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The high cost of GPT-4o 'giveaway'
Oped, Angela Huyue Zhang & S Alex Yang, Published on 08/06/2024
» With the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI has once again shown itself to be the world's most innovative artificial-intelligence company. This new multimodal AI tool -- which seamlessly integrates text, voice, and visual capabilities -- is significantly faster than previous models, greatly enhancing the user experience. But perhaps the most attractive feature of GPT-4o is that it is free -- or so it seems.
How to regulate generative AI
Oped, S Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang, Published on 20/02/2024
» The impending rollout of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act represents the bloc's latest attempt to cement its status as a regulatory powerhouse. This ambitious legislation, which aims to impose stringent regulations on AI technologies, underscores the EU's commitment to proactive governance.
New York Times vs OpenAI: Who has the edge?
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion, Published on 28/12/2023
» The lawsuit filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement pits one of the great establishment media institutions against the purveyor of a transformative new technology.
When private corporations subvert states
Oped, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 12/12/2023
» Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces, and even intelligence services. It formulates its own tax, labour, and environmental regulations (or lack thereof), regardless of their compatibility with national laws.
Tea money query
News, Postbag, Published on 11/09/2022
» Re: "Chadchart offers his anti-graft recipe," (BP, Sept 7).
Body Autonomy Is No Family Matter
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 05/11/2021
» Last week, a Thai musician got into scorching hot water for sharing pictures and a video clip of him being "affectionate" with his nine-year-old daughter via his Instagram and TikTok. I put the quotation there since the public promptly questioned his social media display of affection towards his daughter, to say the least. Warning, I'm about to describe what he did to show the extent of his actions and you may find it very unpleasant.
Long way to go to end of Covid deaths, freedom
Oped, Joseph E Stiglitz, Published on 09/09/2021
» The upsurge of Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths in the United States serves as a bitter reminder that the pandemic is not over. The global economy will not return to normal until the disease is under control everywhere.
Does govt fear 'fake news', or the truth?
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/06/2021
» Fake news is the virus of the internet. It grabs your attention and you tend to share it among your circle of friends, and some of your friends will do the same. Before long, it goes viral.
A crucial social good: the case for jab passports
Oped, Peter Baldwin, Published on 20/05/2021
» Vaccine passports, and the questions of whether governments or businesses can require people to show them, have inspired controversy around the world.
Jailed activists put justice system to test
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/05/2021
» A request for bail for pro-democracy protesters languishing in jail was rejected for the ninth time on Thursday.