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The NSA has a new security center specifically for guarding against AI
The National Security Agency (NSA) is starting an artificial intelligence security center to safeguard our defense and intelligence systems. This should discourage bad actors from stealing or sabotaging currently-used AI models.
Meta AI is a new chatbot platform that starts with over 25 personalities
Meta announced at its Connect event on Wednesday that it will release a line of digital personalities on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger built on the company's freshly announced Meta AI chatbot platform.
Even the CIA is developing an AI chatbot
The CIA confirmed that it’s developing an AI chatbot for all 18 US intelligence agencies to quickly parse troves of ‘publicly available’ data.
Meta's plan to attract young users hinges on cringe-worthy AI chatbots
Meta's prepping dozens of AI chatbots intended to attract younger users. These bots will be filled with various personalities.
Amazon bets $4 billion on OpenAI rival Anthropic
Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic as a way to provide deep learning and other services to its Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers.
Baidu opens up its ERNIE generative AI to the public
Baidu has made ERNIE Bot, its generative AI product and large language model, generally available to the public through various app stores and its website. The company also plans to release a string of AI apps it says will allow folks "to fully experience the four core abilities of generative AI: understanding, generation, reasoning, and memory."
Rally's and Checkers are using AI chatbots for Spanish-language food orders
Checkers and Rally's restaurants have launched the first Spanish ordering system that uses AI.
Snapchat's My AI chatbot glitched so hard it started posting Stories
A technical issue temporarily gave Snapchat's My AI posting powers and people are freaking out.
Meta is reportedly planning an Abe Lincoln chatbot as part of a public AI push
Meta is preparing to launch AI-enabled chatbots with unique personalities, according to a report by Financial Times. What’s more? It looks like the first chatbot released will be none other than Abraham Lincoln, so you’ll be able to ask good ole Honest Abe his thoughts on life. The company is also reportedly creating a surfer personality expressly for making travel plans.
Bing Chat powered by OpenAI tech is rolling out to Chrome and Safari
Microsoft's Bing Chat is no longer exclusive to the Edge browser, as it's now rolling out to Chrome and Safari.
Google's Bard AI chatbot has learned to talk
Google's Bard gained a handful of new features and functions Thursday in the chatbot AI's latest round of updates, including 40 new languages and the ability to speak!
Google's NotebookLM personalizes the chatbot experience
Google's Project Tailwind, an 'AI-first notebook' is now available to select beta testers in the US.
Anthropic releases Claude 2, a more capable, less gullible AI chatbot
Less than half a year after releasing the first version, Anthropic is back with a new iteration of its "Constitutional AI" Claude.
Google is testing its medical AI chatbot at the Mayo Clinic
Google is already testing its Med-PaLM 2 AI chat technology at at the Mayo Clinic and other hospitals.
NASA is creating a ChatGPT-like assistant for astronauts
NASA is developing a system that will allow astronauts to perform maneuvers, conduct experiments and more using a natural-language ChatGPT-like interface.
Otter’s AI chatbot pays attention during meetings so you don’t have to
Otter.ai just announced Otter Chat, an AI chatbot specifically designed for work meetings. This “collaborative AI intelligence” acts as a help center for anyone participating in the meeting, transcribing meeting data and winnowing it down into an actual conversation. This allows it to accurately answer questions about the meeting that just transpired, send followup emails and even write related blog posts.
Instagram may roll out its own AI chatbot in the near future
A reverse engineer has found evidence of an AI chatbot that Instagram seems to be working on. The chatbot may be able to answer questions, give advice and help you write messages.
Eating disorder helpline takes down chatbot after it dispenses dangerous advice
The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) was forced to take down its Tessa chatbot after it “may have given information that was harmful and unrelated to the program”, according to an official social media post. Simply put, the AI chatbot was intended to help people dealing with emotional distress, but instead just made things worse by offering dieting advice and urging users to weigh and measure themselves.
TikTok is testing an AI chatbot for content discovery
TikTok is in the “early stages” of testing an AI-powered chatbot, called Tako, which will be able to recommend videos and respond to queries about what users are watching.
FTC warns tech companies against AI shenanigans that harm consumers
On Monday, FTC attorney, Michael Atleson, laid out how generative AI systems could be used to violate the FTC Act and what the commission would do to companies found in violation.

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