November 2023

As OpenAI’s multimodal API launches broadly, research shows it’s still flawed

November 6, 2023

Today during its first-ever dev conference, OpenAI released new details of a version of GPT-4, the company’s flagship text-generating AI model, that can understand the context of images as well as text. This version, which OpenAI calls “GPT-4 with vision,” can caption and even interpret relatively complex images — for example identifying a Lightning Cable […]

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OpenAI launches API that lets developers build ‘assistants’ into their apps

November 6, 2023

At its developer conference, OpenAI announced a new API, the Assistant API, that it characterizes as step toward helping developers build “agent-like experiences” within their apps. Using the Assistant API, OpenAI customers can built an “assistant” that has specific instructions, leverages outside knowledge and can call OpenAI generative AI models and tools to perform tasks. […]

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YouTube to test generative AI features, including a comments summarizer and conversational tool

November 6, 2023

YouTube will begin to experiment with new generative AI features, the company announced today. As part of the premium package available to paid subscribers, YouTube users will be able to try out a new conversational tool that uses AI to answer questions about YouTube’s content and make recommendations, as well as try out a new […]

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US sanctions Russian accused of laundering Ryuk ransomware funds

November 6, 2023

The U.S. government has sanctioned a Russian national for allegedly laundering millions of dollars worth of victim ransom payments on behalf of individuals linked to the notorious Ryuk ransomware group. According to an announcement from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Ekaterina Zhdanova, 37, is accused of using virtual currency exchange transfers […]

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What to know about Fortnite maker Epic Games’ antitrust battle with Google, starting today

November 6, 2023

Match may have settled its antitrust lawsuit with Google last week, but Fortnite maker Epic Games is still set to go to trial with the tech giant today, November 6, in hopes of convincing a jury that Google engages in anticompetitive behavior with regard to its Android app store, Google Play, and its commission structure. […]

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