Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X
1 year, 4 months ago

Scammers Used ChatGPT to Unleash a Crypto Botnet on X

Wired  

Despite the tic, the botnet posted many convincing messages promoting cryptocurrency sites. “Any pretty-good bad guys would not make that mistake,” Menczer says. “It tricks both the platform and the users,” Menczer says of the ChatGPT-powered botnet. This May, Wang’s lab developed a technique for automatically distinguishing ChatGPT-generated text from real human writing, but he says it is expensive to deploy because it uses OpenAI’s API, and he notes that the underlying AI is constantly improving. Menczer says that malicious bots appear to have become far more common since Elon Musk took over what was then known as Twitter, despite the tech mogul’s promise to eradicate them.

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ChatGPT back online after global outage, OpenAI says ’we’ve recovered’
1 week, 4 days ago

ChatGPT back online after global outage, OpenAI says ’we’ve recovered’

Live Mint  

OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is back online five hours after facing a global outage. Taking to X, OpenAI wrote, “ChatGPT, API, and Sora were down today but we've recovered.” This came after the chatbot faced significant outages, preventing millions of users worldwide from accessing it. Apple adds ChatGPT in latest update Earlier on Wednesday, Tech giant Apple rolled out …

ChatGPT down? Users freak out, flock to X to share memes: ‘I’m dependent on it’
1 week, 5 days ago

ChatGPT down? Users freak out, flock to X to share memes: ‘I’m dependent on it’

Hindustan Times  

OpenAI’s popular AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, is currently unavailable for many users. When trying to access the chatbot, most are greeted with the prompt “ChatGPT is currently unavailable.” The outage has caused widespread disruption, and people have taken to X to express their frustration. Another added, “ChatGPT is down and I don't know what to do with my life.” A third …

ChatGPT is refusing to say five things – and OpenAI won’t explain why
2 weeks, 5 days ago

ChatGPT is refusing to say five things – and OpenAI won’t explain why

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy OpenAI has quietly fixed a glitch with ChatGPT that prevented the AI chatbot …

ChatGPT is being used to disrupt elections around the world, OpenAI warns
2 months, 1 week ago

ChatGPT is being used to disrupt elections around the world, OpenAI warns

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Last year, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said he was “nervous” about the threat generative AI poses …

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hackers broke into ChatGPT creator OpenAI, report claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. OpenAI also did not inform US law enforcement agencies of the incident, the report said, because the …

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp
11 months ago

ChatGPT maker OpenAI partners with US military in big AI usage policy revamp

Hindustan Times  

ChatGPT creator OpenAI is working with the US military on a number of projects including cybersecurity capabilities, Bloomberg reported. The ChatGPT maker has also held initial talks with the Biden administration on methods to assist with preventing veteran suicide, OpenAI's vice president of global affaors Anna Makanju said at the World Economic Forum in Davos. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft …

ChatGPT now has direct access to the internet
1 year, 2 months ago

ChatGPT now has direct access to the internet

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The update comes just days after ChatGPT was given the ability to “see, hear and speak” through …

With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

With the rise of AI, social media platforms could face perfect storm of misinformation in 2024

CNN  

New York CNN — Last month, a video posted to Twitter by Florida Gov. Instead, it eventually added a community note — a contributor-led feature to highlight misinformation on the social media platform — to the post, alerting the site’s users that in the video “3 still shots showing Trump embracing Fauci are AI generated images.” Experts in digital information …

Apple restricts use of OpenAI's ChatGPT by employees
1 year, 7 months ago

Apple restricts use of OpenAI's ChatGPT by employees

The Hindu  

Apple Inc. has restricted the use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence tools for its employees as Apple develops similar technology, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a document and sources. Apple is concerned about the leak of confidential data by employees who use the AI programs and has also advised its employees not to use Microsoft-owned …

OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands
1 year, 7 months ago

OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands

The Hindu  

ChatGPT's maker said on Friday that the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands of regulators who temporarily blocked it over privacy concerns. OpenAI said it fulfilled a raft of conditions that the Italian data protection authority wanted satisfied by an April 30 deadline to have the ban on the AI software lifted. …

OpenAI rolls out 'incognito mode' on ChatGPT
1 year, 7 months ago

OpenAI rolls out 'incognito mode' on ChatGPT

The Hindu  

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 on April 25. Italy last month banned ChatGPT for possible privacy violations, saying OpenAI could resume the service if it met demands such as giving consumers tools …

‘We feel awful about this’: ChatGPT creators reveal ‘significant issue’ with AI system
1 year, 9 months ago

