OpenAI partners with Arizona State University to use ChatGPT in classrooms

Arizona State University (ASU) and OpenAI announced a partnership to bring ChatGPT into ASU’s classrooms. In a press release, ASU stated that it wants to focus on “three key areas of concentration” where it can use ChatGPT Enterprise, like “enhancing student success, forging new avenues for innovative research, and streamlining organizational processes.” ASU deputy chief … Read more

AI Hits the Campaign Trail

It’s an election year in the US, which means you can expect a fresh tsunami of campaign ads in your feeds, in your inbox, and jammed in front of YouTube videos. This is also the first election of the AI era, where anyone can generate just about anything—an image, a Twitter bot, a speech—by typing … Read more

An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists

Ed Newton-Rex says generative AI has an ethics problem. He ought to know, because he used to be part of the fast-growing industry. Newton-Rex was TikTok’s head AI designer and then an executive at Stability AI until he quit in disgust in November over the company’s stance on collecting training data. After his high-profile departure, … Read more

How to Launch a Custom Chatbot on OpenAI’s GPT Store

Get ready to share your custom chatbot with the whole world. Well, at least with other ChatGPT Plus subscribers. OpenAI recently launched its GPT Store, after it delayed the project following the chaos of CEO Sam Altman’s firing and reinstatement late in 2023. While OpenAI’s GPT Store shares some similarities to smartphone app marketplaces, it … Read more

This AI-enabled e-bike uses ChatGPT to give you a smarter ride

Matthew Miller/ZDNET A couple of years ago, I tested a stunning carbon fiber e-bike from Urtopia that had smart-riding features embedded in its dot-matrix display controller. At the time, the functionality was fairly basic and focused on enhancing the riding experience. However, Urtopia has done a lot more work since then. I met with the company’s … Read more

ChatGPT for Self-Diagnosis: AI Is Changing the Way We Answer Our Own Health Questions

Katie Sarvela was sitting in her bedroom in Nikiksi, Alaska, on top of a moose-and-bear-themed bedspread, when she entered some of her earliest symptoms into ChatGPT.  The ones she remembers describing to the chatbot include half of her face feeling like it’s on fire, then sometimes being numb, her skin feeling wet when it’s not … Read more

Maybe We Shouldn’t Let AI Destroy the News Media

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What Could the Future of Medical AI Look Like? Last year, after Buzzfeed laid off its entire newsroom and made a pronounced pivot to AI-generated content, I made the argument that journalists should treat the technology as an existential … Read more

Carta takes heat, Samsung unveils an upgraded Ballie, and Volkswagen brings ChatGPT to cars

Hello, fine friends, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular recap of noteworthy happenings in tech over the past few days. Our team on the ground at CES 2024 had plenty to report from the show — and more’s on the way. (Here are thorough roundups of all the announcements.) But the world … Read more

How ChatGPT turns something creepy into something cleverly creepy

Jeeves, please fetch me a glass of port. Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET When you think of ChatGPT, what comes to mind? The latest tech fad? A get-rich-quick moneymaker for some and a lose-your-job-quick worrymaker for others? Perhaps you’ve even experienced a tinge of mere general creepiness. Also: The best AI chatbots: ChatGPT and other noteworthy … Read more