For the past few months, Morten Blichfeldt Andersen has spent many hours scouring OpenAI’s GPT Store. Since it launched in January, the marketplace for bespoke bots has filled up with a deep bench of useful and sometimes quirky AI tools. Cartoon generators spin up New Yorker–style illustrations and vivid anime stills. Programming and writing assistants … Read more
Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday episode, in which we dig through the most critical stories and themes from the week. As the week comes to a close, we’re also shutting the book on the trial … Read more
Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET In the era of AI chatbots, there are plenty of ready-to-use chatbots on the market that offer a range of functions. However, if the particular task you want to use a chatbot for isn’t available, you can now easily create your own chatbot in Copilot Pro. As first spotted by X user Paul Couvert, … Read more
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has denied OpenAI’s application to register the word GPT, which means generative pre-trained transformer, saying GPT is too general a term to register and can prevent competitors from correctly describing their products as a GPT. OpenAI argued in its application that GPT is not a descriptive word — … Read more
OpenAI released a study the company conducted on GPT-4’s effectiveness in creating a bioweapon on Wednesday. The company found that its AI poses “at most” a slight risk in helping someone produce a biological threat. There’s a lot of talk about AI accelerating our impending doom, but OpenAI wants you to know that you’re fine… … Read more
We’re just half a month into the new year, but predictions that 2024 will be remembered as boom times for generative AI seem to be coming true already. Microsoft got things rolling on Jan. 4 by announcing the biggest change to its keyboard design in nearly 30 years, adding a button that will give people … Read more
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
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 21, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry for all the bad jokes, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) I’ve been in Vegas all week for CES, the annual extravaganza of gadgets … Read more
OpenAI launched its custom GPT Store on Wednesday, opening up user-created bots for customers. The store makes its debut after a delay, originally intended to launch in November. The platform will allow people who have created their own chatbots to share them publicly. SEE ALSO: 5 ways AI changed the internet in 2023 OpenAI says … Read more
OpenAI is back in action after its leadership tumult, debuting two product and service launches on Wednesday: the GPT Store — OpenAI’s answer to the App Store, which allows users to list personalized chatbots, or GPTs, they’ve built for others to download — and ChatGPT Team, a new option for businesses. ChatGPT Team, the smaller … Read more