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Artificial Intelligence is a key technology that can help us solve major societal challenges such as climate change, energy supply, healthcare, education or logistics. AI can solve specific problems more effectively by supporting us in decision-making, automating solutions and thus scaling them, or discovering completely new solutions. But the use of AI also poses new risks, for example when it comes to surveillance or questions of social justice.

What is our society doing with AI – and what is AI doing to our society? We shed light on this question in our AI and Society Content Hub.

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US think tank warns of "reverse brain drain" in China's AI sector

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Researchers used AI to manipulate Reddit users, scrapped study after backlash

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xAI alters Grok chatbot to shield Elon Musk from misinformation claims

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The GPT-4 API is now available to all paying customers, with OpenAI retiring older models in the Completions API in six months and encouraging users to adopt the Chat Completions API.

GPT-3.5 Turbo, DALL-E, and Whisper APIs are also now generally available, with fine-tuning for GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 Turbo expected later this year. Applications using stable model names for base GPT-3 models will automatically be upgraded to newer models on January 4, 2024. Priority access to GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 fine-tuning will be granted to users who previously fine-tuned older models.

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Mercedes-Benz is testing ChatGPT in its MO360 intelligent production system to improve production processes, real-time data analysis, and optimize quality management. The company is integrating ChatGPT through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service, leveraging the enterprise capabilities of the cloud and AI platform.

ChatGPT uses customer experience and quality data from production and development to quickly identify and analyze potential issues, increasing the efficiency of quality management and process optimization at Mercedes-Benz for employees without prior programming knowledge. Upon successful completion of the pilot, the tool will be implemented across Mercedes-Benz's global production network.

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"There will be no programmers in five years," believes Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI. In an interview, Mostaque talked about the dominant role that generative AI systems like ChatGPT are already playing in programming. Forty-one percent of the code on GitHub is already AI-generated, he said.

Mostaque is committed to open source with his company and sees open AI as a "much better business model" than closed systems.

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The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Japan on key technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors as part of its strategy to reduce dependence on China. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is meeting with the Japanese government to discuss an EU-Japan Digital Partnership Council, focusing on sectors such as quantum computing and AI. The move is part of the EU's plan to "de-risk" from China and deepen ties with technology allies.

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Following feedback from a 25-city global tour, OpenAI says it is increasing its focus on making AI products like ChatGPT and GPT-4 more useful, accessible, and impactful for users and developers worldwide. The tour was led by CEO Sam Altman, who was joined by his co-founders or employees, depending on the location.

Specifically, the company is working on improving performance for languages other than English and ensuring that models perform efficiently in real-world applications, not just "lab benchmarks," it says. OpenAI also wants to "make it easier for people to guide our models toward responses that reflect a wider variety of individual needs and local cultures and contexts."

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"Cat attack" on reasoning model shows how important context engineering is

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Apple's claims about large reasoning models face fresh scrutiny from a new study

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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince sees trouble ahead for the open web

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