ChatGPT ban

The use of ChatGPT, Bard and other AI tools has become quite common these days. While there’s no denying how easy it renders some tasks, there are questions about authenticity and credibility of the data it generates. Keeping this in mind, several organisations have banned the use of AI tools. Joining the ranks of such organisations is US-based media organisation National Public Radio, better known as NPR. What NPR has to say about use of AI toolsAccording to a tweet by a New York Times journalist, an email was sent to…

A search for Wes Anderson on YouTube turns up trailers that the famed director with a distinctive style appears to have made for adaptations of "Star Wars," "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" featuring Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson and other stars.Artificial intelligence allowed people with no real actors and far smaller resources than major Hollywood studios to generate the fake movie trailers, feeding debate on the issue that will be on the bargaining table when the SAG-AFTRA actors union begins labor talks…

ChatGPT has seen an astronomical rise in popularity in the last few months, but there have been growing concerns too. Several arguments have been made on whether ChatGPT is doing more harm than good, and tech moguls like Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt have all expressed their concerns over this rapid rise of AI. A recent case in India of ChatGPT being used for cheating during an exam, has only added to the concerns. Notably, OpenAI's ChatGPT was used to cheat in civil service exams in…

Yesterday, May 10, Google I/O 2023 keynote saw a surprise move being made. More than half of the entire event was around how Google is planning to bring artificial intelligence to its various products and services. And Google is not alone. Many major businesses are heavily investing in AI technology to bring it to the forefront of their offerings, and it can be concerning because, with all the progress, the regulatory framework, or the rules around the issue, has taken a back seat. But European Union has different plans…

Should TikTok be banned? Should younger children be prevented from engaging with social media? Can the government make sure private information is secure? What about brand new artificial intelligence interfaces? Or should users be regulating themselves, leaving the government out of it?Tech regulation has been gathering momentum on Capitol Hill amid concerns about China's ownership of TikTok and as parents are growing increasingly worried about the effects of social media on a post-pandemic mental health crisis. Noting…

Italy has lifted its block on ChatGPT after temporarily banning it over data privacy concerns last month, the artificial intelligence chatbot's owner said Friday."ChatGPT is available again for our users in Italy. We are delighted to welcome them back and remain committed to protecting their personal data," an OpenAI spokesperson said. ChatGPT caused a global sensation when it was released last year for generating essays, songs, exams and even news articles from brief prompts. But critics have fretted over how ChatGPT…

OpenAI is introducing what one employee called an "incognito mode" for its hit chatbot ChatGPT that does not save users' conversation history or use it to improve its artificial intelligence, the company said Tuesday.The San Francisco-based startup also said it planned a "ChatGPT Business" subscription with additional data controls. The move comes as scrutiny has grown over how ChatGPT and other chatbots it inspired manage hundreds of millions of users' data, commonly used to improve, or "train", AI. Italy last month…

At a time when technology companies are bullish on using generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, a group of governing bodies globally have called for regulations. The Irish data regulator has echoed the sentiment but it said that authorities must figure out how to do so properly."It needs to be regulated and it's about figuring out how to regulate it properly," Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon was quoted as saying."For the Irish data protection commission, where we are at is…

Forty-two German associations and trade unions representing more than 140,000 authors and performers on Wednesday urged the European Union to beef up draft artificial intelligence rules as they singled out the threat to their copyright from ChatGPT.Trade unions for the creative sector Verdi and DGB and associations for photographers, designers, journalists and illustrators set out their concerns in a letter to the European Commission, European Council and EU lawmakers. The letter underlined the growing worries about…

The head of Italy's privacy watchdog was hopeful Tuesday that OpenAI would adjust its AI chatbot so it could be back online in the country at the end of April.Italy's watchdog temporarily blocked ChatGPT at the end of March over data privacy concerns, becoming the first Western country to take action against the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. "We are ready to reopen ChatGPT on April 30, if there is a willingness on the part of OpenAI to take useful steps," Data Protection Authority chief Pasquale Stanzione…