An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first.
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An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Verge
WorldPingOpenAI is testing more ads in ChatGPT — full report at Engadget.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Engadget
Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some activity" by "rogue" OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Verge
WorldPingThis move is to comply with the EU's new AI transparency rules.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Engadget
WorldPingOpen models from the US have been few and far between. But that's about to change.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
OpenAI said the new visual ads will show up after your image generation results appear in the U.S. only for now.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by TechCrunch
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