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AI is eating itself: Bing’s AI quotes COVID disinfo sourced from ChatGPT

February 8, 2023

One of the more interesting, but seemingly academic, concerns of the new era of AI sucking up everything on the web was that AIs will eventually start to absorb other AI-generated content and regurgitate it in a self-reinforcing loop. Not so academic after all, it appears, because Bing just did it! When asked, it produced […]

AI is eating itself: Bing’s AI quotes COVID disinfo sourced from ChatGPT by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Hands-on with the new Bing

February 8, 2023

Yesterday, Microsoft launched the new Bing on the web and in its Edge browser, powered by a combination of a next-gen OpenAI GPT model and Microsoft’s own Prometheus model. With this, Microsoft jumped ahead of Google in bringing this kind of search experience to the mainstream, though we’ll likely see the competition heat up in […]

Hands-on with the new Bing by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

ChatGPT is everywhere. Here’s where it came from

February 8, 2023
We’ve reached peak ChatGPT. Released in December as a web app by the San Francisco–based firm OpenAI, the chatbot exploded into the mainstream almost overnight. According to some estimates, it is the fastest-growing internet service ever, reaching 100 million users in January, just two months after launch. Through OpenAI’s $10 billion deal with Microsoft, the…

Meet the prolific Russian espionage crew hacking spymasters and lawmakers

February 8, 2023

A notorious hacking group with alleged ties to Russian intelligence services has claimed its latest victim: British lawmaker Stewart McDonald. McDonald, a Member of Parliament for his constituency in Glasgow South, told BBC News that he fears he had been the victim of a “disinformation” campaign after his personal email account was “hacked by Russia.” McDonald […]

Meet the prolific Russian espionage crew hacking spymasters and lawmakers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Planet A Ventures comes out of the door with a €160M European, science-backed climate fund

February 8, 2023

These days climate investing is hot – if you will pardon the awful pun – but the days of just raising a fund and calling it “climate focused” are well and truly over. The market is sorting out the “wheat from the chaff” and if a VC fund can’t prove that it can back-up its […]

Planet A Ventures comes out of the door with a €160M European, science-backed climate fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Dbt Labs acquires Transform, adding semantic tools to its data analytics platform

February 8, 2023

Almost exactly a year ago, dbt Labs shined a spotlight on the opportunities in the world of developer tools for data analytics when the startup closed a Series D of $222 million at a $4.2 billion valuation. Yes, that was $2 billion lower than what it had been originally targeting, but CEO and founder Tristan […]

Dbt Labs acquires Transform, adding semantic tools to its data analytics platform by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Building the backbone for innovation, speed and thriving humanity

February 8, 2023
From AI-powered platforms that can detect abnormal activities in supermarkets, to edge servers helping preserve biodiversity in remote locations, today’s technologies drive innovation in ways never before imaginable. “Innovation serves the purpose of making our life better, our work more productive, and our planet more sustainable,” says Yang Yuanqing, CEO and chairman of Lenovo. Technology…

Out with the old and in with the “new IT”

February 8, 2023
For enterprises looking to shift from hardware investments to services and beyond, a change in technology and data infrastructure could be key. One approach is a focus on the “New IT,” a term coined by Lenovo, that features five elements: client, edge and cloud, network, and intelligence to meet business goals. “The mission of the…