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Generative artificial intelligence has become a buzzword this year, capturing public excitement and sparking a race between Microsoft and Alphabet to launch products with technology they believe will change the nature of work. Here is everything you need to know about this technology: WHAT IS GENERATIVE AI?
Like other forms of artificial intelligence, generative AI learns to act on prior data. Create entirely new content (text, image, even computer code) based on this training, rather than just categorizing or identifying the data as other AI.
The best-known generative AI application is ChatGPT, a Microsoft-backed chatbot launched by OpenAI late last year. The AI that drives it is known as a great language model because it takes a text message and types a human-like response.
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GPT-4, a newer model announced by OpenAI this week, is "multimodal" in that it can perceive not only text but also images. The OpenAI president demonstrated on Tuesday how he could take a photo of a hand-drawn mockup for a website he wanted to build and build a real one from there.
WHAT IS IT FOR?
Beyond demos, companies are already putting generative AI to work.
Technology is useful for creating a first draft of marketing copy, for example, though it may need some cleaning up as it's not perfect. One example is CarMax Inc, which used a version of OpenAI technology to summarize thousands of customer reviews and help buyers decide which used car to buy.
Generative AI can also take notes during a virtual meeting. You can write and personalize emails and create slideshows. Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google demonstrated these features in product announcements this week.
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
Nothing, although there are concerns about possible abuse of the technology.
School systems have worried about students turning in AI-written essays undermining the hard work they need to learn. Cybersecurity researchers have also raised concerns that generative AI could allow bad actors, including governments, to produce far more misinformation than before.
At the same time, the technology itself is susceptible to errors. AI-confidently touted inaccuracies of fact, called "hallucinations," and responses that seem erratic, such as professing love to a user, are all reasons companies have tried to test the technology before making it available. available to the public.
IS IT JUST GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT?
These two companies are at the forefront of research and investment in large language models, as well as the largest in integrating generative AI into widely used software like Gmail and Microsoft Word. But they are not alone.
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Big companies like Salesforce Inc, as well as smaller ones like Adept AI Labs, are creating their own competing AI or packaging technology from others to give users new powers through software.
HOW IS ELON MUSK INVOLVED?
He was one of the co-founders of OpenAI with Sam Altman. But the billionaire resigned from the startup's board in 2018 to avoid a conflict of interest between OpenAI's work and AI research conducted by Telsa Inc, the electric vehicle maker he leads.
Musk expressed concern about the future of AI and fought for a regulator to ensure that the development of the technology serves the public interest.
"It's quite a dangerous technology. I'm afraid I've done some things to speed it up," he said near the end of Tesla Inc's Investor Day event earlier this month.
"Tesla is doing some good things in AI, I don't know, this stresses me out, I don't know what else to say about it."
