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OpenAI details how to keep ChatGPT from gobbling up website data
Microsoft’s Copilot AI can now help deploy field workers
IBM Research's latest Analog AI chip for deep learning inference
A Tsunami of AI misinformation will shape next year’s knife-edge elections | John Naughton

How OpenAI prevents ChatGPT from consuming website data

Without announcement, OpenAI recently added details about its web crawler, GPTBot, to its online documentation site. GPTBot is the name of the user agent that the company uses to retrieve webpages to train the AI models behind ChatGPT, such as GPT-4. Earlier this week, some sites quickly announced their intention to block GPTBot's access to their content. Link

Microsoft's Copilot AI can now help deploy field workers

Microsoft is bringing generative AI to frontline field workers by integrating its Copilot AI assistant into its field services platform, streamlining workflows but also enabling supervisors to know what technicians are doing on the job. (It’s distinct from the Github service of the same name.) Now, Copilot will be added to the Dynamics 365 service used by field workers like cable technicians and electric repair personnel, among a swathe of other jobs in facilities, manufacturing, and healthcare. Link

IBM Research's latest analog AI chip for deep learning inference

IBM Research made a significant step towards addressing these challenges by introducing a state-of-the-art, mixed-signal analog AI chip for running a variety of DNN inference tasks. It’s the first analog chip that has been tested to be as adept at computer vision AI tasks as digital counterparts, while being considerably more energy efficient. link

A tsunami of AI misinformation will shape next year’s knife-edge elections | John Naughton

It looks like 2024 will be a pivotal year for democracy. There are elections taking place all over the free world – in South Africa, Ghana, Tunisia, Mexico, India, Austria, Belgium, Lithuania, Moldova and Slovakia, to name just a few. There’s also the UK and the US. Of these, the last may be the most pivotal because: Donald Trump is a racing certainty to be the Republican candidate; a significant segment of the voting population seems to believe that the 2020 election was “stolen”; and the Democrats are, well… underwhelming. link

Business Expos

Data visualization startup Virtualitics lands $37M investment
- In a separate poll from NewVantage Partners, meanwhile, less than a third of firms identify themselves as being data-driven — despite significant investments in AI and business analytics tools.
Matrixian Group Raises €3.5M in Funding
- Matrixian Group, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based company using data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to value homes through automated processes, raised €3.5M in funding.