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GPT-4 Offers Human-Level Performance, Hallucinations, and Better Bing Results

When ChatGPT first appeared in November last year, it was like a light switch being turned on and we all gained access to a new level of artificial intelligence online. We're all still getting used to that, but OpenAI hasn't stood still. ChatGPT uses GPT-3.5, and OpenAI spent the last six months(Opens in a new window) using the lessons it learned from that alongside its adversarial testing program to create GPT-4, which blows GPT-3.5 out of the water.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/gpt-4-offers-human-level-performance-hallucinations-and-better-bing-results

ChatGPT and generative AI are booming, but the costs can be extraordinary

For a product as popular as ChatGPT — which investment firm UBS estimates to have reached 100 million monthly active users in January — Curran believes that it could have cost OpenAI $40 million to process the millions of prompts people fed into the software that month.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/13/chatgpt-and-generative-ai-are-booming-but-at-a-very-expensive-price.html

What to Expect at Google I/O 2023

Google's I/O developer conference is back. We expect the company to show off its latest software developments, some exciting new mobile gadgets, and AI-related goodies.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/what-to-expect-at-google-io-2023

Are Google and Bing’s Chat AI Going to Change Search Forever?

Chat-driven artificial intelligence may be one of the oldest forms of hype around—it’s literally been a point of discussion since the 60s (hi ELIZA)—and now it’s coming for your search engine. That’s been the big hype train of the last few weeks, and it’s one that seems to be flattening every other tech discussion in its wake. It even got Elon Musk out of the news cycle for five minutes.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgpypg/bing-chat-google-conversational-ai-search

Users Report Microsoft’s ‘Unhinged’ Bing AI Is Lying, Berating Them

The Bing bot said it was "disappointed and frustrated" in one user, according to screenshots. "You have wasted my time and resources," it said.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ad39b/microsoft-bing-ai-unhinged-lying-berating-users

Google’s AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo

A GIF shared by Google shows Bard answering the question: “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9 year old about?” Bard offers three bullet points in return, including one that states that the telescope “took the very first pictures of a planet outside of our own solar system.” However, a number of astronomers on Twitter pointed out that this is incorrect and that the first image of an exoplanet was taken in 2004 — as stated here on NASA’s website.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/8/23590864/google-ai-chatbot-bard-mistake-error-exoplanet-demo

Bing’s app sees a 10x jump in downloads after Microsoft’s AI news

This week’s news about Microsoft’s plan to add ChatGPT-like capabilities to its search engine Bing has sent its companion mobile app into the App Store’s Top Charts as of Wednesday. On the U.S. App Store, the Bing app has surged to the No. 12 spot among all free iPhone apps, while Microsoft’s Edge browser is now the No. 3 Utility app. Globally, the Bing app has seen a 10x increase in new downloads, according to preliminary estimates from app intelligence firm data.ai.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/08/bings-previously-unpopular-app-sees-a-10x-jump-in-downloads-after-microsofts-ai-news/