In recent months, the widespread use of chatbots like ChatGPT has highlighted both their utility and their propensity for error. Amidst the buzz surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), a group of scientists from the University of Oxford is…
The Italian government’s privacy watchdog has temporarily blocked the ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) software developed by OpenAI, citing a recent data breach. The watchdog has restricted the company’s ability to hold Italian users’ data until it demonstrates adequate respect for privacy. OpenAI,…
X, formerly known as Twitter, is under fire after unveiling new terms of service that allow the platform to use user-generated content to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. These changes, set to take effect on November 15, require users to accept…
Disney has demonstrated a retractable lightsaber at South by Southwest (SXSW), a tech, film, and music festival. The device uses motors to unroll a blade filled with a strip of flexible lights hidden within its handle. Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, setting the stage for these new shots to be available to most Americans in the coming days. This approval comes as the U.S. experiences a summer surge…
A personal injury lawyer named Tia Garcia was recently denied entry to a hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The security guard told her to wait for management to speak to her, and the reason for her denial…
China has announced that it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station, Tiangong. The Chinese space program, which has long been a source of national pride and a representation of technological progress, is now…
Investors from the Netherlands and Luxembourg are seeking to recover $125 million in subsidies promised by the Spanish government for a solar plant in southern Spain. The subsidies were withdrawn by the Spanish government, leading to a legal battle that has been…
Google is expanding access to its AI chatbot, Bard, to counter Microsoft’s lead in AI technology. The next stage for Bard is opening a waitlist to use a similar AI tool to Microsoft’s ChatGPT technology. So far, only a limited number of…
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it is working on a new drug to make people resistant to cold environments. The drug will use the body’s natural mechanism of breaking down sugar and creating fat cells to generate…