Generative AI stories… are a thing. Let’s take another dive.
Showing the impact already, ChatGPT had an outage this week after the bug exposed brief descriptions of other users’ conversations with people on the service.
OpenAI’s plan for identity verification is … different. They plan to use Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by CEO Sam Altman, which relies heavily on iris scans as proof of identity. Here’s how it works. World ID helps verify someone’s identity in one of two ways: By phone number verification or via “the Orb,” a battery-powered iris-scanning device available at Worldcoin operator locations.
From there, World ID users can add a phone number or Orb verification to their private key identifiers (separate from worldcoin crypto wallet key numbers). But app developers who let their users log in via World ID will choose what level of verification they require for their services.
Some data from OpenAI research in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania about the impact. A new study from the company estimates that AI-powered chat technologies could seriously affect 19% of the jobs in the US, meaning at least 50% of their tasks impacted. The research further estimates that 80% of the US workforce could see at least 10% of their work tasks affected in some way by ChatGPT.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced that Bing will allow users to generate images with Bing Chat. It’s based on DALL-E, OpenAI’s generative AI image generator. They didn’t say which version, just that it’s the latest. It’s called “Bing Image Creator,” is slowly rolling out in the Bing Preview, and will only be available in Bing’s Creative Mode. It will also be in the Edge sidebar.
Speaking of designers, Adobe is in the mix too. Adobe unveiled Adobe Sensei Generative AI Services, a set of enterprise-focused, AI-powered services across its suite of productivity apps. They are leveraging their own large language models and Azure’s OpenAI. This was right after they launched a set of AI models called Firefly, which offers a single model designed to generate images and text effects from descriptions. Developed using hundreds of millions of photos, the model will soon be able to create content across Adobe apps, including Express, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Experience Manager, given a text prompt.
I’ll close with an interesting one from the Information – where the title pretty much tells the tale. “OpenAI and Microsoft Are Partners Until They Vie for the Same Customers.”
I’m going to say I’m skeptical of OpenAI’s identity plan. We’ll continue to watch that.
I’m also inclined to be skeptical of their data on AI impact… but even being skeptical, if you reduce the effect in half, it’s still substantial. That should tell you what you need to know – this appears to be the real deal.
And so everyone continues to get into the game, and quickly. This led me to that last article — the competition will get fierce. That should be good for providers, where different solutions offer variety. We like competition – it just adds complexity too.