Discover Amazon's new range of Echo devices, equipped with advanced Alexa AI technology similar to ChatGPT. Amazon pledges to bring AI-powered personalization features to their range, bringing competition with ChatGPT to a new level. Dave Limps discusses the updates with Bloomberg.
Qantas, Australia's leading airline, is set to make a record-breaking profit of up to $2.5 billion due to its successful cost-cutting strategies, but the Transport Workers Union has demanded it pay back the $2.7 billion in government COVID-19 assistance. Current CEO Alan Joyce has overseen numerous strategic changes to ensure the company's financial stability, including taking advantage of AI tech advances from major players such as Amazon. Established in 1920, the airline operates in 44 countries and is a founding member of the oneworld alliance.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasizes need for responsible use and governance of AI technology with potential impacts similar to nuclear energy & synthetic biology, and proposes a governing body to monitor usage & enforce best practices.
The Italian Data Protection Authority is actively monitoring AI platforms and tools for compliance with data protection and privacy laws. Recently, the board enforced a ban on OpenAI's ChatGPT while exploring options to increase its manpower to refine their scrutiny. With fines being imposed on facial recognition software providers, the agency is staying ahead of the game in understanding the potential data breaches from AI technology.
Recently, controversy has erupted due to Ernie Bot, a Chinese AI-based chatbot built to mimic OpenAI's ChatGPT functioning. Ernie Bot has been criticized for shunning away from sensitive topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic and Chinese President Xi Jinping to inquiries. In wake of the virus' origin, the chatbot failed to mention the possibility of laboratory leak or it being originated in China. Further, it kept mum to queries for President Xi’s potential lifetime rule and declining to comment on China's lifted "zero-COVID" policy. It has raised apprehensions about the regulations on AI chatbots.
Explore the evolution of tech policy from Obama's optimism to Harris's vision at the Democratic National Convention. What's next for Democrats in tech?