan Stanley, Bard, chatbots Organizations: Google

☆ Marc Andreessen says AI will 'make the world warmer and nicer,' because even though it isn't sentient, it's more empathetic than humans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AI "will make the world warmer and nicer," according to A16z's Marc Andreessen. Andreessen also warned against "full-blown moral panic" from cultish "AI risk doomers." Marc Andreessen says that artificial intelligence is more empathetic than humans and "will make the world warmer and nicer." "Rather than making the world harsher and more mechanistic, infinitely patient and sympathetic AI will make the world warmer and nicer." Andreessen said that there was "full-blown moral panic about AI," in part fueled by "AI risk doomers" whom he described as a "cult."

Persons: A16z's Marc Andreessen, Andreessen, Marc Andreessen, it's

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