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  • Baidu Set to Unveil AI-Powered Search

    Baidu Set to Unveil AI-Powered Search

    Baidu is preparing to unveil an AI-powered, ChatGPT-like search engine based on the company’s Ernie tech.

    ChatGPT has become one of the most widely known conversational AIs and threatens to upend the search engine market. Microsoft is believed to be integrating it into a version of Bing, and Google is pulling out all the stops to come up with its own answer.

    According to Bloomberg, via Engadget, China’s Baidu is preparing to launch its own conversational AI search engine. The new product will be based on Ernie, which is the company’s large-scale machine-learning model.

    Baidu no doubt hopes conversational AI will help it reinvigorate its search engine and spark future growth. If the company can move fast enough, it may even be able to gain ground on its rivals.

  • Microsoft Officially Extends Its Partnership With OpenAI

    Microsoft Officially Extends Its Partnership With OpenAI

    Microsoft has announced “a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in OpenAI, extending its existing partnership with ChatGPT creator.

    Microsoft has been an investor in OpenAI for several years and has exclusive access to some of the AI firm’s technology. Rumors surfaced two weeks ago that the Redmond-based company was looking to invest another $10 billion in OpenAI.

    In a press release today, the two companies confirmed an extension of their ongoing partnership, although they did not disclose the exact amount.

    “We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratize AI as a new technology platform,” said Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. “In this next phase of our partnership, developers and organizations across industries will have access to the best AI infrastructure, models, and toolchain with Azure to build and run their applications.”

    “The past three years of our partnership have been great,” said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. “Microsoft shares our values and we are excited to continue our independent research and work toward creating advanced AI that benefits everyone.”

    The partnership will involve three primary areas:

    • Microsoft will continue to invest heavily in OpenAI’s research and development of artificial intelligence.
    • Microsoft will continue to deploy OpenAI’s AI tech across its platforms and products.
    • OpenAI will exclusively use Microsoft’s Azure as its cloud provider.

    Microsoft is believed to be working to integrate ChatGPT with a version of its Bing search engine in an effort to more effectively compete with Google. This extended partnership will no doubt open up additional opportunities for the company at a time when Google is trying to catch up.

  • Google Turns to Larry Page & Sergey Brin to Help With AI Strategy

    Google Turns to Larry Page & Sergey Brin to Help With AI Strategy

    Google has turned to its founders to help it devise an AI strategy as the company faces its biggest challenge yet to its search dominance.

    OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the AI world by storm, with Microsoft working to integrate it with a version of Bing. Google has had to answer some uncomfortable questions about why a startup beat it to market with one of the best conversational AIs to date.

    Evidently, the concerns go more than skin deep, with the company calling in Larry Page and Sergey Brin to help it plot its course forward and come up with a response, according to The New York Times.

    The Times sources say the two founders reviewed the company’s AI strategy, approved ideas for how to integrate AI chat into Google’s search engine, and provided ideas to company leaders on the best way to proceed with AI implementation.

    The fact that Google turned to its founders for help with AI underscores how seriously company execs are viewing the technology in terms of the threat it poses to Google’s core search business.

    “This is a moment of significant vulnerability for Google,” D. Sivakumar, a former Google research director, told the Times. “ChatGPT has put a stake in the ground, saying, ‘Here’s what a compelling new search experience could look like.’”

    Despite the threat, Mr. Sivakumar believes Google could deploy its significant AI tools to counter the threat.

    In the meantime, Microsoft and other rivals have a rare opportunity to use ChatGPT, and similar AI tech, to make headway against Google’s dominance.

  • CNET Uses ChatGPT to Write Articles, Runs Into Major Issues

    CNET Uses ChatGPT to Write Articles, Runs Into Major Issues

    Tech website CNET tried to use ChatGPT to write articles, but the quality and accuracy left much to be desired.

    ChatGPT is the latest conversational AI from OpenAI. The software has gained a massive following thanks to it being one of the most advanced conversational AIs yet released. ChatGPT has been used in a variety of applications and scenarios, but CNET is one of the biggest websites to try using the AI to write articles…an experiment that did not go well.

    As a result of numerous issues, CNET had to publish multiple corrections to articles originally written by the AI. In a statement on their website, CNET editor Connie Guglielmo explained the outlet’s use of ChatGPT was in line with the company’s commitment to testing new technology.

    The Washington Post had a slightly different take, calling CNET’s experiment “a journalistic disaster.” The Post also pointed out that CNET only admitted to using ChatGPT after it was called out by sharp-eyed users and other sites.

    On Tuesday, CNET began appending lengthy correction notices to some of its AI-generated articles after Futurism, another tech site, called out the stories for containing some “very dumb errors.”

    As the Post points out, the use of AI for journalism also brings up plagiarism issues, since many AIs remix other articles and sources, without properly attributing them.

    If CNET’s experience is any indication, AI still has a way to go before it can replace quality journalism and writing.

  • Satya Nadella: ‘ChatGPT Coming Soon to Azure OpenAI Service’

    Satya Nadella: ‘ChatGPT Coming Soon to Azure OpenAI Service’

    Microsoft is working to bring ChatGPT to its Azure OpenAI service, according to a tweet by CEO Satya Nadella.

    OpenAI’s ChatGPT took the AI world by storm, quickly establishing itself as one of the most advanced chat AIs to date. As one of the main investors in OpenAI, Microsoft has access to the company’s technology, and has already incorporated it as part of its Azure OpenAI Service. The company is preparing to take it a step further by rolling out ChatGPT as well.