‘We feel awful about this’: ChatGPT creators reveal ‘significant issue’ with AI system

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy ChatGPT has suffered a “significant issue” that compromised the privacy of users, its …

GCHQ warns that ChatGPT and rival chatbots are a security threat
1 year, 9 months ago

GCHQ warns that ChatGPT and rival chatbots are a security threat

The Telegraph  

The spy agency GCHQ has warned that ChatGPT and other AI-powered chatbots are an emerging security threat. In an advisory note published on Tuesday the National Cyber Security Centre warns that companies such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its investor Microsoft “are able to read queries” typed into AI-powered chatbots. GCHQ’s cyber security arm said: “The query will be visible …

Chatbot gaffes that expose the chinks in the AI armour
1 year, 9 months ago

Chatbot gaffes that expose the chinks in the AI armour

The Hindu  

That OpenAI’s ChatGPT has received a lot of attention is well known by now. “A 2021 survey by the Pew Research Center,” the chatbot wrote in the article, “found that 71% of Americans believe it is generally a good thing for society if robots and computers become more capable and sophisticated, while only 27% believe this would be a bad …

Cyber threat actors using fake ChatGPT app to run a malicious campaign: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Cyber threat actors using fake ChatGPT app to run a malicious campaign: Report

The Hindu  

Cyber threat actors are using a desktop app masquerading as an official client for OpenAI’s ChatGPT to run a malicious campaign. Cybercriminals are creating groups on social media networks mimicking OpenAI’s accounts to share posts enticing users into downloading a supposed “ChatGPT desktop client”. These links with plausible URLs open up well-made fake websites inviting users to download ChatGPT for …

China Slams ChatGPT, Asks Tech Giants Not To Use Chatbot Over 'Uncensored' Replies: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

China Slams ChatGPT, Asks Tech Giants Not To Use Chatbot Over 'Uncensored' Replies: Report

ABP News  

ChatGPT, the AI-driven chatbot developed by OpenAI that is capable of providing surprisingly detailed solutions to users' queries, has seen a great popularity among individuals and institutions alike. As per a report by Nikkei Asia, regulators in the country have asked Tencent and Alibaba's Ant Group to not offer ChatGPT services to the public, claiming that there's a "growing alarm …

Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger
1 year, 10 months ago

Chatbots Got Big—and Their Ethical Red Flags Got Bigger

Wired  

In the weeks following the release of OpenAI’s viral chatbot ChatGPT late last year, Google AI chief Jeff Dean expressed concern that deploying a conversational search engine too quickly might pose a reputational risk for Alphabet. Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s head of responsible AI, acknowledged that the bot could still “hallucinate” untrue information but said the technology had been made more …

ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options
1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options

The Hindu  

Microsoft-backed OpenAI has kept its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to users in China, but the app is attracting huge interest in the country, with firms rushing to integrate the technology into their products and launch rival solutions. Unlike the metaverse which faces huge difficulty in finding real-life application, ChatGPT has suddenly helped us achieve human-computer interaction," said Ding Daoshi, director …

Today’s Cache | Microsoft layoffs, ChatGPT gets smarter, and Apple’s AR glasses on hold
1 year, 11 months ago

Today’s Cache | Microsoft layoffs, ChatGPT gets smarter, and Apple’s AR glasses on hold

The Hindu  

Microsoft layoffs The beleaguered tech sector might be hit by another round of layoffs, as media outlets have cited anonymous sources to report that software giant Microsoft is planning to slash about 5% of its workforce, or let go of roughly 11,000 people. ChatGPT gets smarter The AI-powered chat bot ChatGPT by OpenAI that is publicly available as a research …

ChatGPT is strengthening its capabilities by rejecting to write phishing emails
1 year, 11 months ago

ChatGPT is strengthening its capabilities by rejecting to write phishing emails

The Hindu  

ChatGPT has received an update that will make it difficult for cyber criminals to use the conversational AI as a tool to write malicious codes. Multiple reports had earlier revealed that underground hacking communities with little to no hacking experience were using ChatGPT to write codes that could be used for cyber spying, and launching ransomware attacks. Some users have …

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims
1 year, 11 months ago

DeepMind’s AI chatbot can do things that ChatGPT cannot, CEO claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google’s artificial intelligence division DeepMind is considering releasing its rival to the ChatGPT …

Explained | Does ChatGPT have an ethics problem?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Does ChatGPT have an ethics problem?

