Recently, a new study has shown that engaging in less than 10 minutes of conversation with a chatbot can effectively reduce people's beliefs in certain deeply held conspiracy theories, such as rumors surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was led by a team from MIT, where the researchers specifically designed a highly persuasive AI model—ChatGPT—to individually refute the conspiracy claims of participants through personalized dialogue. In this experiment, the researchers recruited over 2,000 individuals who self-identified as conspiracy believers.

OpenAI has launched the brand new model series GPT-o1, which exhibits exceptional reasoning abilities. Compared to previous models, its performance is highly anticipated. GPT-o1: Enhanced Reasoning Capabilities is a series of new reasoning models designed to help solve complex problems. These models are specially trained to take more time to think before responding, enabling them to tackle more challenging issues than ever in fields such as science, coding, and mathematics. GPT-o1 will first be available in ChatGPT and A.

OpenAI is in funding talks to raise $6.5 billion, aiming for a $150 billion valuation, supported by a $5 billion revolving credit facility from banks. The high valuation stems from the success of ChatGPT, solidifying OpenAI's position as a key player in AI, backed by Microsoft and led by Sam Altman.....

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Pro at a price of $200 per month, planning to introduce a new model called 'Strawberry' within two weeks. Its core feature mimics the human thought process, generating accurate content through a 'thinking' period of 10 to 20 seconds and information retrieval, focusing solely on text processing and currently not supporting image and audio processing. The 'Strawberry' model employs innovative optimization strategies, including a dense verification reward model and dynamic adjustments to answer quality, aimed at enhancing the performance of large language models and overcoming limitations in training datasets and reasoning computational resources.

OpenAI plans to release its next-generation AI model, Strawberry, in two weeks as part of the ChatGPT services. The model's uniqueness lies in its ability to 'think' before responding to user queries, differing from the traditional immediate response model, and is expected to bring revolutionary changes to human-computer interaction. Initially, Strawberry will support only text input and output, released as a standalone product alongside ChatGPT. OpenAI's innovation prowess in the AI field is once again evident, with its commercial products attracting over 1 million paid users.

OpenAI is preparing to release its latest AI model named 'Strawberry', expected to go live on ChatGPT in two weeks. This model is designed as a reasoning model that solves complex problems through multi-step reasoning, capable of handling tasks such as answering difficult algebra questions or designing marketing campaigns that typically take months. It's worth noting that 'Strawberry' only supports text processing, unlike the flagship model GPT-4 which has image and audio processing capabilities. However, the model may have slower response times.

In the 1923 play 'The Adding Machine', an office worker faces an existential crisis as he is replaced by a machine. Now, the Seattle theatre company 'The Feast' is attempting to integrate generative AI into drama creation with 'The Adding Machine: A Cyber-Ethics Play', where AI will partake in scene and costume design, interacting with chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude to generate real-time text or voice responses. Actors are required to interact with AI for improvisational performances. Artistic Director Ryan Guzzo Purcell is cautiously optimistic, concerned about the potential implications of AI technology.

Goldman Sachs mistakenly attributed the decline in OpenAI's ChatGPT traffic to data analysis errors, failing to notice that domain changes distorted traffic statistics, which raised concerns in the market about the outlook for AI stocks. In reality, Similarweb data shows that the number of ChatGPT users has increased by 66.2% over the past year, making it the most popular generative AI application. OpenAI announced that its weekly active users have reached 200 million, doubling from 2022, with rapid growth in enterprise business and a continuous rise in API usage demand.

Judge Kevin Newsom of the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals innovatively used chatbots like ChatGPT to interpret the legal term 'ordinary meaning,' particularly concerning the dispute over whether a 'physical restraint' was involved in a gun robbery case. In this case, the judge agreed to uphold the severe sentence for the defendant DeLeon but noted that there may have been past misinterpretations of the definition of 'physical restraint' and emphasized that the term should be understood according to its ordinary, common meaning. Newsom asked GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini about the ordinary meaning of 'physical restraint.'

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have developed an AI model named CHIEF, which is capable of handling various cancer diagnostic processes, providing more accurate diagnoses and assessments of different cancers, predicting patient survival rates, and offering treatment recommendations. Compared to existing AI systems, CHIEF represents a significant breakthrough in flexibility and multifunctionality, being able to perform multiple tasks and tested on 19 types of cancer. By analyzing large amounts of image data, including unmarked images and complete slice images, CHIEF excels in cancer detection and tumor origin identification.

