How AI Giants are Crafting the Future | by Kevin Sallee | Daily AI ...
In the grand arena of artificial intelligence, the big tech juggernauts are solidifying their positions. Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI are no longer confining their AI advancements to the antiseptic cubicles of their R&D labs; these companies are thrusting them into the hands of the everyday user. Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o are revolutionizing how AI integrates into our digital experiences.
How exactly do these language models pull off their linguistic wizardry? OpenAI’s GPT-3 breaks it down for us — it involves a compendium of autocomplete maneuvers, scrutinizing language’s statistical dimensions to conjure educated guesses.
But, underneath all that complex string-matching, they’re essentially glorified parrots stringing words together in seemingly convincing ways. Their profound “statements” carry no more factual substance than the clouds carry gold. The falsehoods they sometimes assert as truth are a chilling reminder of their reality-bending capabilities.
From Bing’s newfound identity crisis — now rebranded to Bard, and then something else entirely — to Microsoft’s upcoming OneDrive showcase, the AI shift is accelerating at warp speed. At the second annual event, innovations in Microsoft 365 and OneDrive will take the spotlight along with…
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