
BUSINESS
With ChatGPT plugins, OpenAI could revolutionise web browsing, challenge Google’s dominance
Over a week into the release of ChatGPT Plugins, many websites and apps are turning to the generative AI tool to give themselves a headstart over rivals and improve customer experience

BUSINESS
Two weeks into its release, ChatGPT-4 is showcasing significant improvements over GPT3.5
A research paper pointing out how ChatGPT-4 aced a US bar examination is a sign of things to come. The free ChatGPT3.5 version doesn’t seem so attractive any more, but it is worthwhile appreciating OpenAI’s evolutionary work on large language models that got us here

BUSINESS
Will ChatGPT feel like a distant blur soon? GPT-4 that creates audio and videos coming
Microsoft’s announcement that it will release GPT-4, a generative AI model with multimedia production capabilities, has electrified those who are already dazed by the searing pace of the AI race. How will Google respond?

BUSINESS
AI-generated images: Powerful, easily usable tools hasten this technology’s adoption, but risks abound too
What ChatGPT does with textual answers, a host of AI tools are doing in image generation. The quality and diversity of the output still has some way to go but there is no doubting the potency of the technology. There are risks too, including potential loss of livelihoods for artists and photographers

BUSINESS
A Cat-And-Mouse Chase: Close on the heels of AI-generated content lurks a market for AI-spotting tools
AI generated content is on the verge of flooding every sphere of our lives. From education and research to search engines and governments, everyone will be needing AI detection tools

WORLD
ChatGPT can’t replace coders yet, but humans being humans will depend on it more and more
ChatGPT won’t displace programmers for a long time. The problem is coders becoming overdependent on ChatGPT, delegating work unnecessarily, and becoming unable to identify mistakes ChatGPT makes

BUSINESS
Are chatbots necessary? Organisations have found it helpful for making their websites interactive and conversational
With even public sector enterprises and government agencies at the forefront of using AI-based chatbots, the die, so to speak, is cast. Chatbots aren’t perfect but companies have found them useful in doing repetitive tasks

BUSINESS
Can ChatGPT eventually take the place of search engines?
ChatGPT has limitations in searching for information, lacking conventional search engine functionality like crawling through the web to retrieve comprehensive, and latest, results

TRENDS
ChatGPT will find its students. Key for teachers is assessing the good and bad of learning from AI
The education system is in great tumult over the frightful ease of using ChatGPT to find answers and turn in assignments. Kneejerk bans won’t work. Let’s watch and understand AI’s impact on students and learning