OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will now remind users to take breaks if they’re in a particularly long chat with AI. The new feature is part of OpenAI’s ongoing attempts to get users to cultivate a healthier relationship with the frequently compliant and overly-encouraging AI assistant. The company’s announcement suggests the “gentle reminders” will appear as pop-ups in chats that …
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“ChatGPT At The Helm” Of A Spaceship Could Change Space Travel Forever After Stunning Early Successes
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Researchers tested various AI models to determine their effectiveness in piloting spacecraft, revealing surprising outcomes. 📊 The Kerbal Space Program Differential Game Challenge provided a realistic environment for testing autonomous systems through complex scenarios. 🤖 ChatGPT secured second place by interpreting text-based inputs and suggesting navigation maneuvers, despite not being designed for space navigation. 🔍 The …
Read More »ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after bot ‘fell short in recognizing signs of delusion’
OpenAI wants ChatGPT to stop enabling its users’ unhealthy behaviors. Starting Monday, the popular chatbot app will prompt users to take breaks from lengthy conversations. The tool will also soon shy away from giving direct advice about personal challenges, instead aiming to help users decide for themselves by asking questions or weighing pros and cons. “There have been instances where …
Read More »People are using ChatGPT to write their text messages – here’s how you can tell
Kirill Stytsenko/Getty Images ZDNET’s key takeaways People are using AI to write sensitive messages to loved ones. Detecting AI-generated text is becoming more difficult as chatbots evolve. Some tech leaders have promoted this use of AI in their marketing strategies. Everyone loves receiving a handwritten letter, but those take time, patience, effort, and sometimes multiple drafts to compose. Most of …
Read More »Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to “Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant”
In case you missed it, OpenAI has responded to a recent “leak” of thousands of ChatGPT conversations by removing a sharing feature that led to its users unknowingly unleashing their private exchanges onto the world wide web. We enclose the term in quotation marks because the “leak” wasn’t the doing of some nefarious hackers, but a consequence of poor user …
Read More »ChatGPT will ‘better detect’ mental distress after reports of it feeding people’s delusions
OpenAI, which is expected to launch its GPT-5 AI model this week, is making updates to ChatGPT that it says will improve the AI chatbot’s ability to detect mental or emotional distress. To do this, OpenAI is working with experts and advisory groups to improve ChatGPT’s response in these situations, allowing it to present “evidence-based resources when needed.” OpenAI acknowledges …
Read More »Legendary investor Vinod Khosla advises Gen Z to invest in this one skill because ChatGPT can teach you everything else
In a candid and far-reaching discussion on Nikhil Kamath’s YouTube channel, legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, one of Fortune’s most powerful people in business, delivered some advice for Gen Z. It could be seen as a stark warning or as simple pragmatism: The single most important skill for young workers at this moment is not specialization, but the ability to …
Read More »OpenAI updating ChatGPT to encourage healthier use
OpenAI is updating how ChatGPT works to encourage healthier use and avoid unintended consequences. One change that OpenAI says ChatGPT users will see “starting today” is a technique used by other digital services. Much like video streaming services and social networks, OpenAI is adding a gentle break reminder for users during prolonged chat sessions. Starting today, you’ll see gentle reminders …
Read More »ChatGPT goes deeper than you would expect — 7 tricks you probably didn’t know existed
ChatGPT is a great productivity booster for many people and most workplaces these days are embracing the power of artificial intelligence in order to get more done. But you don’t always have to keep things serious with ChatGPT. There are plenty of fun and imaginative ways to use the chatbot, from imagining alternate realities, simulating personal timelines, or building entire …
Read More »Thousands of private ChatGPT conversations found via Google search after feature mishap
What just happened? Numerous organizations have repeatedly warned ChatGPT users over the years never to share personal information with OpenAI’s chatbot. A recent incident involving a now-removed feature reveals that potentially thousands of people disclosed deeply intimate information with ChatGPT and also inadvertently made it discoverable through Google search. OpenAI recently confirmed that it has deactivated an opt-in feature that …
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