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Google Says Bye-Bye to Bard, Hello to Gemini

Company retires its chatbot, releases an AI-driven upgrade that doubles as a digital assistant

(Newser) - There's a new chatbot/digital assistant in town, and it comes all in one package. In a "Siri meets ChatGPT" move, Google has retired its Bard chatbot and launched in its place the Gemini smartphone app, an artificial intelligence-driven tool announced Thursday that's now available to English speakers...

Fake Taylor Swift Images Traced to 4Chan Challenge

Research firm finds online group made evading safeguards a game

(Newser) - A research firm has traced sexually explicit fake images of Taylor Swift that began circulating online last month to an already-infamous message board. Graphika found that a game-like challenge on 4Chan probably led to users trying to create lewd images of famous women, the New York Times reports. They were...

Nadella Has Made Microsoft World's Most Valuable Firm

CEO hits 10-year milestone

(Newser) - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hit the 10-year milestone at the company Sunday, just weeks after the company hit a huge milestone of its own, overtaking Apple as the world's most valuable company with a market capitalization of more than $3 trillion. Nadella, who took the reins from Steve Ballmer...

This AI-Driven Search Engine Should Make Google Nervous

Kevin Roose makes case in 'NYT' for Perplexity, whose artificial intelligence both excites, scares him

(Newser) - Google has long been the search engine powerhouse that people turn to when they want information on everything from flyby asteroids to the cost of Super Bowl tickets . Challengers have arisen, but the Alphabet-owned company always seems to beat them back—though one newish upstart has tech columnist Kevin Roose...

OpenAI: There Is No ChatGPT Without Copyrighted Content

AI company, citing fair use doctrine, accuses 'NYT' of deception in lawsuit response

(Newser) - OpenAI says the New York Times is "not telling the full story" about the AI company's use of Times content to fuel its chatbot ChatGPT. The Times is seeking billions of dollars in damages from OpenAI and its leading investor Microsoft for unlawful use of its copyrighted content...

The 15 Stories That Defined 2023
The 15 Stories
That Defined 2023
best of 2023
Dec 31, 2023 7:01 PM CST

The 15 Stories That Defined 2023

From AI to Barbie

(Newser) - The world waited with bated breath to learn the fate of the Titan submersible, observed tumult in the House of Representatives, witnessed a series of Trump indictments, and started feeding ChatGPT prompts. Those were just some of the 15 news events that defined our year:

Markets on Course for Hefty Annual Gains
NYT Rises 2.8% After
Suing AI Companies
MARKETS
Dec 27, 2023 3:49 PM CST

NYT Rises 2.8% After Suing AI Companies

Dow hits another record high

(Newser) - Wall Street drifted to a slightly higher close Wednesday as trading remained light on this holiday-shortened week.
  • The S&P 500 rose 6.83 points, or 0.1%, to 4,781.58 .
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 111.19 points, or 0.3%, to a record high of 37,
...

NYT Suit: We Suffered Billions in Damages Due to AI

It sues OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement

(Newser) - Another first in the category of AI-related lawsuits: The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, becoming the first major media organization in the US to do so. The Times sums up the crux of its suit : "that millions of articles published by the...

No, Mr. AI, You Can&#39;t Hold a Patent
No, Mr. AI, You
Can't Hold a Patent
Dec 20, 2023 12:52 PM CST

No, Mr. AI, You Can't Hold a Patent

You might be intelligent, but you're not human, rules Britain's high court

(Newser) - An artificial intelligence system can't be registered as the inventor of a patent, Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that the AP reports denies machines the same status as humans. The UK's highest court concluded that "an inventor must be a person" to apply...

Michael Cohen's Lawyer Involved in Strange Controversy

He allegedly cited fake court cases in a request to end Cohen's supervised release

(Newser) - Michael Cohen, the onetime fixer for then-President Trump who spent three years behind bars for his role in the hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, is currently on supervised release. Cohen's lawyer says court supervision of his client's case should end ... but in making his...

