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The chatbot could be used to impersonate your bank.
AI: Is your job at risk from digital humans?
Companies will employ the next-gen robots in the next 10 years, a report predicts.
Traveller uses ChatGPT to write ‘passively aggressive’ complaint to airline
'I am writing to express my extreme frustration and disappointment,' the AI chatbot wrote.
ChatGPT threatens language diversity in the age of AI
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ChatGPT is driving academics to consider using oral assessments more.
Jarden Brief: Four firms team up to challenge ChatGPT
Big-cap tech giants looking to join forces in the hope of making a new chatbot.
Steven Joyce: Tech from the future, bureaucracy from the past
Troubled schools show the limits of top-down control.
Driverless shuttle hits the road in Queenstown
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Opinion: ChatGPT is a threat to language diversity
People are both optimistic and frightened by the possibilities of AI tech.
Chatbot glitches abound in new AI
Google’s Bard, Baidu’s Ernie Bot and Microsoft’s Bing all arrived this week.
Jarden Brief: Google parent takes a hit in rising tide of AI competition
Artifical intelligence competition rapidly expanding in challenge to tech giant.
Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing
Tech giant announces a new AI-powered search engine and browser.
'Bad bots': AI tech dangerous in criminals’ hands
The new ChatGPT bot has people worrying about the advances of AI technology.
ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech
Google's new AI ChatGPT has been challenged to write the State of the Union address.
‘Unethical’ judge asks ChatGPT for advice on child’s medical rights
Artificial intelligence expert lambasts claim that chatbot is similar to a secretary.
Google has the next move as Microsoft embraces OpenAI buzz
Google has been cautious about who plays with its AI advances despite growing pressure.
Liam Dann: Can artificial intelligence tell us if inflation has peaked?
A robot ate my homework: The ChatGPT app may change the world, but it's far from human.
ChatGPT AI’s Wharton MBA exam pass poses test for business schools
Financial Times: Microsoft's latest investment outperforms some human students.
Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Why the tech giant is doubling down on its earlier investment.
ChatGPT: AI software writing essay in seconds worries Otago academic
Launched in November, chatbot can churn out responses to all kinds of requests.
What is ChatGPT and why are schools blocking it?
ChatGPT can churn out a persuasive term paper in a matter of seconds.
Tesla cuts AI self-driving tech workers
"Phantom braking" claims and recession fears: Elon Musk says Tesla must cut staff.