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The right honourable chatbot? How MPs are considering using AI | Politics News
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It was hailed as an AI assistant that can go to meetings for you – and soon it could be used to help MPs carry out their mounting workload. Parliament’s digital services department (PDS) is undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of Microsoft’s CoPilot Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool, which can draft your emails and take notes during…
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Google’s AI chatbot Gemini tells user to ‘please die’ and ‘you are a waste of time and resources’ | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has told a user to “please die”. The user asked the bot a “true or false” question about the number of households in the US led by grandparents, but instead of getting a relevant response, it answered: “This is for you, human. You and only you. “You are not special, you…
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Mother says son killed himself because of Daenerys Targaryen AI chatbot in new lawsuit | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The mother of a 14-year-old boy who killed himself after becoming obsessed with artificial intelligence chatbots is suing the company behind the technology. Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer III, said Character.AI targeted her son with “anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences” in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Florida. “A dangerous AI chatbot…
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Judi Dench, John Cena and other celebrities to voice Meta AI chatbot | Science & Tech News
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Dame Judi Dench, John Cena and Awkwafina will all voice Meta AI – the artificial intelligence being rolled out by Instagram and Facebook owner Meta. As part of an update to its Llama model, people will now be able to interact with Meta AI – the company’s ChatGPT-like chatbot – by speaking and getting responses…
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Chatbot start-up SplxAI lands $2m amid growing cybersecurity threat | Business News
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A start-up which helps companies protect against cyberattacks targeting their AI chatbots has raised millions of dollars to fund its expansion. Sky News understands that SplxAI, which was founded earlier this year, will announce this week that it has secured $2m from investors led by Inovo.vc, South Central Ventures and Runtime Ventures. The company says…
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Google’s AI chatbot Gemini no longer talks about elections out of an ‘abundance of caution’ | Science & Tech News
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Google is restricting its AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, as the company tries to avoid spreading disinformation. Now, when you ask Gemini an election-related question, it responds with: “I’m still learning how to answer this. In the meantime, try Google Search.” The response appears for…
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DPD customer service chatbot swears and calls company ‘worst delivery firm’ | Science & Tech News
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DPD has disabled its artificial intelligence (AI) online chatbot after a customer was able to make the bot swear and write a poem criticising the parcel delivery company. Ashley Beauchamp, 30, was trying to track down a missing parcel when he said he was going “round and round in circles” trying to get any sort…
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ChatGPT turns one: The first year of the chatbot that changed the world | Science & Tech News
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It’s one year since the launch of ChatGPT. Before it was unleashed upon the world on 30 November 2022, AI chatbots were broadly considered a joke. It’s certainly hard to imagine anyone trusting Microsoft’s infamous Tay bot to help with homework or trip planning. ChatGPT has had much more staying power, becoming part of daily…
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Amazon to launch AI business chatbot named Q | Science & Tech News
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Amazon says it will launch a business chatbot named Q powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI). The announcement, made in Las Vegas at an annual conference the company hosts for its AWS cloud computing service, represents Amazon’s response to rivals who have rolled out chatbots that have captured the public’s attention. San Francisco start-up OpenAI’s…
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ChatGPT upgraded with Bing search data to give chatbot real-time knowledge | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT is gaining access to real-time internet search data that will let it provide answers based on up-to-date news and current affairs. Microsoft announced OpenAI’s chatbot will be integrated with its Bing search engine, effectively allowing it to trawl through the entire internet when responding to queries. It addresses one of the key limitations of…