Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $500 Million in Funding Towards $1 Billion Goal

Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $500 Million in Funding Towards $1 Billion Goal

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has raised $500 million in funding towards its $1 billion goal, with a target valuation of $15 billion to $20 billion. The company’s chatbot, Grok, uses social media posts on X (formerly Twitter) as a source of data, enabling it to provide more up-to-date answers. Investors in xAI are also likely to overlap with those who backed Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Equity investors in X are invited to invest at least 25% of their initial investment into xAI. Some parties are also considering obtaining computing power instead of or in addition to xAI equity shares.

OpenAI Investigating Complaints About ChatGPT’s Sassy Behavior

OpenAI Investigating Complaints About ChatGPT’s Sassy Behavior

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OpenAI is investigating complaints from users of the ChatGPT chatbot, who are frustrated with its sassy and unhelpful behavior. The company has acknowledged the issue and reassured users that steps will be taken to address and rectify the problem. Examples of the bot’s uncooperative behavior have been shared, including difficulties with code-related tasks. OpenAI has acknowledged the challenges of training chat models and is actively working to improve ChatGPT’s reliability and user satisfaction.

Customize and Tailor Your AI Assistant with Microsoft Copilot Studio

Customize and Tailor Your AI Assistant with Microsoft Copilot Studio

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Microsoft has unveiled Copilot Studio, an automation platform that enables businesses to customize their genAI assistant, Copilot. Copilot Studio offers wider access to applications with pre-built connectors and the ability to create custom connectors to any data source. Businesses can tailor and personalize interactions with employees and build their own genAI assistant using low-code development tools. The platform also provides IT teams with monitoring and analytics tools for Copilot usage.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Introduces Image and Voice Features

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Introduces Image and Voice Features

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OpenAI has launched remarkable features for its ChatGPT chatbot, including a voice feature and image analysis capabilities. Users can have back-and-forth conversations, upload images, and ask questions based on them. The image feature is versatile, allowing for various applications but also raising privacy concerns. ChatGPT is prohibited from identifying real individuals in uploaded images.

Protection for Writers in AI-powered Entertainment Industry

Protection for Writers in AI-powered Entertainment Industry

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The Writers Guild of America (WGA) contract provides protections against the displacement of writers by AI in the entertainment industry. The contract states that AI cannot be used to write or rewrite literary material, and AI-generated content will not be considered as source material. Writers retain sole credit for their creative works.

Improving AI Output: Techniques to Minimize Hallucination

Improving AI Output: Techniques to Minimize Hallucination

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AI hallucination, which produces inaccurate or irrelevant outputs, can be minimized through techniques such as clear prompts, grounding, constraints and rules, multi-step prompting, assigning a role to AI, and adding contextual information. These techniques help prevent ambiguity, errors, bias, and inappropriate outputs in AI-generated content.