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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…
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Google’s new AI chatbot Bard provides inaccurate answer in advert | Science & Tech News
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Google published an online advert for its new AI chatbot Bard in which it delivered an inaccurate answer. The company unveiled its much-anticipated rival to ChatGPT this week, and has launched a marketing blitz to prepare the public for its full rollout in the coming weeks. A promotional tweet with a short GIF describes Bard…
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Google launches AI chatbot Bard to rival wildly successful ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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Google has launched its own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, in answer to the wildly successful ChatGPT. The new conversational AI service will be named Bard and will be put out to “trusted users” before a public release in the coming weeks, Google’s parent firm Alphabet Inc announced on Monday. It comes following the release of…
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ChatGPT: We let an AI chatbot help write an article – here’s how it went | Science & Tech News
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OpenAI has recently unveiled a new language model called ChatGPT, which has the potential to revolutionise the way we interact with machines. So much so, that it wrote the introduction to this article by itself. Because in a daring move that I feared would leave me questioning my usefulness as a real-life human journalist, I…
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Google is testing a new AI chatbot – we put it through its paces | Science & Tech News
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The scene is 10 Downing Street, the home of the prime minister. It’s a crisp, cool day. A lawn mower can be heard in the distance. There’s a knock at the door, and it’s answered by a policeman! Now, before anyone gets any ideas, the setup to this particular story is the work of an…
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Google sacks senior software engineer Blake Lemoine after claiming its AI chatbot is a ‘sentient’ being | Science & Tech News
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Google has sacked a senior software engineer after he claimed the company’s AI chatbot is a “sentient” being. The search engine’s parent company Alphabet said Blake Lemoine’s claims about LaMDA (its language model for dialogue applications) are “wholly unfounded”. “It’s regrettable that despite lengthy engagement on this topic, Blake still chose to persistently violate clear…