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Image: Getty ImagesIf you want to know what average online folks are trying to learn about, then perhaps the total view counts on Wikipedia might offer us a glimpse into what most people want to learn about. If the top 25 most-viewed Wikipedia articles of 2023 are anything to go by, then people really cared about the rise of AI and the father of the atomic bomb.At the top of the list, as expected, is ChatGPT with a whopping 49.4 million pageviews. OpenAI’s chatbot has been making multiple top lists this year, including…

What a year it has been for artificial intelligence! The spark created by OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022 transformed into a blazing fire as a number of tech firms started an AI race to launch their own chatbots. Google, Microsoft, Snap, Meta, and a number of new-age startups brought out their own large language models (LLMs) and in turn, generative AI chatbots. We saw the ChatGPT 3.5 version get its knowledge base upgraded to 2022, while chatbots like Google Bard and Bing AI operate with real-time knowledge of the internet.…

Large language models recently emerged as a powerful and transformative new kind of technology. Their potential became headline news as ordinary people were dazzled by the capabilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, released just a year ago.In the months that followed the release of ChatGPT, discovering new jailbreaking methods became a popular pastime for mischievous users, as well as those interested in the security and reliability of AI systems. But scores of startups are now building prototypes and fully fledged products on top…

The recent OpenAI saga, in which Microsoft exerted its quiet but firm dominance over the “capped profit” entity, provides a powerful demonstration of what we’ve been analyzing for the last half-decade. To wit: those with the money make the rules. And right now, they’re engaged in a race to the bottom, releasing systems before they’re ready in an attempt to retain their dominant position.  Concentrated power isn’t just a problem for markets. Relying on a few unaccountable corporate actors for core infrastructure is a…

In the aftermath of the OpenAI governance battle, the narrative has been dominated by the idea that “the capitalists won.” While this conclusion is catchy, it misses the point.The real (and bigger) story is: The founders of OpenAI set out to create a nonprofit public institution to ensure that AI’s evolution aligns with the interests of humanity at large. Last month, it became clear that they failed. What is also clear: Public institutions that prioritize the public good over short-term profits are desperately needed for…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the buzzword of 2023, with the world's biggest companies launching their suite of AI services not just for consumers, but for businesses as well. While AI technology has been growing for some time, it is safe to say that this revolution really kicked off when OpenAI launched its AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, rapid advancements have taken place in the field, with companies like Microsoft and Google releasing their AI services. AI for business has also become…

Sam Altman reportedly has no equity in OpenAI, a strange move for a tech founder, but new reporting from Wired this weekend shows the CEO would profit from an OpenAI deal to buy AI chips. OpenAI signed a previously unknown deal back in 2019 to spend $51 million on advanced chips from a startup Sam Altman is reportedly personally invested in. Altman’s web of private business interests seems to have played some role in his recent firing according to the report.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedOpenAI’s…

The iPhone revolutionized the mobile industry in 2007, but the key iPhone feature that turned the smartphone into the most important personal computer in our lives was the App Store that came a year later. Longtime iPhone users will remember that the App Store wasn’t a part of Apple’s initial iPhone vision. Steve Jobs famously resisted the idea before seeing the light.As a longtime iPhone user myself, I can’t envision an iPhone experience without third-party apps. I use some of those apps more than the apps that…

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is reportedly planning to unveil a new platform this month so it can compete better with OpenAI. According to a memo seen by the South China Morning Post, the unnamed “bot development platform” will give users a tool to create their own generative AI-powered chatbots. It would mark a new foray into the AI revolution by the world’s biggest unicorn, a privately held startup worth at least $1 billion, and would presumably raise a slew of new security concerns from the company’s growing…

Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Getty Images)Google is reportedly set to virtually preview its generative AI competitor to ChatGPT, Gemini, as soon as this week, according to The Information Monday. The search giant hopes to catch OpenAI on its heels as the Microsoft-backed company recovers from its dramatic board kerfuffle along with the firing and re-hiring of Sam Altman.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedGoogle delayed the launch of Gemini for some time now. Its generative AI chatbot promises to…