Starboard, the digital media giant, has acquired the social media platform Parler and promised to launch an updated version. With Ryan Coyne's experience in the industry and Elon Musk's investment, the Parl is surely set to better support underserved online communities. Ryan Coyne looks forward to integrating the large user base into Starboard's platforms.
This week we explored how financial institutions are responding to ever-changing markets across the world. Bank of England is looking into protecting savers better, TSB's former head of IT was presented with regulation fines and Skipton Building Society created a new deposit-free mortgage option. Tupperware struggled as a result of their own success and Tesco saw a drastic drop in profits due to food inflation. Elon Musk's dream of transforming Twitter into an 'everything app' has not gone as smoothly and put him in the headlines again. Finally, a pair of Michael Jordan's signed shoes sold for $2.2 million.
. OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence research laboratory, have unveiled their latest technology: ChatGPT. 'Jailbreaking' the chatbot gives users the power to ask anything, however, this poses potential danger in regards to the safety of users, given that it can also be used to spread misinformation or false claims. It is essential to remember that ChatGPT is an AI and follows user instructions, thus, caution is needed when dealing with this technology. Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow, emphasises that there are no hidden abilities or thought processes, and developer mode should only be enabled in a responsible manner.
Elon Musk and other tech giants call for pause on rapidly developing powerful AI systems. Learn more about why they and Kamalesh Lardi, author of "The Human Side of Digital Business Transformation", think that intelligent regulation should be used to guide AI based systems creation and usage. Blockchain technology could provide transparency and data provenance.
Explore the AI revolution through the eyes of Elon Musk and DeepMind. Tesla's CEO has shown his commitment to Artificial Intelligence by purchasing dozens of GPUs and recruiting two engineers from Alphabet's DeepMind - all prompting speculation he is creating a large language model. Questions linger over what Musk is aiming to achieve with his project. Could search, ads, or something else be in the works? Unravel the mystery with the AI expertise of DeepMind.
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?