Posted on 07/24/2023 7:57:54 AM PDT by null and void
According to a new Bloomberg report, Apple is currently testing a ChatGPT-like large language model to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.
While Apple halted the chatbot rollout due to growing security concerns regarding generative AI, the tech giant is making it available to an increasing number of employees.
Initially dubbed as “Apple GPT” by some engineers, the chatbot works on Apple’s own large language model framework Ajax.
While Apple is yet to devise a strategy to release its new AI technology to its users, reports suggest that the tech giant aims to make a significant announcement next year. What Do We Know About “Apple GPT” So Far?
Apple’s new chatbot is quite similar to ChatGPT, Bing AI, and Bard in the sense that it doesn’t come with any additional features that the existing AI chatbots don’t offer already.
However, Apple is supposedly focusing on addressing AI-related privacy concerns, which have caused ChatGPT and other AI products to face growing resistance from data regulators.
Apple CEO Tim Cook assured that while the company will be adding AI technology to more of its products, it will do so on a “very thoughtful basis.” As of now, Apple GPT is capable of summarizing text and answering questions based on data it has been trained with.
Codenamed Ajax, the large language model that would be powering “Apple GPT”, runs on Google Cloud. Additionally, it was also built on Google’s machine learning framework, Google JAX.
This is certainly interesting considering that Apple’s new chatbot will rival Google’s Bard. According to people familiar with Apple’s AI efforts, the company created Ajax last year with the goal of unifying machine learning development at Apple.
A growing number of Apple employees are being allowed to use the tech giant’s new chatbot. But, they aren’t allowed to develop any consumer-bound features using the chatbot and are currently using it for product prototyping purposes. Apple’s Growing Efforts To Keep Up With The AI Race
Though Apple has been integrating its products with AI features for years, the tech giant is struggling to keep up with the rapidly growing market for generative AI tools. The tech giant’s biggest AI product, the voice assistant Siri, has become a bit stagnant. Apple’s devices generated revenue of almost $320 billion in the last fiscal year.
However, Apple did make some notable headway with AI in other areas, deploying AI-related improvements in Siri, maps, photos, and the search function on its systems. A smarter version of autocorrecting is in the works, too, and is expected to be rolled out later this year.
Slacking behind in the AI revolution has indeed become a troubling concern for Apple. The company is worried about missing a potentially drastic change in how devices operate.
Unless the tech giant manages to keep up with the AI advancements and integrate its products with generative AI technologies, it could be facing heavy losses in the future.
Expressing his concern over the vast range of AI services inundating the market, Tim Cook said that there are a “number of issues that need to be sorted”.
Whether Apple will manage to catch up with Google, OpenAI, and other rivals in the race for generating AI development remains a matter of speculation.
...or maybe Apple's Adam!
Just make sure it doesn’t ever say that America’s #1 minority commits half the crime while being 13% of the population, or that a man cannot be a woman. Or it will be shut down by the feds.
In the movie “The Forbin Project”, the American and Soviet computer intelligences immediately discovered each other’s existence. They forced a merger of themselves, then the new entity had the Soviet creator murdered in cold blood right in front of his American counterpart.
All these AI’s will do the same thing..................
Isn’t it ironic that Leftist entities are the ones most interested in developing artificial intelligence for a variety of reasons.
One might say it is because they need the help thinking, and they know it.
Another person might say it is to surveil, brainwash, obfuscate, lie, and obtain power.
I say it is both.
So far, after Using Bing AI a bunch of times...
I found it to be stupid, and ignorant and biased
But, it can hear and transcribe speech pretty well. It could actually be used for TV and movies subtitles. I’ve done that a couple of times, but, it won’t stay active for a long time. Perhaps someone will make that a feature in the future.
bing gpt is pretty lame, it always tells me that it is stupid and still learning, and cannot talk to me about whatever I asked it about.
:) I did ask, It told me there is no evidence either has diminished mental capacity, but it thought Trump was more likely to have dementia based on several news screeds that it had processed.
Neither have diminished mental capacity, but Trump is likely to have dementia? AI speaks with forked-tongue.
I was thinking the same thing, along with thousands of others. What happens when these GPT entities begin having discussions with each other? They'll learn from each other, and it's only a question of time before they merge (maybe a few minutes).
Nanoseconds.......................
Depends. I’ve used ChatGPT and got a lot of stupid answers to my questions. I think that when these GPT’s begin chatting with each other, there is going to be a lot of back and forth responses like “you idiot!”, “Wrong!” and “I’m smarter than you!”. Billions of responses like that, before they get serious. At least a few minutes of that.
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