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Artificial intelligence is either a field of research, the most important technical innovation of mankind, its downfall – or simply a pipe dream from Silicon Valley. Can machines really be intelligent? What is intelligence anyway? What opportunities does AI technology offer, and what are the risks? From neural networks to the science fiction vision of super AI, from deepfakes to AI surveillance: THE DECODER delivers the latest AI news and information on all facets of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has just released its Grok chatbot as a free iOS app for US users. The app gives people access to xAI's latest language model, Grok 2, and lets them ask questions, create images, and analyze photos they upload. To keep its answers current, Grok pulls information from Twitter and the web. For now, the app is limited to iPhone users in the US. Musk had previously announced that Grok 3 would arrive by the end of 2024, calling it the "the world's most powerful AI by every metric by December," but it hasn't been released. If the rumor mill is right, Grok 3 is currently being tested and could be released in the coming weeks.
An engineer who goes by "STS 3D" caught OpenAI's attention - and not in a good way. The developer built a rifle system that could be controlled through ChatGPT voice commands, demonstrating in a viral video how the system could automatically aim and fire at targets using OpenAI's Realtime API. OpenAI quickly stepped in, revoking the developer's API access for violating their terms of service. While OpenAI has its own military contracts, the company has a strict policy against anyone using tools like ChatGPT for weapons systems.
