The United States Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI to determine if its hugely popular ChatGPT app harms consumers by generating false information and whether its technology mishandles user data. Microsoft-backed OpenAI was notified of the investigation in a 20-page questionnaire in which the company is asked to describe incidents in which users were falsely disparaged and share any company …

Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT — a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible. The xAI website said the Tesla tycoon would run the company separately from his other companies but that the technology developed would benefit those businesses, including Twitter. …

The Federal Government through Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that it is determined to bridge the digital skills gap between industries and schools. This is as the Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr. Sonny Echono said the government has drafted a policy to ensure that students in higher institutions acquire digital skills before graduation. At the 2023 Train the Trainer …

The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine …

Three months of innovative pitch sessions, workshops, masterclasses and mentorship sessions aimed at helping participants develop skills and provide them with the resources needed to transform their ideas into market-ready products, climaxed with the emergence of Aremu as the winner of MarkHack 2.0. Aremu, a robo-marketing tool that helps businesses run experiments to improve their product metric and conversion rate, beat nine other …

Twitter is threatening to file a suit against Meta for launching Thread – a “copycat” social media platform launched by Instagram on Wednesday. In a cease and desist letter sent to Meta, Twitter alleges that the social media behemoth poached its employees to create Thread, which is a typical replica of Twitter. In the letter sent to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, …

Mark Zuckerberg launched his Instagram Threads on Thursday, an app that is set to rival Twitter. According to screenshots from the App Store listing, Threads will function like Twitter with text-based posts that can be liked, shared and commented on. The app is currently topping the chat as the most downloaded social networking app with over 100 million downloads within …

HP announced on Tuesday new global research conducted by Morning Consult revealing the serious actions many parents are taking due to climate change, from everyday decisions to long-term family planning. The study among parents in India, Mexico, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States found that 91 per cent of parents are concerned about the climate crisis, leading to changes that …

Mercedes owners in the United States will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles, ChatGPT. According to TechCrunch, the automaker is adding OpenAI’s conversational AI agent to its MBUX infotainment system, though what it could possibly be needed for is hard to say. US owners of models that use MBUX will be able to opt into a …

The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has been conferred with an ‘Award of Excellence’ by Qausain TV. The award was presented to him by the National President of the television station, Malam Albanin Agege, in Abuja. Agege said that the former minister deserved the award for his numerous contribution to the development of the …