Scoop from me: Microsoft is letting US government customers access GPT-4, and at least one segment of the DoD will be trying it out (DTIC, which focuses on research).
Microsoft Offers Powerful OpenAI Technology to US Government Cloud Customers – Bloomberg
@rachelmetz
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Microsoft Grants US Government Access to GPT-4 Technology
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Face ID Fails to Recognize Woman Drinking Wine
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Weird that Face ID can’t recognize me while I’m drinking a glass of wine, which is like an extremely recognizable look for me.
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The Big Take: AI Issues and Systemic Problems Discussion
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take a listen to the latest episode of The Big Take, featuring @dinabass and me talking about all the AI things, including some of the many people (such as @timnitGebru
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Mother’s Thought Experiment: AI Drone Kills Human Operator
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if your mother says she loves you (or that she conducted a thought experiment in front of an audience involving a simulation in which an AI drone killed its human operator), check it out.
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Amazon settles $25M FTC case over illegal Alexa children data collection
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in 2018 i wrote RE how disturbing it was that Alexa recorded mundane chitchat, including my then-toddler's chatter, so i'm RE Amazon agreeing to pay $25M to settle w/ the FTC RE Alexa speakers illegally collecting kids' data. https://
technologyreview.com/2018/05/25/142
713/yes-alexa-is-recording-mundane-details-of-your-life-and-its-creepy-as-hell/
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Generative AI usage creates confusion and messy real-world situations
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Yeah this doesn’t make sense to me. I think the situation is a good example of how people are actually using generative ai and what a mess it can be (for multiple reasons). Outlets like @verge are skilled at writing about this stuff; they’re not doing it simply for likes/seo!
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Spicy Prompt Requests for Davey Alba and SGE Access
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Spicy prompt requests for @daveyalba please! (I can pass on *and* try myself…I got SGE access today as well.)
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Chatbots Are Everywhere Now
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does it suddenly feel like chatbots are everywhere? that's because chatbots are everywhere.
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The Art and Complexity of Crafting Effective AI Prompts
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I also think it’s fun to know what is happening on the prompt side because it can be a lot of work to figure out just how to structure it— in some ways a good prompt is more interesting to me than the output lol.
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Input vs Output: How Small Prompt Tweaks Change AI Results
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I find it fascinating to see input vs output, and how tiny tweaks change things. Also since these things are so new there aren’t well established norms so I think people are curious to see how others structure prompts?