Tag: Tech
The Company Behind ChatGPT Just Released A Tool To Detect Text Written By AI. It Kind Of Sucks.
On Tuesday, OpenAI, the company behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT, released a tool that detects whether a chunk of text was written by AI or a human being. It is, unfortunately, only accurate about 1 in 4 times. “Our classifier is not fully reliable,” the company wrote in a blog…
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Twitter Is Shedding Users, Most Of Them Democrats, A New Survey Shows
The number of people using Twitter in the US has decreased almost 9% since Elon Musk took over, according to a recent study. In October 2022, just before Musk took ownership, the study found, 32.4% of Americans were using Twitter. In December and January, that figure had dropped to 29.5%. …
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Why Are AI-Generated Hands So Messed Up?
But why do these programs mess up hands (not to mention bare feet) so badly? It’s a question that many people have asked. To find out, I emailed Midjourney; Stability AI, which makes Stable Diffusion; and OpenAI, which created DALL-E 2. Only Stability AI responded to my questions. “It’s generally…
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A CEO Planned To Use A “Robot Lawyer” In Court But Then Learned He Could Be Arrested For It
Joshua Browder, the startup CEO who wanted to use an artificial intelligence–powered “robot lawyer” to help a defendant fight a traffic ticket in court, has revealed that he is dropping the plan after being threatened with jail time. Browder runs DoNotPay, a San Francisco–based DIY legal services startup created to…
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Vloggers Hank And John Green Want You To Take College Courses On YouTube
Hank Green and his brother, John, the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and other young adult novels, have posted endless hours of educational content on their Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, which has more than 3.5 million subscribers. Now they’re expanding their mission: Yesterday, the Green brothers announced a…
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A Startup CEO Said His Abandoned Plan To Use An AI-Powered “Robot Lawyer” Made Him Some “Powerful Enemies”
Joshua Browder, the startup CEO who wanted to use an artificial intelligence–powered “robot lawyer” to help a defendant fight a traffic ticket in court, has revealed that he is dropping the plan after being threatened with jail time. Browder runs DoNotPay, a San Francisco–based DIY legal services startup created to…
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