🤖 AI Unleashed

What’s hot in AI today?

1. 🗣Upgrading Alexa: Amazon's Leap into Advanced AI for Next-Level Personal Assistance

2. 🔥ChatGPT Triumphs in Italy: OpenAI Addresses Privacy Concerns & Regains Access

3. ⚠AI on the Battlefield: Palantir's Controversial Military Vision Unveiled

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🗣Upgrading Alexa: Amazon's Leap into Advanced AI for Next-Level Personal Assistance

In a recent first-quarter earnings meeting, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced plans to enhance Alexa's capabilities by using a more advanced large language model, making it the world's best personal assistant. This comes after Amazon laid off thousands of employees and discontinued its Halo products line. Jassy highlighted the recent advancements in large language models and generative AI, citing ChatGPT as a prime example, and expressed optimism about their potential to revolutionize Amazon's customer experiences across all its businesses.

Key Points:

• Amazon plans to upgrade Alexa with a more advanced large language model.

• CEO Andy Jassy cites ChatGPT as an example of how large language models have revolutionized the industry.

• Amazon aims to enhance customer experiences across all its businesses using large language models.

• Both Apple and Amazon have been relatively quiet about using large language models to improve their voice assistants, but this could be changing soon.

🔥ChatGPT Triumphs in Italy: OpenAI Addresses Privacy Concerns & Regains Access

OpenAI's ChatGPT has regained access in Italy after addressing privacy concerns raised by the Italian data-protection authority, Garante. OpenAI has now made its privacy policy accessible before registration and introduced a tool to verify the age of users. While Garante welcomed the measures, they called for further compliance, including implementing an age verification system and informing Italians about their right to opt-out of personal data processing for training algorithms.

ChatGPT, which is backed by Microsoft, can answer questions using natural, human-like language and mimic different writing styles. It has been utilized by millions of people since its launch in November 2022. Recently, Microsoft integrated ChatGPT into Bing and announced plans to embed the technology into Office apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Meanwhile, Google's rival AI chatbot, Bard, is available only to specific users over the age of 18.

⚠AI on the Battlefield: Palantir's Controversial Military Vision Unveiled

Palantir, the company founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, has unveiled its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) designed to run large language models like GPT-4 on private networks. In a demonstration, Palantir showcased a military application where an operator uses an AI chatbot to order drone reconnaissance, create attack plans, and coordinate the jamming of enemy communications. The AIP can integrate various open-source language models and promises to provide a secure and controlled environment.

The platform aims to offer safety and control to the Pentagon as AI is increasingly adopted. Palantir claims AIP can deploy systems into classified networks, parse classified and real-time data ethically and legally, and give users control over AI capabilities. However, it is unclear how AIP will address the challenges and risks associated with AI in military contexts.

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