Citing data privacy concerns, banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has restricted its employees from using OpenAI's ChatGPT, a source told Bloomberg. The move was attributed to the bank's existing controls concerning third-party software. More: - Such usage could result in data and information leaks, potentially breaching government regulations.
- JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, has reportedly restricted ChatGPT among its global workforce, which counts around 250,000 staff members.
- The move comes after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly said the bank was in the process of spending "hundreds of millions of dollars per year" on AI technology, deployment, and talent.
- As of yet, no other financial institutions have been reported as banning ChatGPT.
Zoom out: - The banking industry may be especially concerned about workers using third-party AI software such as ChatGPT.
- In September, more than a dozen U.S. financial firms agreed to pay $1.8B in fines to settle charges over improper use of messaging applications and more.
- The Wall Street banks and brokers, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Barclays, violated federal record-keeping requirements when their staff used "off-channel communications" to discuss deals and trades.
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Microsoft announced new Bing and Edge mobile apps that include its new chatbot and other AI-powered features. As of today, users that were granted access to the Bing AI beta should have the "AI Copilot" features available on iOS and Android. More: - The new Bing mobile app now lets users start chat sessions to ask questions and receive answers from the AI model, the same as the desktop version.
- The AI will generate answers by text, bullet points, or simplified responses.
- The new app also lets users use their voice to talk to the chatbot.
- It uses text-to-speech technology to dictate the answers back to the user.
- This voice search is also available on Bing for desktop.
- In addition, people with preview access can access the new Bing from the Edge mobile app homepage, according to Microsoft.
Zoom out: - In addition, Microsoft today debuted its AI-powered Bing for Skype.
- On the communications platform, the Bing chatbot is available for one-on-one or group conversations.
- The AI technology can also translate between over 100 languages in Skype.
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Tome, an AI-powered alternative to PowerPoint and Google Slides, has raised $43M in Series B funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The AI-driven platform uses OpenAI technology to automate the process of creating presentations. More: - Users type in a description, and Tome will generate a presentation in less than a minute.
- Founded by two ex-Meta managers, the platform has integrated OpenAI large language models and an image generator.
- Its beta test version launched in September. By February, Tome had eclipsed 1 million users, which its founders said makes it the fastest-growing productivity tool to accomplish that feat.
- Other investors in the Series B round include Coatue, Greylock, Stability.ai CEO Emad Mostaque, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
- Tome is pre-revenue but said to be valued at $300M.
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The U.S. Copyright Office has withdrawn copyright registration for AI-created images used in a comic book, according to a letter viewed by Reuters. The graphic novel "Zarya of the Dawn" was created by artist Kris Kashtanova, who wrote the story text and used the text-to-image engine Midjourney to create the artwork. More: - After initially granting copyright status to the full book, the Copyright Office has now revoked the protection for the AI-generated images.
- The book's text and the whole work itself remain eligible for copyright registration, according to Bloomberg Law.
- The Office says it will reissue registration to exclude images that were not created by a human.
- On Wednesday, Kashtanova said it was "great news" that the story and image arrangement had retained the copyright status, telling Reuters that it "covers a lot of uses for the people in the AI art community."
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Artifact, an AI-powered personalized news feed app created by Instagram founders, has been launched to the public. The beta app appeared last month to users who provided their phone numbers after signing up on a waitlist. As of today, it's available for anyone to download on iOS or Android with no phone number required. More: - The Artifact app is the first product from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger as part of a new venture.
- The app relies on an AI recommendation system that prioritizes time spent reading certain subjects to personalize a user's news feed.
- It learns a user's news interests and recommends articles and posts, similar to TikTok's algorithm.
- Artifact gained over 160,000 signups on its waitlist in less than a month.
- According to Systrom, they've now added new features, including "profile visualization" and "popular in your network." Among articles that are popular among a user's contacts, a badge will now appear.
- A Medium post from the Artifact team describes the app in more detail here.
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 |  | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. She has written the Inside AI newsletter since 2019. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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