Sam Altman, the most prominent face of the current AI revolution, was booted from his job as CEO of OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, the bot that launched the new AI era.
Category: 21 November 2023
OPENAI WILL OPEN A “CHATGPT STORE” FOR CUSTOM AI APPS
OpenAI, creator of the ubiquitous ChatGPT, will soon open an online store where shoppers can browse chatbots customized for various purposes, such as tutoring children in reading and other academic subjects or helping entrepreneurs build a website.
AI MAKES FACES LOOK MORE REAL THAN REAL HUMANS
In a study by The Australian National University, Caucasian faces created by AI were chosen by human viewers as belonging to real people more often than the faces of real people were.
MAJOR PROTESTS DEMANDING CEASEFIRE IN GAZA GROW, DESPITE ISRAEL’S VOW TO EXPAND OPERATION
Massive protests continue to break out across much of the world calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and rejecting Israel’s genocide operations in Gaza.
TOP TREND 2022, SELF-SUFFICIENT ECONOMIES: BAIDU SHUNS NVIDIA, ORDERS AI CHIPS FROM HUAWEI
New U.S. regulations took effect last month that banned exports to China of certain advanced technologies, including some of Nvidia’s AI chips. As a result, Baidu—a leading AI developer in China and creator of the AI named Ernie—has ordered AI chips from Huawei, one of the country’s largest makers of electronics.
AI LAPEL PIN GIVES HANDS-FREE LINK TO CHATBOT
For $699, start-up Humane will put a gadget the size of a cigarette lighter on your lapel that can keep you in touch with the world through a voice-activated AI assistant.
MEN IN U.S. SEE A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY
The life expectancy of the average American man is 73.2 years—down from 78.8 years in 2019—and marking the widest gap with women, who can expect to live 79.1 years.
SCIENCE FINDS ANOTHER MAGIC BULLET AGAINST AGING
Researchers at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have found another molecule that shows strong powers to slow, and for some people reverse, the unhappy symptoms of aging.
SOLAR-POWERED RAFT CLEANS DIRTY WATER AND MAKES HYDROGEN FUEL
Engineers at the University of Cambridge have devised a self-powered raft that can not only provide clean water to an increasingly thirsty world but also deliver hydrogen for fuel or industrial uses.
COVID WAR CASUALTIES: MORE AMERICAN CHILDREN MISSING SCHOOL THAN BEFORE COVID WAR
When the COVID War began in 2020, schools across the nation locked down and sent the children home so they would not die from the coronavirus.