How Microsoft Bing and ChatGPT Are Lighting a Fire Under Google

It’s become clear, just over a week in, that Microsoft’s new ChatGPT-powered Bing has some problems. Users have had creepy, unsettling exchanges with Bing, resulting in Microsoft limiting some features. Win or lose, though, Microsoft Bing has successfully pushed Google towards much-needed innovation. Despite the hype, the launch of Microsoft’s grand entrance into the world … Read more

Sundar Pichai pushes Googlers to spend more time improving its Bard AI

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai has asked employees to spend 2 to 4 hours on improving Bard, Google’s recently-released AI chatbot, reported Business Insider (BI) citing a leaked company-wide email. Bard is the company’s AI chatbot that Google intends to integrate into search. The email indicates urgency in Google’s approach in order to win the next … Read more

Microsoft fusing ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing

The revamping of Microsoft’s second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against other tech companies in capitalizing on the worldwide excitement surrounding ChatGPT, a tool that’s awakened millions of people to the possibilities of the latest AI technology. Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology … Read more

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