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OpenAI says it disrupted Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT

thehill.com

OpenAI said Friday it disrupted an Iranian influence operation that was using ChatGPT to generate content related to the U.S. presidential election and other topics. The network known as Storm-2035 used the company’s chatbot, powered by…

OpenAI blocks Iranian ChatGPT accounts for U.S. election targeting

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OpenAI said today it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the U.S. presidential election and other issues.

OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles

www.engadget.com

OpenAI said on Friday that it thwarted an Iranian influence campaign that used ChatGPT to generate fake news stories and social posts aimed at Americans. The company said it identified and banned accounts generating content for five…

OpenAI shuts down election influence operation that used ChatGPT

techcrunch.com

OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday. The company says the operation created AI…

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OpenAI says Iran tried to influence US elections with ChatGPT

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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images

It's not just you: ChatGPT and OpenAI were down today

mashable.com

OpenAI and ChatGPT are partially down. Here's what you need to know.

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OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction (Cade Metz/New York Times)

www.techmeme.com

OpenAI removed a cluster of Iranian accounts using ChatGPT for an influence campaign targeting the US elections, and says the effort didn't gain much traction — The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much…

OpenAI Disrupts Iranian Misinformation Campaign

www.nytimes.com

The company said the Iranian effort, which used ChatGPT, did not gain much traction.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt blames remote work for falling behind against OpenAI, apologises

www.thehindu.com

He added that AI startups like OpenAI and Anthropic had raced ahead because the people there “work like hell”

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Stuns Users With Unexpected Welsh Responses: Bug, Feature, Or Is The AI Simply Hallucinating?

www.benzinga.com

ChatGPT users in the U.K. were puzzled when the chatbot unexpectedly began responding to their English queries in Welsh, highlighting ongoing issues with language model glitches.

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I Am an Investor in OpenAI — Here's What Other Investors Must Consider About The Biggest Risks and Benefits of AI

www.entrepreneur.com

As an investor in both OpenAI and xAI, I continuously ask myself the ethical ramifications of this new technology, how intelligent it is and whether it is the best path forward for humanity.

Thursday, Aug 15

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Is a Cheating Machine for Students

www.breitbart.com

As ChatGPT and other generative AI tools gain popularity, their impact on education has become increasingly evident, with students turning to these technologies for assistance with their assignments. One category of conversation related to…

OpenAI’s new voice mode threw me into the uncanny valley

www.theverge.com

It’s strange to sit down at my desk and talk to an AI about my life — but that’s what I spent my Tuesday doing.

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Google's latest changes to AI Overviews make it look more like OpenAI's search engine prototype as competition heats up

Google AI Overviews now show up differently in your search results. It's part of an ongoing battle with OpenAI's SearchGPT.

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Google’s Gemini upgrades put the pressure on OpenAI’s GPT-5

bgr.com

As expected, Google’s Pixel 9 event was full of Gemini AI features. Google didn’t just announce new Gemini functionalities. Google said those features will be …

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Walks Back Remarks Blaming Work-Life Balance And Remote Work For Search Giant Losing Out To OpenAI: 'I Regret My Error'

www.benzinga.com

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt walked back his comments blaming work-life balance and remote work for Google's struggles against AI startups. He expressed regret and research remains inconclusive on remote work's impact on productivity.

Wednesday, Aug 14

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OpenAI knocks Gemini off the top of chatbot leaderboard with its new model

www.tomsguide.com

OpenAI's new ChatGPT-4o model has beaten Gemini in the Chatbot Arena benchmarking test, thanks to its recent upgrade.

TechCrunch Minute: OpenAI’s latest GPT-4o model gets weird

techcrunch.com

OpenAI’s newest GPT-4o model can behave pretty strangely, for example by copying your voice, or by shouting or moaning erotically during a conversation. The reason we know this is not because some independent researchers or random users…

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OpenAI reveals an updated GPT-4o model - but can't quite explain how it's better

www.zdnet.com

After much speculation, OpenAI finally served up some information on the new model, though we still have questions.