12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Over the past 12 business days, OpenAI has announced a new product or demoed an AI feature every weekday, calling the PR event “12 days of OpenAI.” We’ve covered some of the major announcements, but…
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Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI
While Bing Chat’s unhinged nature was caused in part by how Microsoft defined the “personality” of Sydney in the system prompt (and unintended side-effects of its architecture with regard to conversation length), Ars Technica’s saga…
Ars’ next conference is coming October 29 in Washington, D.C.
After a great event last month in San Jose, Ars is switching coasts for October and descending in force on our nation’s capital. If you’re on the East Coast and want to come hang out…
Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails
Enlarge / Dr. John Timmer, Jeff Ball, Joanna Wong, and Lee Hutchinson discussing infrastructure and the environment. Kimberly White/Getty Images Last week, Ars Technica Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher and I made the westerly trek to sunny…
Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services
Ars Technica On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a partnership with Ars Technica parent company Condé Nast to display content from prominent publications within its AI products, including ChatGPT and a new SearchGPT prototype. It also allows…
Ars asks: What was the last CD or DVD you burned?
Enlarge / This is one method of burning a disc. 1001slide / Getty Images We noted earlier this week that time seems to have run out for Apple’s venerable SuperDrive, which was the last (OEM)…
Hang out with Ars in San Jose and DC this fall for two infrastructure events
Enlarge / Infrastructure! Howdy, Arsians! Last year, we partnered with IBM to host an in-person event in the Houston area where we all gathered together, had some cocktails, and talked about resiliency and the future…
Ars Technica used in malware campaign with never-before-seen obfuscation
Getty Images Ars Technica was recently used to serve second-stage malware in a campaign that used a never-before-seen attack chain to cleverly cover its tracks, researchers from security firm Mandiant reported Tuesday. A benign image…
ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says
Getty Images ChatGPT is leaking private conversations that include login credentials and other personal details of unrelated users, screenshots submitted by an Ars reader on Monday indicated. Two of the seven screenshots the reader submitted…