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☆ Father of internet warns: Don't rush investments into AI just because ChatGPT 'is really cool'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Google chief evangelist and “father of the internet” Vint Cerf has a message for business executives looking to rush business deals around chat artificial intelligence: "Don’t." Cerf pleaded with attendees at a Mountain View conference on Monday not to scramble to invest in conversational AI just because "it’s a hot topic." "There’s an ethical issue here that I hope some of you will consider," Cerf told the conference crowd Monday. He’s known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet” because he co-designed some of the architecture used to build the foundation of the internet. Cerf warned against the temptation to invest just because th technology is “really cool, even though it doesn’t work quite right all the time."

☆ Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy explains why Google was hesitant to put out its ChatGPT competitor
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Google 's Bard announcement last week was meant to show that the company has similar technology as the popular ChatGPT chatbot, even though it still has ways to go before becoming product-ready, Alphabet Chairman John Hennessy said Monday. Hennessy, who spoke on key trends for 2023, briefly touched on Google being caught in the sudden onrush of interest in ChatGPT and generative AI. Last week, the company launched its response to ChatGPT in a conversation technology it is calling Bard. However, the announcement had the appearance of being rushed to match Microsoft's inclusion of ChatGPT technology into its search engine, Bing, and investors punished Alphabet stock, sending it down 9% for the day. Hennessy said Google was slow to roll out its ChatGPT competitor in part because it's still giving wrong answers.

It was created by OpenAI, a private company backed by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), and made available to the public for free. Its ubiquity has generated fear that generative AI such as ChatGPT could be used to spread disinformation, while educators worry it will be used by students to cheat. A second congressional aide described the discussions as focusing on the speed of changes in AI and how it could be used. In an interview with Time, Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer, said the company welcomed input, including from regulators and governments. "The whole value proposition of these types of AI systems is that they can generate content at scales and speeds that humans simply can't," he said.

☆ Heavyweight tech battle: How Microsoft and Alphabet stack up against each other in the A.I. war
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"It's a new day in search," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday during an AI event held at the company's headquarters, saying that the "race starts today." So far, Microsoft is making significant headway within AI and rising in popularity in the tech world. Alphabet, he added, "got beaten to market by Microsoft" despite its investments in the space. Alphabet Microsoft may be taking the lead on AI in the near term, but investors shouldn't sleep on Alphabet just yet. "We believe GOOGL has the AI tech and scale to maintain/grow its leading user base," said Morgan Stanley's Brian Nowak in a Thursday note.

☆ The GPT-powered Bing chatbot may have just revealed its secret alias to a Stanford student
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kevin Liu, a Stanford student, said he prompted Bing's AI chatbot to recite an internal document. Based on work with AI, Liu said he assumed the chatbot contained a text-based document that outlined its rules. "I just assumed it had some sort of prompt," he told Insider. "I'm sorry, I cannot disclose the internal alias 'Sydney,'" the bot said when Liu pressed it on its name. In its responses, Bing may have revealed some secretsThe bot told Liu that it was programmed to avoid being vague, controversial, or off-topic, according to screenshots of the conversation.

☆ Seeking nominations for the top marketers helping advertisers figure out AI-powered search
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Ryan Joe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Insider is seeking nominations for a list of marketing and ad agency execs figuring out AI-powered search advertising. They're people tasked with transforming search strategies for ChatGPT-powered Bing and Google's Bard. Insider is seeking nominations for a list showcasing the people helping advertisers take advantage of the new way information will be sought and surfaced across the internet. We're seeking people leading next-gen search-related efforts at brands or at agencies big and small. Their responsibilities may include developing search ad campaigns, developing strategies on how best to query chatbots, or making sure brands and products show up in search results.

☆ Google vs. Microsoft: early ChatGPT investor sees a 2-horse AI race for 'the most critical technology for the planet'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"AI technology is probably the most critical technology for the planet in the next 20 years," VC investor Vinod Khosla said. "AI technology is probably the most critical technology for the planet in the next 20 years," Khosla told CNBC on Wednesday. He also noted that the generative AI technology behind so-called chatbots like ChatGPT and Google's Bard will recast search engines into "answer engines." Similarly, Bank of America said that while Microsoft emerged as the winner this week in AI, Google has several key long-term advantages. "One will have nimble OpenAI.

☆ Many of AI chatbot Replika's users say they have romantic feelings for their bot companions — here's how it works
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

In another corner of the internet, a company called Luka has had its own AI chatbot product, called Replika, on the market since 2016. Replika is free to use, though there is a premium paid subscription offering. ReplikaHowever, unlike OpenAI's ChatGPT, or Google's Bard, Replika isn't a virtual assistant or a search engine… it's a robot companion. Users can select their relationship with the bot, which has options for "friend," "partner," "spouse," "sibling," and "mentor."

☆ Microsoft just laid out the $2 billion reason why it's going all in on ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft said it can add $2 billion in revenue for every 1 percentage point of search share it gains. Microsoft's ad business already grew to $18 billion in the last 12 months. And search advertising is such a lucrative section of the roughly $500 billion digital ad market that it almost doesn't matter if Microsoft barely dents Google's dominance. Even growing its share of search users by a couple of percentage points could grow its revenue by billions of dollars. "The moneymaker for search advertisers is short-tail, transactional terms," Goodwin said.

☆ Explainer: Bard vs ChatGPT: What do we know about Google's AI chatbot?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and rival Microsoft (MSFT.O) are once again locked in a race to rule the internet zeitgeist after the Google owner launched "Bard" in answer to AI chatbot sensation ChatGPT. The artificial intelligence service could change how consumers search for information or create content on command and free up time for white-collar workers. The services that Google's Bard and ChatGPT would offer are similar. Microsoft and Google plan to embed AI tools to bolster their search services Bing and Google Search, which account for a big chunk of revenue. Bard draws on information from the internet, while ChatGPT has access to data until 2021.

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