ChatGPT is getting ads, starting with US users: people on the free tier and on the $8 Go plan are being shown ads tailored to answers, in prominent photo boxes. If only OpenAI would link to journalistic content with the same enthusiasm. (Emma Roth, The Verge)
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New paper: Which sources does ChatGPT provide in Germany when asked for the latest news? Main takeaway: Very different results depending on whether you use the customer chat interface or the API. Customers get more results from content partners, the API is more diverse or even fringe.
OpenAI is launching its own podcast where Sam Altman claims that coding with o3 gives people their next big “wow moment.” He suggests that while his AI won’t exactly cure cancer, it will make researchers more productive. Of course, critical questions are missing.
“Use responsibly when recording others”: ChatGPT Record captures and summarizes meetings and voice notes.
Judicial panel overrides author preferences, bundles diverse copyright claims against AI companies into single NY proceeding. (Ella Creamer, The Guardian)
OpenAI’s latest Ghibli meme trend brazenly exploits Miyazaki’s longstanding criticism of AI. (Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine)
OpenAI launches Sora, its generative video AI, leaving out Germany, Switzerland, other EU countries initially.
OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations (Krystal Hu, Anna Tong, Reuters)
Introducing ChatGPT search (OpenAI)
Writing with AI. Five ways professional writers are leveraging ChatGPT (OpenAI)