OpenAI's paid business segment has reached a significant milestone, with the number of paid commercial users for its ChatGPT Enterprise, Team, and Edu products surpassing one million, marking a substantial increase since April. This reflects strong market demand for generative AI technology. Survey data indicates that enterprise users have achieved notable improvements in productivity, time savings, and innovation, particularly in areas such as research gathering, content drafting and editing, and creative brainstorming. Additionally, user growth has been particularly rapid in international markets such as Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

In an interview with The Verge, Bill Gates expressed an optimistic attitude towards artificial intelligence (AI), believing that AI applications in health and education will have positive implications in the short term, particularly providing personalized tutoring to enhance student motivation. He emphasized that AI technology is beneficial to society as a whole, but also warned of potential misuse risks and called for proper guidance. Regarding climate change, Gates supports nuclear energy as a solution, highlighting the importance of finding clean energy. On the potential threats of AI, he pointed out that some criminals might misuse it.

ChatGPT 5 is the latest version of ChatGPT, based on the GPT-5 AI model, aimed at improving the capabilities of GPT-4 by providing more personalized and accurate responses to enhance human-computer interaction and handle a wider range of content, possibly including video. It is expected to be released in Fall 2024. New features may include autonomous AI agents that perform tasks without human supervision, multimodal capabilities to process text, image, and video inputs, and improved speech generation technology. The increase in training data aims to enhance the model's performance in specialized fields and complex scenarios.

Chinese Academy of Engineering academician Wang Jian shared his in-depth thoughts on AI, AI+, and AI infrastructure at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Bund Conference. He emphasized that AI+ is not merely a simple integration of AI and industry, but rather the integration of data, models, and computing power, with cloud computing serving as the infrastructure of the AI era. Wang Jian pointed out that although artificial intelligence has a long history, it has only truly impacted industries for the past 7 years, with the critical turning point being Google’s introduction of the Transformer in 2017. Under the logic of AI+, ChatGPT is not just an application, but a broader application platform.

At the main forum of the 2024 Inclusion Bund Conference, Michael Jordan emphasized three key points missing from the current discussions on artificial intelligence: collectivity, uncertainty, and incentive mechanisms. He pointed out that AI systems need to form collaborative collectives and introduce an economic perspective on incentives to build collaborative systems. He noted that AI performs inadequately when facing uncertainty and that humanity's ability to cope with uncertainty through collective collaboration is worth emulating. To enhance the collective collaboration capability of AI systems, Michael Jordan suggested constructing a 'three-layer data market' model.

Researchers at Binghamton University in New York, led by Ahmed Abdeen Hammed, have developed a machine learning algorithm called xFakeSci that can identify fabricated academic papers with up to 94% accuracy. Hammed and his team created 50 fake papers on topics including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and depression, and conducted comparative analyses with genuine papers. They found that the number of bigrams in the fake papers was significantly lower than in the real papers, and the relevance of the content was much stronger. Hammed plans to expand the algorithm to more fields in response to A

Volkswagen announced that its voice assistant 'Plus Speech', developed in collaboration with Cerence, will officially launch in the United States this week, integrated into the 2025 Jetta, Jetta GTI, and ID.4 (82kWh battery) models. This feature can execute in-car commands, answer questions unrelated to driving, and provide more natural and fluent responses using various data sources, including ChatGPT, via the internet. The 'IDA' feature allows drivers and passengers to express their needs by saying 'Hi IDA'.

ChatGPT is set to launch a significant upgrade to its voice functionality, introducing up to 8 unique voices, each with its own distinct code name. These voices can express non-verbal sounds and specific emotions more naturally, enhancing the diversity and immersion of the reading experience. The new voices may be rolled out in batches for greater adaptability, but they have not yet been officially released. These upgrades represent an important advancement in AI voice technology, expected to provide users with a personalized and immersive interaction experience, further solidifying ChatGPT's leading position in the fields of text generation and voice interaction.

Apple is expected to roll out several promised features in the iOS 18.2 update, making it one of the significant updates in 2024. This includes the integration of ChatGPT technology with Siri, the Genmoji emoji generator, a redesign of the Mail app, and comprehensive support for robotic vacuum cleaners. CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the ChatGPT feature will be launched before the end of the year, demonstrating Apple's focus on AI technology. Although the Genmoji feature has not been officially released, elements from the beta version suggest that it is about to go live. The redesigned Mail app will feature a new layout and improved efficiency.

The global AI application market experienced explosive growth in 2024, with total revenue expected to reach $3.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 51%. North America contributed the most, accounting for 47% of global revenue. India became the largest market in terms of downloads, capturing 21%. ChatGPT emerged as the market leader, with over 160 million downloads from January to August and revenue nearing $230 million, alongside more than 190 million monthly active users. AI+Chatbot applications surpassed 630 million downloads, with revenue approaching $580 million, reflecting a 1.5% growth compared to 2023.