Stefanik&#39;s GOP Clout Rises After Ivy League Resignation
'2 to Go:'
Ivy League
Scrutiny
Isn't Over
the rundown
Dec 11, 2023 10:45 AM CST

'2 to Go:' Ivy League Scrutiny Isn't Over

GOP's Elise Stefanik celebrates Penn resignation as House looks into antisemitism policies

(Newser) - "One down. Two to go." Those were the celebratory words of GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik over the weekend after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned . Stefanik separately told the New York Sun in an interview that she expects Harvard President Claudine Gay and MIT President Sally Kornbluth...

These Are Wikipedia's Most-Viewed Pages of 2023

ChatGPT intrigued the most people, followed by deaths, Bollywood, and cricket, among others

(Newser) - In 2023, the English version of Wikipedia received more than 84 billion views, as people sated their curiosity on the topics that intrigued them the most. The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts the online encyclopedia, has now released its ranking of the pages that users read the most this...

Google Rolls Out Its Answer to ChatGPT
Google Unveils
a Powerful Rival
to ChatGPT
THE RUNDOWN
Dec 6, 2023 12:50 PM CST

Google Unveils a Powerful Rival to ChatGPT

'I am in awe of what it's capable of,' Google DeepMind exec says of Gemini

(Newser) - A decade ago, researchers at DeepMind were working on getting artificial intelligence to beat games like Pong. After years of advances, the lab has now produced what Google calls its "largest and most capable AI model yet"—Gemini, the company's answer to ChatGPT. Google says the most...

2 More Words Chosen for &#39;Word of the Year&#39;
Here's Merriam-Webster's
Word of the Year for 2023
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 2, 2023 5:05 PM CST

Here's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2023

It goes with 'authentic,' while Cambridge Dictionary chooses 'hallucinate'

(Newser) - In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is "authentic," the AP reports. Authentic cuisine. Authentic voice. Authentic self. Authenticity as artifice. Lookups for the word are routinely heavy on...

Reuters: Before Axing Altman, Board Got Cautionary Letter

Sources say it told of a 'powerful artificial intelligence discovery'

(Newser) - It's a thinly sourced report but an intriguing one: Reuters reports two sources have told it that ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's firing, the board of directors was sent a warning letter penned by staff researchers that warned "of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they...

In Latest Twist, Ousted CEO to Return to OpenAI

Sam Altman will be back, ChatGPT maker says in statement

(Newser) - The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, the latest in a saga that has shocked the artificial intelligence industry , the AP reports. San Francisco-based OpenAI said in a statement late Tuesday: "We have reached an agreement in principle for...

Microsoft's Hiring of Ousted CEO a 'Poker Move for the Ages'

What we know so far about the drama at OpenAI with Sam Altman

(Newser) - The drama at OpenAI , the dominant company in the field of artificial intelligence, is apparently not over. The board surprised all of tech by ousting CEO Sam Altman, who was promptly hired by Microsoft. But with most OpenAI employees now threatening a mutiny over the board's actions, it's...

Wall Street Rises to Its Highest Since August
Altman Hire Lifts
Microsoft 2.1%
MARKETS
Nov 20, 2023 3:51 PM CST

Altman Hire Lifts Microsoft 2.1%

Wall Street rises to its best level since early August

(Newser) - Wall Street posted solid gains to begin a holiday-shortened week, reaching its highest level in more than three months.
  • The S&P 500 gained 33.36 points, or 0.7%, to 4,547.38, coming off its third straight winning week.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 203.76, or
...

Report: 700 of OpenAI's 770 Employees Threaten to Quit

They've signed letter demanding reinstatement of Altman, resignation of board

(Newser) - A mutiny appears to be brewing at OpenAI after the ouster of CEO Sam Altman . Sources tell the New York Times that more than 700 of the artificial intelligence company's 770 employees, including many of its top researchers, have signed an open letter threatening to leave the start-up for...

OpenAI Founders Quickly Find New Jobs

Microsoft hires Sam Altman, Greg Brockman 'to lead a new advanced AI research team'

(Newser) - Microsoft announced Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another architect of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world, reports the AP . Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella tweeted that the US tech giant is...

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