Headlines You Should Know
OpenAI Adds Updates to ‘Improve the ChatGPT Experience’
New features have been rolling out since last Thursday, including example prompts, suggested replies and follow-up questions, GPT-4 as the default setting, and the ability to upload multiple files in Code Interpreter.
Zoom Addresses Privacy Concerns Raised by AI Data Collection
Yesterday was hectic for Zoom, after a Stack Diary article published over the weekend dug deep into its terms of service, which were updated in March. It appeared, according to the article, that Zoom gave itself carte blanche to use “Service Generated Data” to train its AI without giving users a way to opt out. Zoom went on the defensive, claiming it wouldn’t utilize user data without consent and updated the terms of service.
Elsewhere …
- Annoying and Cliched: Why ChatGPT Only Creates Titles With Colons
- Will AI Be an Economic Blessing or Curse? History Offers Clues
- 4 Charts That Show Why AI Progress Is Unlikely to Slow Down
- A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: AI-Generated Guidebooks
Tips and Tricks
So Long, Link Reader
What’s new: A few weeks ago, ChatGPT disabled its “Browse With Bing” feature because it would “occasionally display content in ways we don’t want.” Users found a workaround via plugins like Link Reader, and now that popular plugin is no longer available.
Why it matters: Plugins can browse the internet or be used to go to a specific link and read a page’s content. Well, at least the good ones can.
Two alternatives: Link Reader was super helpful, and finding its replacement may take some time. We’ve found some success with WebPilot and VoxScript. When I asked it to find 10 interesting stories about generative AI in the past 48 hours, WebPilot provided links, but the stories were not within the timeframe I’d asked for. VoxScript gave me a mix of articles and general pages, like the Wikipedia page for generative AI, but the response did acknowledge it didn’t filter for articles published in the last 48 hours.