ChatGPT is now a smartphone app, which could be good news for people who like to use the artificial intelligence chatbot and bad news for all the clone apps that have tried to profit off the technology. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the United States on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. The company that makes it, OpenAI, said it will remain ad-free but "syncs your history across devices". "We're starting our rollout in the US and will expand to additional countries in the coming weeks," said a blog post announcing the new app, which is described in the App Store as the "official app" by OpenAI.

Cybercriminals are turning to ChatGPT to generate extremely convincing phishing emails, researchers have warned - so how can internet users spot the scams? Cybersecurity company Norton warned that criminals are turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT to create'lures' to rob victims. A report in New Scientist suggested that using ChatGPT to generate emails could cut costs for cybercrime gangs by up to 96 percent. ChatGPT also completely removes the language barrier for cybercriminal gangs around the world, warns Julia O'Toole, CEO of MyCena Security Solutions. O'Toole said there are still ways to spot scam emails generated by AI tools, but the technology makes it far more difficult to spot scam emails.

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Automated testing for software engineering job candidates is widely used today, with many companies relying on such techniques to identify the most talented programmers. But these tests are not without their faults, and the burgeoning field of ChatGPT may add further caution to their use. Although it is early, there are grounds for concern. Automated coding tests that screen developers for skills could be subject to AI-driven manipulation.

Baidu, China's top search engine provider and robotaxi developer, is apparently working on its own counterpart to ChatGPT. The news, first reported by Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, sent Baidu's stock price rising on Monday to reach its highest point since September. A spokesperson for Baidu declined to comment on the reports. But it wouldn't be surprising that Baidu, which bills itself as the pioneer in China's artificial intelligence field, is stepping up to build the Chinese equivalent of today's most powerful chatbot. The question is how big a difference the tool can make, and where its limitations lie.