Apple's secret AI lab, ChatGPT's hallucinations, chatbot girlfriends

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The growing demand for artificial intelligence is heating up the talent war among companies, and putting heat on the government. On Wednesday, Google sent a letter to the Department of Labor, urging it to update its immigration policies to include AI and cybersecurity to keep up with the demand for these workers, while also making sure it doesn’t lose out on AI talent.

Meanwhile, a 2019 email released Tuesday as part of the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google shows Microsoft was afraid of Google’s dominance in the AI race — likely driving its partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Plus, Apple is reportedly poaching dozens of Google’s AI experts to a secret lab in Switzerland.

Read these stories and more from this week in AI news.

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AI has the potential to drive innovation and improve productivity, report finds

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More businesses are making use of artificial intelligence — and it has potential to drive innovation and improve productivity growth, a new report says.

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Joe Biden asked ChatGPT to write a Bruce Springsteen-style song the first time he used it

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Even the most powerful person in the world is impressed by ChatGPT.

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Microsoft’s fear of Google’s AI dominance likely led to its OpenAI partnership, email shows

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Microsoft’s multi-year, multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI likely came out of a fear of Google dominating the AI race, an email shows.

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Google is dealing with an AI talent shortage — and wants the U.S. to change immigration policy to fix it

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Unlike other parts of the tech industry, the artificial intelligence sector is struggling to find the right recruits, and now a major tech company is asking the U.S. government to update its immigration policies to not lose out on AI talent.

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An Ivy League school just announced its first AI master’s degree

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As tech companies race to build the world’s leading generative artificial intelligence technologies, they’re choosing from a very small talent pool. The pickings are so slim that staffers at ChatGPT-maker OpenAI have a median salary of nearly $1 million.

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AI startups aren’t making money yet. Does it matter?

Chatter is picking back up this week about whether the generative artificial intelligence hype is doomed to die.

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AI powered big profits at Samsung

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AI has been a big boon for the electronics giant Samsung this year — something the company expects to continue throughout 2024. In a new earnings release, the South Korean company’s chip division saw its operating profit more than triple to 1.9 trillion won ($1.4 billion) during the first quarter from last year.

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Apple is poaching dozens of AI experts from Google and building a secret AI lab

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Apple is spiriting away dozens of Google’s artificial intelligence experts to a secretive Swiss laboratory, according to a new report.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is fine with employees thinking he’s hard to work for

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As head of one of the world’s most valuable companies, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang doesn’t believe getting there should be easy — including for people working under him.

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ChatGPT’s ‘hallucinations’ have OpenAI under scrutiny in Europe

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OpenAI is under scrutiny in the European Union again — this time over ChatGPT’s hallucinations about people.

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Bill Gates remains a quiet Microsoft power broker, report says

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Despite publicly distancing himself from the company he founded, Bill Gates has quietly remained active behind the scenes of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence strategy and company operations, according to a new report.

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Explicit AI girlfriend chatbot ads are flooding Facebook and Instagram

Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger host thousands of advertisements for sexually explicit AI “girlfriend” chatbots, according to a new report. The generative artificial intelligence chatbots engage with users and generate images and suggestive texts. They also collect a lot of user data.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says companies will ‘still want human’ workers as AI grows

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The man behind the chips powering the current artificial intelligence boom doesn’t think the technology is going to replace human workers.

Apple's secret AI lab, ChatGPT's hallucinations, and explicit chatbot girlfriends: AI news roundup

Plus, Google wants the U.S. to update its immigration policy to fix the AI talent shortage