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Why Chatbots Sometimes Act Weird and Spout Nonsense
No, chatbots aren’t sentient. Here’s how their underlying technology works.
Why a Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine led to it declaring its love for me.
Researchers unearth Windows backdoor that’s unusually stealthy
Enlarge (credit: BeeBright / Getty Images / iStockphoto) Researchers have discovered a clever piece of malware that stealthily exfiltrates data and executes malicious code from Windows systems by abusing a feature in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). IIS is a general-purpose web server that runs on Windows devices. As a web server, it accepts requests...
Tesla Will Open Some Chargers to All Electric Vehicles
An agreement with the White House to allow electric cars made by other automakers is part of a broad effort to improve charging and increase sales of battery-powered vehicles.
FTX Negotiates for Return of $400 Million From Obscure Hedge Fund
The founders of the trading firm Modulo Capital are in talks with FTX about returning the investment that Sam Bankman-Fried made in the fund.
Carmakers Are Pushing Autonomous Tech. This Engineer Wants Limits.
Missy Cummings, who spent more than a year at the federal auto safety agency, said that drivers were putting too much trust in systems like Tesla’s Autopilot and that regulators needed to restrict their use.
Lyft’s Financial Woes Thrust It Into the Spotlight
Lyft recovered from pandemic restrictions slower than Uber, and critics said it lacked the kind of ambitious investments that could distinguish itself from its rival.
Microsoft’s Bing Chatbot Offers Some Puzzling and Inaccurate Responses
The new, A.I.-powered system was released to a small audience a week ago. Microsoft says it is working out its issues.
Meta develops an AI language bot that can use external software tools
Enlarge / An artist’s impression of a robot hand using a desktop calculator. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Language models like ChatGPT have revolutionized the field of natural language processing, but they still struggle with some basic tasks such as arithmetic and fact-checking. Last Thursday, researchers from Meta revealed Toolformer, an AI language model...