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OpenAI, the world’s biggest AI company, is cozying up with the US military. The latest sign of this is a recent post by OpenAI’s national security advisor Katrina Mulligan about attending a Taylor Swift concert in New Orleans over the weekend with the Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, calling it “epic,” Forbes reported. It comes on the heels of OpenAI’s first publicly reported contract with the Pentagon amid the ChatGPT maker’s aggressive efforts to sell its technology to federal agencies including defense through a partnership with government contractor Carahsoft.

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Once called a “home for human writing,” blogging platform Medium is brimming with AI-generated content, Wired found, with about 47% of posts on the site most likely written with AI. CEO Tony Stubblebine responded saying it “doesn’t matter” as long as AI-generated blogs aren’t recommended by Medium’s algorithms and viewed by its 100 million monthly users. As we’ve reported earlier, other platforms like freelancing website Upwork and e-commerce site Ebay are similarly awash with AI-generated “slop.”

Elsewhere, Facebook owner Meta is reportedly working on its own AI-powered search engine, according to The Information. Meta AI currently provides answers to questions about sports, stocks and news but relies on external sources like Google search and Microsoft Bing for real-time data.

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