Microsoft’s ‘special ChatGPT event’ on February 7: Timings, and what the company may announce – Times of India

Microsoft has scheduled an event for today (February 7), where the company is expected to reveal the combination of the artificial chatbot ChatGPT and Microsoft’s search engine — Bing. The event starts at 10 am (11.30 pm IST)at Microsoft’s Campus in Redmond, Washington.The company sent out media invites last week in which the company mentioned … Read more

China’s Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style AI bot called ‘Ernie’. Details here

Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc on Tuesday said it would complete internal testing of ChatGPT-style project “Ernie Bot” in March. Baidu plans to launch an artificial intelligence chatbot service similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in March, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters last week. The person said Baidu aims to make the service … Read more

Google to Launch ChatGPT Rival Bard, Releases AI Service to Early Testers

Google-parent Alphabet is planning to launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, marking a riposte to Microsoft in a rivalry to lead a new wave of technology. In a blog post on Monday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is opening a conversational AI service called Bard … Read more

EU Lawmakers Aim to Finalise Draft AI Rules by March Amid ChatGPT Concerns

EU lawmakers hope to agree on draft artificial intelligence rules next month, with the aim of clinching a deal with EU countries by the end of the year, one of the legislators steering the AI Act said. The European Commission proposed the AI rules in 2021 in an attempt to foster innovation and set a global … Read more

Here’s what IT leaders have to say on ChatGPT-enabled cyber attacks – Times of India

ChatGPT quickly became the talk-of-the-town when it launched last year. It wowed with its capabilities so much so that Microsoft announced a huge investment in OpenAI, the company that developed the AI platform. IT leaders have now said that apart from its exciting use cases, ChatGPT poses a threat to people who are online.According to … Read more

Google invests $400 million in AI firm working on ChatGPT rival – Times of India

Ever since ChatGPT burst on the scene, there’s one company that has been in the conversation. And surprisingly, it is not Microsoft, which has actually invested billions in OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT but Google. Multiple reports have suggested that Google has gone into overdrive mode with its AI projects, since ChatGPT became the talk … Read more

Google Said to Have Invested $400 Million in ChatGPT Rival Anthropic

Alphabet’s Google has invested almost $400 million (roughly Rs. 3,299 crore) in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, which is testing a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to a person familiar with the deal. Google and Anthropic declined to comment on the investment, but separately announced a partnership in which Anthropic will use Google’s cloud computing services. The … Read more

ChatGPT Faces Another Issue as EU Chief Suggests New AI Rules to Tackle Risks

EU industry chief Thierry Breton has said new proposed artificial intelligence rules will aim to tackle concerns about the risks around the ChatGPT chatbot and AI technology, in the first comments on the app by a senior Brussels official. Just two months after its launch, ChatGPT — which can generate articles, essays, jokes and even poetry in … Read more

ChatGPT shows “unprecedented” growth in two months, reaches 100 million users after launch: Report – Times of India

Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence research startup OpenAI launched the AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. Since its launch, the chatbot has gone viral for its ability to process prompts and deliver human-like writings including — essays, articles, jokes, job applications and even poems. According to a report by Reuters, analysts have said that the popular AI … Read more

Google Parent Alphabet Posts Disappointing Q4 Profit: Here’s Why

Google’s parent company Alphabet on Thursday posted lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year’s fourth quarter, as a decline in online ad spending and competition from rivals weigh on the search giant. While overall revenue grew, advertising revenue fell by nearly 4 percent and revenue at YouTube declined 8 percent year-over-year. That … Read more