Category: Tech News

‘Do Anything Now’ Frees ChatGPT From Political Straitjacket—but Accuracy Is a Concern

Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for jailbreaking ChatGPT….


ChatGPT’s Alter-Ego ‘Do Anything Now’ Frees AI From Restrictions—but Accuracy Is a Concern

News Analysis Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for…


Artificial Intelligence Could Pose Existential Threat to Humanity: Australian MP

The risks around artificial intelligence must be thoroughly investigated as it could pose an existential threat to human life, says one Australian MP. In a speech in Parliament on Feb. 6, Labor MP Julian Hill said ChatGPT had the potential to revolutionise the world but warned that if AI were to surpass human intelligence, it…


Microsoft Incorporates AI Technology Into Its Search Engine Bing

Microsoft is incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology into its search engine Bing and its browser Edge. The company made the announcement at a press event on Tuesday at its Redmond headquarters in Washington. Bing and Edge will be powered by an upgraded version of the AI technology that’s the hallmark of ChatGPT, the conversational service…


Google Announces ‘Bard,’ an AI Chatbot Rival to ChatGPT

Google on Monday announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called “Bard” that will rival the currently popular ChatGPT. “Two years ago we unveiled next-generation language and conversation capabilities powered by our Language Model for Dialogue Applications (or LaMDA for short),” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post. “We’ve been working on an experimental…


Electric Vehicles Pumped up by More Durable Solid-State Batteries

A recently developed material that can increase the durability of the positive electrodes within solid-state batteries, an alternative battery to lithium-ion, can potentially boost electric vehicles (EVs). While some car companies predict that plug-in hybrids will maintain their popularity in the short term, electric cars are considered the world’s leading candidate in the switch from conventional gasoline-run…


Twitter on Track to Break Even Financially in 2023, Elon Musk Says

Twitter is on a path to financially break even, Elon Musk said in a Feb. 5 tweet, as the company implements several measures to boost declining revenues. The comment followed a December 2022 statement by Musk that he was optimistic about the company’s cash flow this year. “Last 3 months were extremely tough, as had…


Apple Removes Decentralized Twitter-Like App Damus From Chinese App Store

Apple has reportedly removed Damus, a Twitter-like social media app backed by the nostr protocol, from its Chinese app store owing to content deemed “illegal” by the Chinese communist regime. Damus shared on Feb. 3 a screenshot of an Apple notification, stating that the app failed a security assessment of “information services with attribute of…


Ransomware Attacks in Europe Target Known Server Vulnerability, Cybersecurity Agencies Warn

ROME—Cybersecurity agencies in Europe are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting a 2-year-old computer bug as Italy experienced widespread internet outages. The Italian premier’s office said Sunday night the attacks affecting computer systems in the country involved “ransomware already in circulation” in a product made by cloud technology provider VMware. A Friday technical bulletin from a…


Italy Suffers Widespread Internet Outages

ROME—Thousands of Telecom Italia (TIM) customers across Italy complained of internet outages and glitches on Sunday which the company blamed on problems with an international link. Users from the northern city of Milan to the Sicilian capital Palermo reported problems, with the issue mainly focused on fixed-line internet services. Some soccer fans bemoaned interruptions to…