    Eric Boyd, Corporate Vice President, AI Platform, provided more details in a Microsoft blog post:

    With Azure OpenAI Service now generally available, more businesses can apply for access to the most advanced AI models in the world—including GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL•E 2—backed by the trusted enterprise-grade capabilities and AI-optimized infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, to create cutting-edge applications. Customers will also be able to access ChatGPT—a fine-tuned version of GPT-3.5 that has been trained and runs inference on Azure AI infrastructure—through Azure OpenAI Service soon.

    Microsoft is clearly going all-in on OpenAI and ChatGPT. The company is preparing to invest $10 billion in the AI firm and is looking for ways to integrate ChatGPT into its Bing search engine in an effort to challenge Google’s dominance.

    Integrating ChatGPT into Azure OpenAI Service is a natural evolution of the company’s plans and investment.

  • Microsoft Looks to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI and ChatGPT

    Microsoft Looks to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI and ChatGPT

    OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm and Microsoft is not immune, with the Redmond giant set to invest $10 billion in the firm and its tech.

    ChatGPT is one of the most realistic AI-driven chat platforms available, providing answers with almost human-like responses. Researchers, students, writers, and more have tasked the AI with various written tasks, many of which are decently good.

    Microsoft has been a long-time investor in OpenAI, leveraging its investment to gain exclusive access to some of its AI tech. News broke late last year that Microsoft was looking to increase its investment, but the latest report says it plans to invest as much as $10 billion in the AI company.

    According to Semafor, this latest round of funding, which includes various venture capital firms, would see OpenAI valued at $29 billion. Once the deal closes, Microsoft will receive 75% of the company’s profits until its investment is paid off. After that, profits will be split according to ownership, with Microsoft accounting for 49%, other owners accounting for another 49%, and OpenAI’s parent accounting for the remaining 2%,

    Microsoft clearly sees ChatGPT as a way for it to better take on Google’s dominance in the search market. The company is looking to integrate ChatGPT into a version of Bing, but some analysts are not convinced the AI tool can help Microsoft make up ground.

    Brent Thill of Jefferies told CNBC:

    “There is incredible amount of promise, but today, in terms of real time, it’s not there.”

  • Microsoft Leveraging ChatGPT to Help Bing Take On Google

    Microsoft Leveraging ChatGPT to Help Bing Take On Google

    Google may be hesitant to deploy a ChatGPT-like version of its search engine, but Microsoft sees it as a way to better compete.

    According to The Information, via Reuters, Microsoft is working with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into a version of Bing in the hopes it will prove a greater challenge to Google’s search dominance. OpenAI and Microsoft have a long history of cooperation and partnership, with Microsoft investing in the AI company and gaining exclusive access to some of its technology.

    Google has already decided to play it much more cautious, calling ChatGPT and similar technologies a “reputational risk.” Given its dominance in the search industry, Google has to be much more careful about the results it provides.

    Read more: How Microsoft Is Outmaneuvering Google

    Microsoft clearly believes being second-place in the industry gives it more room to maneuver and take risks that Google is unwilling to take.

    The company’s approach is not unlike its approach to gaining Netflix as an advertising customer. While Google played it safe, hesitating to commit to Netflix’s needs, Microsoft showed an almost startup-like aggressiveness and willingness to do whatever was needed to secure the contract.

    Should Microsoft’s efforts to integrate ChatGPT into Bing prove successful, it could well be a way for Microsoft to make major headway against Google.

  • Google Reorganizing Labor to Answer ChatGPT

    Google Reorganizing Labor to Answer ChatGPT

    Google has issued a “code red” and is reorganizing labor in response to the traction ChatGPT has gained.

    ChatGPT is an AI-driven chatbot released by OpenAI. The chatbot has gained considerable traction and praise, while still receiving criticism for failing in many of the same ways as previous chatbots.

    Google is one company that is trying to find an answer. When ChatGPT gained traction, the company held an all-hands meeting to address employee concerns that Google was being upstaged and could lose its competitive edge. Executives emphasized their desire to proceed slowly, lest the company’s reputation be hurt by less than stellar results.

    According to Business Insider, Google appears to be taking significant steps to catch up. CEO Sundar Pichai has been involved in meetings that have resulted in a reorganization of labor. Personnel in Google’s research, Trust and Safety division are being tasked with assisting in AI development. Other divisions have been similarly involved.

    The company will have to strike a fine balance between protecting the integrity of its search business while simultaneously keeping up with the broader AI industry.

    “This really strikes a need that people seem to have but it’s also important to realize these models have certain type of issues,” Google AI head Jeff Dean said in the initial all-hands meeting.

  • Google Moving Slowly on AI Chatbots Over ‘Reputational Risk’

    Google Moving Slowly on AI Chatbots Over ‘Reputational Risk’

    Amid the ruckus over OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google execs have made it clear they are in no hurry to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.

    ChatGPT is one of OpenAI’s most well-known innovations and has gained widespread recognition. According to CNBC, Google employees expressed concerns about ChatGPT, especially given Microsoft’s backing of OpenAI. Given Google’s background in AI, employees were concerned the company could be falling behind.

    “Is this a missed opportunity for Google, considering we’ve had Lamda for a while?” read one top-rated question at a company all-hands meeting.

    In response to, CEO Sundar Pichai and Google AI head Jeff Dean emphasized that Google already has similar capabilities as OpenAI and ChatGPT, but that the company needed to be extra careful since so many people rely on Google for quality answers.

    “This really strikes a need that people seem to have but it’s also important to realize these models have certain type of issues,” Dean said

    Interestingly, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed to endorse Google’s caution, admitting ChatGPT was not production-ready.