Oops, Microsoft's AI chatbot is offering up malvertisements in responses

Chinese tech company Baidu just unveiled the latest version of its Ernie AI chatbot and claims it now rivals OpenAI's GPT-4. Previously, Baidu claimed Ernie had surpassed ChatGPT 3.5.

With the lengthy process of regulatory approval over, Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King is now a done deal. Following the deal’s closure and first steps, Microsoft Vice Chair & President Brad Smith released a blog reiterating the company's2022 agreement to labor neutrality that the company came to with the Communication Workers of America year. That agreement is set to go into effect 60 days after the acquisition deal closed.

AI Roundup: The US will close loopholes on exporting AI chips to China, building on previous restrictions implemented last October. In a separate development, Bloomberg Tax & Accounting launched its AI Lab, offering AI-driven tools like an LLM combined with Bloomberg Tax Research for question-and-answer services. Deloitte also unveiled its AI chatbot internally which can assist professionals with responses and insights.

Despite having markedly weaker hardware when compared to contemporaries, the Xbox Series S continues to be a great choice for gamers on a budget. Microsoft continues to put its efforts towards catering to that niche audience and has announced a new Xbox Series S starter bundle which will be launching on October 31 this year.

Snapchat may have failed to properly assess privacy risks to children from its artificial intelligence chatbot, Britain's data watchdog said on Friday, adding it would consider the company's response before making any final enforcement decision.

Google on Wednesday announced plans to add generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its virtual assistant, and a company executive told Reuters the AI would allow the assistant to do things like help people plan a trip or catch up on emails and then ask follow-up questions.

This is the age of generative artificial intelligence, and hence, it is important to know how to use AI tools, and in particular AI chatbots, to their fullest potential. However, most of us end up using them to either have idle conversations, ask generic queries, or make it write content. But when it comes to truly powerful AI chatbots like Google Bard, that is merely scratching the surface. If you want to know the full extent of things you can do through it, and the right prompts to effectively get the information, you need to know these 5 unique use cases of Google Bard.

After previously withdrawing the same, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will move forward with its in-house trial against Microsoft regarding the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This is after failing to file an injunction to halt the same and its appeal for the case being denied.

Meta Platforms Inc. is introducing artificial intelligence features to its apps that will give the company's 3 billion users an experience akin to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Get ready to encounter chatbots based on human celebrities.  

The much-awaited Meta Connect 2023 is finally here. This two-day event is currently happening at Meta Headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The advent of ChatGPT has led many tech giants including Google and Microsoft to develop their own generative AI chatbots. And, Meta has joined the race to develop its own conversational bot. During the keynote session, hosted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with the Meta Quest 3, the company announced its Multi-Persona AI chatbot, called “AI Personas”. As explained by Meta, this chatbot will feature multiple personas to communicate with the younger generation and thereafter, it will look to roll out products for other sections of the public. Let's take a look at what this AI chatbot offers:

One of the nifty features of Google Bard is the ability to share chatbot conversation links with other people, which folks can use to continue talking with Bard.