The Hindu  

In November 2022, OpenAI opened its most recent and powerful AI chatbot, ChatGPT, to users to test its capability. While it can close the gates for amateur coders looking to build malware, the more seasoned ones could trick the bot into correcting or enhancing malicious code they have partially developed. Cybersecurity firm Check Point’s researchers tested the bot by asking …

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn
1 year, 11 months ago

Viral ChatGPT poses propaganda and hacking risks, researchers warn

LA Times  

Cybersecurity experts warn that ChatGPT and similar AI models could lead to increasingly sophisticated online influence operations and lower the bar for hackers to write malicious code to target existing or newly discovered vulnerabilities. “Our bottom-line judgment is that language models will be useful for propagandists and will likely transform online influence operations,” according to a blog accompanying the report, …

Fake ChatGPT App That Charges Users A Fee Soars To Top Of App Store. Know Everything
1 year, 11 months ago

Fake ChatGPT App That Charges Users A Fee Soars To Top Of App Store. Know Everything

ABP News  

The popularity of OpenAI's AI chatbot ChatGPT is such that a dubious ChatGPT app has soared to the top of the Apple App Store and the sketchy app is also charging a weekly subscription amount too. One such sketchy app named "ChatGPT Chat GPT AI With GPT-3" is available on App Store, which appears to have no affiliation with Open …

ChatGPT is helping hackers write malware codes
1 year, 11 months ago

ChatGPT is helping hackers write malware codes

The Hindu  

ChatGPT, the new AI sensation, is helping even less skilled cyber threat actors write codes and launch cyberattacks effortlessly, researchers at security firm Check Point Research said in a blog post on Friday. The firm’s analysis of several major underground hacking communities revealed that cyber attackers with little or no coding experience were using ChatGPT to write codes that could …

What is OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT and what is it used for?
2 years ago

What is OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT and what is it used for?

Daily Mail  

OpenAI states that their ChatGPT model, trained using a machine learning technique called Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, can simulate dialogue, answer follow-up questions, admit mistakes, challenge incorrect premises and reject inappropriate requests. The version of the bot available for public testing attempts to understand questions posed by users and responds with in-depth answers resembling human-written text in a conversational …

What is the ChatGPT bot wowing academics and tech CEOs with its writing skills?
2 years ago

What is the ChatGPT bot wowing academics and tech CEOs with its writing skills?

Firstpost  

More than one million users have tried to make the ChatGPT bot talk since its 30 November launch. — Sam Altman December 5, 2022 The Open AI website describes itself as an AI research and deployment company whose mission is to “ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” OpenAI, a research and development firm, was founded as a …

OpenAI's ChatGPT, launched last week, used by over 1 million in 6 days: CEO
2 years ago

OpenAI's ChatGPT, launched last week, used by over 1 million in 6 days: CEO

Hindustan Times  

OpenAI's ChatGPT, a chatbot launched by the artificial intelligence research laboratory on November 30, crossed the 1 million user-mark on Monday, according to Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI. “ChatGPT launched on wednesday, today it crossed 1 million users!” tweeted Altman. The new AI system has also been praised by Twitter owner Elon Musk, who described it as ‘scary good.’ “ChatGPT is …

Explained | What can the new AI chatbot ChatGPT do?
2 years ago

Explained | What can the new AI chatbot ChatGPT do?

The Hindu  

The story so far: New Twitter CEO Elon Musk on December 2 retweeted a post that showed a theatrical dialogue between a New York Times journalist and a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, debating free speech and censorship. AI is getting really good https://t.co/OwQgDi4wun — Elon Musk December 1, 2022 The charged conversation between the fictional tech entrepreneur and the journalist …

Explained: What is ChatGPT, an AI chatbot which can give 'every answer'
2 years ago

Explained: What is ChatGPT, an AI chatbot which can give 'every answer'

Hindustan Times  

ChatGPT, a new chatbot developed by artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI Inc., is the talk of the town as users wonder about its intelligence to provide a detailed answer on historical arguments to poems on cryptocurrency. Background of OpenAI and its Elon Musk connection OpenAI is a California-based company famous for its GPT-3 software, which releases AI models that reply to …

This AI chatbot from OpenAI is blowing people’s minds
2 years ago

This AI chatbot from OpenAI is blowing people’s minds

Live Mint  

-- A new chatbot created by artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI Inc. has taken the internet by storm, as users speculated on its ability to replace everything from playwrights to college essays. From historical arguments to poems on cryptocurrency, users took to Twitter to share their surprise at the detailed answers the so-called ChatGPT provided, after the startup sought user feedback …

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