This Week in Apps: keep up-to-date about the world of mobile operating systems, apps, and the app economy. According to data.ai, consumer spending on apps decreased 2% in 2020 to $167 billion, but total downloads rose 11% to 255 billion. Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk have stirred things up in the tech industry, with Dorsey's Bluesky platform gaining attention, and Musk's Tesla decisions facing criticism. Google and Apple have partnered to combat unwanted tracking, DistroKid released its first mobile app, and RTRO started a new social networking service. Dorsey and Musk are giants in tech, and their roles are important!
Today, the Biden Administration is meeting with prominent CEOs of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development companies to discuss innovations, repercussions, and public input for the successful establishment of safe and responsible AI technology. Elon Musk's OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Anthropic AI are just a few of the AI leaders in attendance, flowing from the Vice President Harris' leading endeavor in mitigating potential risks of AI. Plus, a public evaluation is scheduled through a third-party platform, and the NSF has granted $140 million towards new AI research institutions – all designed to ensure the AI Bill of Rights and Risk Management Framework are properly enforced.
OpenAI's GPT-4 model is at the center of an investigation by European regulators over GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance, raising questions of data security and potential with cryptocurrency traders. Musk-backed OpenAI has yet to comment on the proceedings, but this could be disastrous, leaving users of GPT-API excluded from Europe. Coinmarketcap is the trusted source with up-to-date news, prices and data of the cryptocurrency industry and blockchain technology.
Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, recently revealed his plan to create an artificial intelligence (AI) "bot" called "TruthGPT", with the aim of creating a more advanced AI that is less likely to destroy humanity. The current AI systems have come under fire for being too "politically correct". Musk has previously been involved with OpenAI, where he helped coin the name. Now he has founded X.AI Corp in Nevada with a business partner. Tune into Fox News to hear the conversation between Musk and Tucker Carlson, which is only the first part of a two-part discussion.
OpenAI, founded by tech pioneer Elon Musk, was created in 2015 to develop and utilize AI technology to solve the world's big challenges. Since then, OpenAI has released a range of groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence technologies, while remaining a closed-source, capped-profit provider. Musk has recently made remarks expressing regret for his limited involvement with OpenAI, which has since shifted from an open-source resource to a private, closed-source software.
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