ChatGPT Included as Scientist of the Year 🔬

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For the first time, the journal 'Nature' has acknowledged a non-human entity, ChatGPT, as one of its scientists of the year. Meanwhile, despite Sam Altman's denial, rumors about GPT 4.5 continue to circulate…

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• ChatGPT Included as Scientist of the Year 🔬

• TikTok's Parent Company, Bytedance, Banned by OpenAI for Alleged Data Theft

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ChatGPT Included as Scientist of the Year

The prestigious journal Nature has chosen an AI system, ChatGPT, as one of its Scientists of the Year for the first time. Nature annually selects prominent scientific figures who figured in some of the year’s most relevant science stories. The recognition of this non-human chatbot signals AI's expanding influence.

ChatGPT has helped write academic papers, summarized scientific articles, and prepared documents that have been used to apply for research grants, showcasing potential for managing and creating knowledge through AI. Nature praised these abilities but warned of a lack of transparency around ChatGPT's code and training: “The size and complexity of LLMs means that they are intrinsically ‘black boxes’, but understanding why they produce what they do is harder when their code and training materials aren’t public, as in ChatGPT’s case.”

Lastly, the journal recognizes that generative AI will keep playing a major role in the future of research: “The generative AI revolution has started. And there’s no turning back.”

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TikTok's Parent Company, Bytedance, Banned by OpenAI for Alleged Data Theft

OpenAI has banned ByteDance, the parent company behind the hit app TikTok, from using ChatGPT and its API after allegations surfaced that Bytedance secretly tapped the AI to develop its rival chatbot technology.

Details:

• According to leaked internal ByteDance documents, the company extensively used OpenAI’s API and GPT models to train “Project Seed”

• OpenAI's terms of service prohibit the use of its systems to create competing models. The documents even show ByteDance employees discussing how to hide and 'desensitize' the evidence of their GPT data use

• Bytedance claims any early GPT-generated data was removed later in development, but OpenAI is formally investigating and has for now cut off Bytedance’s account access.

The main goal of Project Seed is to become China's ChatGPT as soon as possible. The project has been tasked with achieving GPT-3.5 performance by the end of this year and GPT-4 performance by mid-2024. These overtly ambitious goals may have driven the company to take these risky shortcuts.

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GPT-4.5 rumors debunked, again

Last week, supposed leaked documents of GPT-4.5 garnered significant attention and trended on X until Sam Altman ultimately denied the authenticity of the information.

However the rumors started again after several users reported a boost in the performance of ChatGPT in the past two days. Others also reported that when asked about the model, ChatGPT claimed to operate with 'GPT-4.5 Turbo.'

However, an OpenAI employee denied these rumours claiming it was just an ‘oddly consistent hallucination’

The increase in performance is likely due to the OpenAI team addressing issues that were causing ChatGPT to be 'lazy' and somewhat unreliable a few weeks ago, coupled with possible minor upgrades. However, the improvement doesn't appear substantial enough to be labeled a 'GPT-4.5 Turbo' version of ChatGPT. An iteration that, if real, is unlikely to come out this year.

Employees going rogue with AI, study shows

A new study finds that nearly two-thirds of employees who use AI have passed off AI-generated content as their original work. The research also shows over half are using AI tools at work without permission. With training lacking and policies unclear in most workplaces, employers may be unaware of how pervasive and potentially problematic AI usage has become behind the scenes.

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Research shows Bing Chat produces misinformation about elections

An investigation reveals that Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat provides incorrect and invented information when asked about upcoming elections. Researchers found that Bing confabulated details, including scandalous stories about candidates and unreliable sources. They argue that such weaknesses make these chatbots inappropriate for providing definitive information about democratic processes, risking public misinformation and manipulation. Despite informing Microsoft about these issues, researchers claim the company is either unable or unwilling to address the problem.

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