, arguing the technology poses “profound risks to society and humanity.” As Joe Castaldo reports, the letter suggests pausing the training of systems that are more powerful than GPT-4 – the latest iteration of a large language model created by OpenAI – for at least six months to give the industry time to create and implement shared safety protocols.
Generative AI, a term for technology that creates text and images based on a few words supplied by a user, has skyrocketed in popularity since OpenAI released a chatbot called ChatGPT in November. Venture capital firms have rushed to pump money into AI startups, while established tech giants – such as Microsoft, and Google parent company Alphabet – have scrambled to integrate generative AI features into their products.
Is the Shaw deal for everything, such as cable and internet? Or is it just the mobile phone division?