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Russia and China weaponize OpenAI's tech
PLUS OpenAI lands more licensing deals
Jack Shields
May 31, 2024
Happy Friday!
Hope you’ve had a good week. Today is all about OpenAI, which has been making lots of noise in recent weeks. Let’s go.
In today’s Daily Update:
🗞️ OpenAI says Russia and China used its tech for propaganda campaigns
🤖 Mistral introduces first LLM for coding
📸 OpenAI inks major news licensing agreements
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
Read time: 2 minutes
TOP STORY
🗞️ OpenAI says Russia and China used its tech for propaganda campaigns
DALL-E 3
Yesterday OpenAI reported that groups from Russia, China, Iran and Israel used its tech to manipulate public opinion and influence political outcomes around the world.
What you should know:
The groups used OpenAI’s tech to write social media posts, translate them into various languages and automatically post them online.
OpenAI says it shut down the ChatGPT accounts associated with the propaganda efforts.
OpenAI’s Ben Nimmo says none of the groups were able to gain much traction on social media.
Nimmo added that he observed propaganda networks “generating text at a higher volume and with fewer errors than these operations have traditionally managed.”
Why it matters: This news doesn’t come as a surprise, but it’s a reminder that foreign adversaries are weaponizing AI in subtle ways online. AI-enabled propaganda and misinformation will only become greater threats as industry giants like OpenAI continue to launch more advanced models.
AI TOOL OF THE DAY
🤖 Mistral introduces first LLM for coding
Source: Mistral
French AI startup Mistral just launched Codestral, its first large language model that specializes in coding tasks.
Key points:
Codestral is fluent in over 80 programming languages, including popular ones like Python, Java, C, C++, JavaScript and Bash.
The tool can complete coding functions, write tests and complete any partial code while reducing the risk of errors and bugs.
Mistral says Codestral already outperforms existing code-centric models across most programming languages.
Codestral is available for download on HuggingFace.
Quick thoughts: This model still hasn’t been tested publicly, but several users’ first impressions seem promising. You can click here to learn more.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
📸 OpenAI inks major news licensing agreements
DALL-E 3
OpenAI has reached licensing agreements with Vox Media and The Atlantic as the company continues to expand its reach in the news industry.
The details:
OpenAI will be able to use both publishers’ content to train AI models.
The Vox Media partnership will give OpenAI access to notable online content brands like Vox, The Verge, Eater and SB Nation.
ChatGPT will include citations to the publishers’ work when it’s used to respond to a user query.
Both agreements also allow the publishers to use OpenAI’s tech to power new journalism products.
Why it matters: OpenAI is building an impressive portfolio of licensing agreements. The company already has deals with News Corp, Axel Springer, the Financial Times and the Associated Press. ChatGPT needs real-time access to credible news to stay up to date, but these agreements could also help OpenAI launch a Google Search competitor very soon.
MORE TRENDING NEWS
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
DALL-E 3
Apple’s OpenAI deal is reportedly finalized.
OpenAI upgrades the free version of ChatGPT with internet access.
Perplexity launches “Pages” feature that can write entire reports from a single search.
Amazon introduces AI-powered voice search for Fire TV devices.
THAT’S ALL FOR THIS WEEK