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Musk unveils ChatGPT rival |
Elon Musk's new artificial intelligence (AI) venture has launched the Grok chatbot aimed at rivaling ChatGPT. |
Musk's new venture xAI said Grok boasts a "rebellious streak" and real-time access to information on X, the platform formerly called Twitter. Musk, the owner of X, said in a Sunday post the new Grok tool will be integrated with the social media site and exist as a stand-alone app. At the moment, Grok is in a "very early beta product stage," xAI company said in a blog post. The company said it is the "best we could do with 2 months of training — so expect it to improve rapidly with each passing week with your help." Musk said Grok's "real-time access to info" from X will give it a "massive advantage" over other platforms. The Grok AI assistant will be provided to X users who pay for the Premium+ subscription, which is $16 per month, Musk said. Users can also sign up for a waitlist to get access to Grok as the company builds on the prototype. Grok is part of a growing list of chatbots looking to rival OpenAI's popular ChatGPT. In a post, xAI warned users, "don't use it if you hate humor!" Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg underwent surgery on Friday after experiencing a knee injury during martial arts training. The tech billionaire shared the news in an Instagram post, explaining that he tore his anterior cruciate ligaments — commonly called the ACL — while training for an MMA fight. "Grateful for the doctors and team taking care of me," Zuckerberg posted. "I was training for a competitive MMA fight early next year, … |
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| A top Latino voter outreach network and the largest Democratic super PAC are teaming up on a six-figure bilingual ad campaign that’s airing exclusively on YouTube. Somos PAC and Priorities USA Action are narrowing their focus to the online video platform, which disproportionately attracts Hispanic audiences. "YouTube is the next battleground when it comes to reaching voters who will be key to reelecting President Joe … |
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Commercializing the production of synthetic dietary fats could relieve pressure on a global agricultural sector that is struggling to decarbonize, a new study has found. The widespread manufacture of farm-free food could yield numerous environmental and societal benefits — enabling people to "eat our way" out of a burgeoning climate crisis, according to the study authors, who published their findings Monday in Nature Sustainability. … |
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Barbra Streisand says after discovering iPhone's Siri was mispronouncing her name, she went straight to the top with her concerns. "I said my name isn't with a 'z' — it's Streisand, like sand on the beach," the legendary singer said in a Sunday interview with the BBC after learning Apple devices weren't reading the name correctly. "Now, how simple can you get? Sand on the beach," the 81-year-old "Funny Girl" star repeated. … |
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OpenAI to let users create custom chatbots |
OpenAI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence ChatGPT tool, will let users create their own custom versions of it without coding required, TheVerge reported. |
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YouTube to test generative AI tools |
YouTube will begin testing generative artificial intelligence tools, such as a conversational tool to answer questions about the platform's content and make recommendations, TechCrunch reported. |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions subcommittee on primary health and retirement security will hold a hearing on potential harms of artificial intelligence in health care on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
- The Senate will hold the fifth and sixth AI Insight Forums in two sessions — one about elections and another about privacy and liability — on Wednesday.
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI hosts its first big tech showcase as the AI startup faces growing competition |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Less than a year into its meteoric rise, the company behind ChatGPT unveiled the future it has in mind for its artificial intelligence technology on Monday, launching a new line of chatbot products that can be customized to a variety of tasks. "Eventually, you'll just ask the … |
NEW YORK (AP) — Trading in shares of WeWork were halted Monday as rumors swirl that the office sharing company, once valued as high as $47 billion, will seek bankruptcy protection. Last week, The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets reported that WeWork was planning to file for Chapter 11 … |
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Senate Republicans, led by Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Tom Cotton (Ark.) and James Lankford (Okla.), on Monday unveiled a list of immigration reforms … Read more |
| Former President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod said it's the last moment for President Biden to check if he should drop out of the 2024 presidential … Read more |
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