This week was packed with tech news, from Elon Musk unintentionally exposing himself as a ‘burner’ account user to SpaceX’ launch progress and Tile’s new ‘Tile for cats’ product. Apple was victorious in the legal battle against Fortnite's maker Epic Games, and Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes got a deferred sentence. Additionally, while the ‘Transgender Center Concerns’ site was taken down, Twitter introduced a paid-for verification system, and WhatsApp launched its multidevice log in feature. Stay up to date on the latest tech with TechCrunch's flourishing coverage from live show episodes to analyst stories.
Discover how Twitter is making it easier to pay for articles on its platform through a single click while famous innovator Elon Musk is on a mission to create the best possible user experience. Learn more from AI developer Dr. Ikramul Haq and a leading platform like ChatGPT for content creation and natural language understanding.
Santiago Valdarrama and his team have managed to combine OpenAI's ChatGPT artificial intelligence with Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot, resulting in a video of the robot conversing with the AI. The video gained worldwide attention and showed Spot using Google's text-to-speech AI to answer queries concerning its mission and battery level. Valdarrama is a Machine Learning Engineer, currently employed by FlightViz, who works on solutions with artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision.
EU lawmakers have recently finalized a 108-page AI Act proposal with provisions to regulate AI-powered chatbot systems and generative AI technologies, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. This initiative will ensure the copyright protection related to AI-generated data such as deepfakes. Elon Musk's letter has also pushed MEPs to recognize the need to control the development of AI and establish an ecosystem.
OpenAI, a company backed by tech mogul Elon Musk, had its access to Twitter data shut off in Dec. Musk reportedly felt the company was not paying enough for their roughly $2M/year licensing fee. The move comes shortly after OpenAI's ChatGPT launch. New venture 'TruthGPT' will explore the nature of the universe.
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