Baidu may soon launch its ChatGPT-style bot

Baidu Inc. is planning to roll out an artificial intelligence chatbot service similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to a person familiar with the matter, potentially China’s most prominent entry in a race touched off by the tech phenomenon. China’s largest search engine company plans to debut a ChatGPT-style application in March, initially embedding it into … Read more

Bengaluru colleges put curbs on use of ChatGPT

With OpenAI’s ChatGPT passing the Wharton MBA exam, and the US law and medical licensing exams, colleges in Bengaluru are getting worried. Sanjay Chitnis, dean of the school of computer science and engineering at RV University, has issued an advisory to students and faculty saying that artificial intelligence (AI) agents such as ChatGPT, Github Copilot, … Read more

ChatGPT Wrote My Cover Letters. Here’s How Recruiters Responded

I got the chatbot to write cover letters for real jobs and asked hiring managers what they thought. Most of the managers would have given me a screening call but said the letters lacked personality. A new version of an AI chatbot from OpenAI, ChatGPT, has had the internet in a frenzy over the last … Read more

ChatGPT Will Be Overhyped, Overlooked, and Then, Perhaps, Essential

ChatGPT has been touted as a Google killer and the turning point for AI to enter the mainstream. It’s fascinating to play with, but ChatGPT is still limited, and the backlash has already started. Emerging technology like ChatGPT is usually called overhyped until it becomes essential. Over the past few weeks, social-media feeds and tech-pundit … Read more