💣 OpenAI confirms AI is being weaponized

… and reportedly developing its own search engine

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Gijs Ooijen
February 15, 2024

👋 Good morning! Glad you opened the folder this morning. Let’s unpack.

Here’s what we have for you today:

  • Microsoft & OpenAI confirm AI is currently being weaponized

  • OpenAI reportedly developing its own search engine

  • Nvidia now worth more than Alphabet & Amazon

  • … and more

Microsoft and OpenAI confirm nation-state hackers from countries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are using AI for cyber spying and hacking.

What you should know:

  • They’re not using the tools for creating new attacks but rather enhancing current cyber operations.

  • Main uses include gathering information, translating languages, finding coding errors, and doing basic coding tasks.

  • The study identifies five major groups using AI: Forest Blizzard (Russia), Emerald Sleet (North Korea), Crimson Sandstorm (Iran), Charcoal Typhoon (China), and Salmon Typhoon (China).

  • OpenAI plans to use these insights to improve its safety measures.

Why it matters: This shows the significant threat AI can be to online safety, showing how it can be misused. It’s good that this issue is recognized by the biggest parties in the industry, so that something can be done against it.

🧰 In the toolshed

📸 Neiro lets you scale your marketing with AI avatars.

🤝 Uuki adds a community widget to your website in seconds.

🗃️ Guide is an AI-powered trip planner.

Chip maker Nvidia is now worth more than Alphabet and Amazon thanks to the current AI boom.

What you should know:

  • Nvidia's market capitalization reached $1.83 trillion, surpassing Alphabet to become the world's fourth most valuable company.

  • Nvidia's stock surged due to its dominance in producing chips for large language models.

  • The company's H100 chip is in high demand but limited supply, increasing its price and boosting Nvidia's value.

  • Rivals are developing their own AI processors in response to Nvidia's reliance on the H100 chip.

  • Nvidia plans to launch an upgraded H200 chip in the second quarter of 2024.

🤖 Bits ‘n bots

🪟 Microsoft to put in almost $3.5 billion in Germany for AI.

🔍 OpenAI rumored to be developing its own search engine.

📃 IT body proposes AI licenses to ensure ethics.

🖼️ AI creation of the day

Source: Catdog

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