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In September 2023 OpenAI combined their LLM chatbot ChatGPT with their AI-powered image-generating app DALL-E. Now instead of typing text prompts to generate an image, users can converse with ChatGPT who will then create the best prompt to generate an image. It works in reverse, too. Now you can upload an image to ChatGPT and … Read more
Struggling with writer’s block when creating prompts for chatbots? This guide offers an 11-step process for crafting effective prompts, making it easier to get the answers you seek.
As the U.S. Department of Justice and 49 states sue Google over antitrust violations, emerging AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat, along with Google’s own Bard, are transforming the search landscape. These technologies offer direct answers, challenging Google’s ad revenue model and potentially making the anti-trust case moot.
Bard writes a blues song about the woes of SEOs in the age of generative search results. Image generated by DALL-E.
Robotaxis have been approved for use in San Francisco by Alphabet and General Motors, despite some previous issues, and expansion to other cities is planned. In the realm of AI, concerns are rising, with Geoffrey Hinton warning about chatbots surpassing human intelligence, and criminals creating their own malicious versions of ChatGPT. However, there are positive … Read more
Omicron dominates as COVID-19 strain; asthma medication and insulin see drastic shifts. Silicon Valley Bank collapses; Alaskan fisheries at risk. Wild mammal biomass dwindles. Trump indicted over hush money.
A winter storm ravaged the US and a calving glacier in Antarctica could raise the sea level by two feet. In legal news, there were various federal rulings related to gun ownership and a nationwide injunction on the abortion pill. In sports, LeBron James broke the NBA scoring record and the Kansas City Chiefs won … Read more
The US Economy Stock Market Indices The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 33,000, up from 19,000 in April 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic emerged. The NASDAQ Composite index was 11,000, down from the pandemic peak of 16,000 in November 2022, but still twice as high as the Great Recession in 2018. Inflation Continued The US … Read more
Omicron variant spreads rapidly around the world. The Omicron variant of COVID-19 spread rapidly around the world in December 2022, causing a surge in cases and hospitalizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Omicron a “variant of concern” on November 26, 2022, and it quickly became the dominant variant in many countries. New COVID-19 vaccine … Read more
FTX cryptocurrency exchange goes bankrupt, Hurricane Matthew kills 1,000 in Haiti, and North Korea fires more missiles.