Expedia is rolling out a new ChatGPT feature in its app, further solidifying the world of travel as one of the first industries to embrace a new wave of artificial-intelligence tools. The feature within Expedia's app will allow users to plan trips by conversing with a chatbot powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT technology. Through the feature, which is in its beta-testing phase, travelers can ask for recommendations in categories such as destinations, flights or hotels. Travelers will be able to book directly off some of the recommendations.

One of the areas where technology law is likely to see development in South Africa is the regulation of data privacy. The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) protects personal information and regulates the processing of personal data. However, with the rise of big data and the increasing use of technology in various industries, the legal framework surrounding data privacy will likely evolve in the coming years. This may include changes to PoPIA itself, as well as new legislation and case law that addresses emerging issues in data protection. Another area where tech law will likely see development is regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

Our reverence towards stars and celebrities was not borne of the 19th century's cinematic revolution, but rather has been a resilient aspect of our culture for millennia. Ancient tales of immortal gods rising again and again after fatal injury, the veneration and deification of social and political leaders, Madame Tussauds' wax museums and the Academy Awards' annual In Memoriam segment, they're are all facets of the human compulsion to put well-known thought leaders, tastemakers and trendsetters up on pedestals. And with a new, startlingly lifelike generation of generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) at our disposal, today's celebrities could potentially remain with us long after their natural deaths. American Historian Daniel Boorstin once quipped, "to be famous is to be well known for being well-known." With the rise of social media, achieving celebrity is now easier than ever, for better or worse.

You've probably heard by now: AI is coming, it's about to change everything, and humanity is not ready. Artificial intelligence is passing bar exams, plagiarizing term papers, creating deepfakes that are real enough to fool the masses, and the robot apocalypse is nigh. Tesla founder Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and hundreds of AI researchers signed an open letter this week urging a pause on AI development before it gets too powerful. "A.I. could rapidly eat the whole of human culture," three tech ethicists wrote in a New York Times op-ed. A cottage industry of AI hustlers have taken to Twitter, Substack and YouTube to demonstrate the formidable potential and power of AI, racking up millions of views and shares.

I was already having fun with GPT-4 helping me write code this last week. I created a few apps and plugins (to be published soon). But another surprise this morning was when I saw my access got approved for the ChatGPT plugin'Code Interpreter'.

My idea is to create expert tutor to power my education journey. Is extremely addictive to learn using a ChatGPT-4 Tutor. "You are a tutor an expert on AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning…

This week, over 1,750 academics, engineers and some notable names in the tech space signed an open letter asking for all Artificial Intelligence (AI) labs to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4". We discuss the issue from a few perspectives. Early this week, tech news platforms were abuzz about an open letter that had been signed by engineers from big tech companies, such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and by well-known tech leaders including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, along with more than 1,000 experts, petitioning for a pause in "Giant AI Experiments". In the letter, which was authored by the think tank the Future of Life Institute, concern was expressed that though currently, there is an intense race to develop even more powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems "…that no one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control…", the focus on exploring the risks and developing the attendant guidelines, protocols and systems to manage those risks, are considerably under-developed. In response to the perceived situation, the letter's authors are advocating for a pause in AI development for at least six months: Therefore, we call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

When OpenAI released GPT-3 in July 2020, it offered a glimpse of the data used to train the large language model. Millions of pages scraped from the web, Reddit posts, books, and more are used to create the generative text system, according to a technical paper. Scooped up in this data is some of the personal information you share about yourself online. This data is now getting OpenAI into trouble. On March 31, Italy's data regulator issued a temporary emergency decision demanding OpenAI stop using the personal information of millions of Italians that's included in its training data.

The clock uses ChatGPT to generate rhymes to tell the times. ChatGPT has been one of the internet's favorite toys for months now, but people are still finding novel and fun ways to use the AI chatbot. Case in point is this rhyming E Ink clock created by designer and blogger Matt Webb. It uses ChatGPT to create a short two-line rhyme that also tells the time for every minute of the day. It's incredible and we want one. Speaking to The Verge over DM, Webb explained that the clock is powered by an old Inky wHAT screen and a Raspberry Pi that he previously had set up as a regular text clock.