GAIN 15 - An AI Virtual Girlfriend, OpenAI on Capital Hill, Amazon, Anthropic, Meta, Zoom, and More
Top generative AI industry news from the week of May 18th
Here is the Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown for May 18, 2023. Eric Schwartz from Voicebot.ai and Bret Kinsella (that’s me) break down the biggest industry stories of the week. Some of those stories include OpenAI, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Anthropic, Zoom, Gather, and an AI virtual girlfriend that went viral.
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Links related to the top stories are included below in case you’d like to explore the news in more detail. Let me know what you think about this week’s topics and commentary.
Amazon surpasses 500M Alexa devices, but do its claims of generative AI leadership ring true?
OpenAI’s Sam Altman wows U.S. Senators, asks them to regulate AI
Satya Nadella says the AI copilot era is more human friendly than the AI autopilot era
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ChatGPT Plus Subscribers Can Now Use Plugins and Web Browsing - Here are Some Tips
OpenAI opened access to the new Plugins and Web browsing models yesterday to all ChatGPT Plus subscribers. The official announcement on Twitter and the one from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman both said the features would be rolled out over the next week to all subscribers to the service. However, I am unaware of any subscribers who do not yet have it.