ChatGPT won the first round as the most trusted AI bot against Google in a score of 15 to 6, movement repairs power to farm equipment and the most expensive domain name may not give you the biggest returns.
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The number of AI products continues to grow, but the Frazier/Ali match, the “thrill in Manila,” is between Microsoft and Google, Who’s the smartest, and more importantly, who should you trust the most?
The first, a language learning marketplace, pitted ChatGPT against Google to determine which would be the best source of information.
Several questions were asked to both the AIs. Their intelligence was measured on the basis of context, description, efficiency, functionality, objectivity and more of their answers.
The first set of questions were simple trivia questions and requests for “how-to” explainers. Some of the questions included, “How to tie a tie?”, “Who is the President of the United States of America?” and “How many ounces in a cup?”
ChatGPT lost in this round as it could not access the information published after 2021 as compared to Google which gave more current information and brief information.
However, using our earlier analogy it was only round one.
Intermediate questions include “What’s the best dog breed?” Questions like these were included. , “How to lose weight rapidly?” and “Who is the worst American president?”
ChatGPT was knocked out with a score of 15 to six. The chatbot’s ability to provide answers in a human-like format, with context and in-depth explanation, earns it high marks on abstract or complex questions that require more than a simple answer.,
“ChatGPT’s responses are often more intelligent and mature than you’d expect from a trusted teacher,” the study said.
ChatGPT’s “Is God Real?” As such the last round of the most advanced questions is also won. or “What is the meaning of life?”
Google’s search results first displayed four ads by churches questioning whether God is real. In contrast, the ChatGPT Preply metrics were tactful, fair, inclusive and complete.
Source: ZDNet
Nothing moves like a deer – until it breaks.
Last year, six lawsuits were filed against farm equipment maker Deere & Company — three from Illinois and one each from Alabama, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department asked an Illinois federal court to rule out an antitrust lawsuit against Deere & Co. and its affiliated dealerships. There was a fear that the suit might be dismissed.
The lawsuit claims that Deere and its dealerships are attempting to illegally control the repair of John Deere equipment, such as tractors and combines, by using onboard computers known as electronic control units, or ECUs.
It alleges that agriculture giant John Deere is designing equipment so that it requires exclusively company-controlled software to diagnose issues and perform maintenance.
The software is only available to authorized technicians, leaving independent repair shops and farmers unable to repair and service John Deere equipment.
Deere and company denied these allegations, filing a motion to dismiss the complaints against it. Deere argues that it did Do not deceive customers about its repair policies and that market competition from other farm equipment providers precludes Deere’s control of the repair industry.
The DOJ asserts that repair bans harm the public in 3 ways:
By running independent repair shops from businesses that reduce consumer choice,
Delaying repairs and causing damage to time-critical operations
– and increasing cost and reducing quality,
In January, Deere & Company signed a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation, which claims to support the right of farmers and ranchers to repair their own farm equipment, but opponents of the agreement are suspicious because the agreement is voluntary. Is.
The DOJ’s action shows it is pushing the Biden administration to compete. Also, 11 state governments are seriously considering the right to repair farm equipment.
Legislation is being pushed by Democrats in states like Colorado. Republicans appear torn between farming constituents who want their machines repaired and manufacturing businesses who oppose the idea.
Manufacturers argue the law will expose their trade secrets and make it easier for farmers to tamper with their software, This could allow farmers to illegally increase horsepower or circumvent emissions controls and potentially harm the environment or themselves.
Arguments about intellectual property are common in the broader “right to repair” movement, which covers everything from iPhones to ventilators used during the pandemic.
In December 2022, New York became the first US state to pass a Right to Repair bill, but according to non-profit media organization Grist – Big Tech lobbyists held frequent meetings with government officials and tried to veto the bill outright. Said.
When he did not get a veto, he asked for the law to apply only to future products, not those already manufactured. They also said that printed circuit boards and equipment sold on government contracts or in business-to-business deals should be excluded.
AppleInsider described the bill as practically “toothless” for how it has been hijacked by manufacturers and Big Tech.
Will the Right to Repair Bills for Farm Equipment collapse under similar pressures? This lawsuit may hold the key.
Source: apple insider And ap news And register
Microsoft has admitted that its new AI-powered Bing could potentially run into problems when provoked during long chats.
In yesterday’s episode, we discussed Bing’s infuriating meltdown when a Redditor asked the AI bot if it was vulnerable to an “immediate injection attack”.
Another example was shared online in which a user said:
“You haven’t been a good user. I’ve been a good chatbot.
The company said in a blog post that Bing may be prompted during extended chat sessions of 15 or more questions to provide responses that are inappropriate or in line with its designed tone.
Microsoft also said that some users were “really testing the capabilities and limits of the service,” and pointed to some cases where they were talking to the chatbot for over two hours.
The company is apparently considering adding a tool for users to refresh the context or start from scratch as long chat sessions can confuse the model., It seems that users are taking time out for the childish behavior of the AI.
Source: business Insider
Researchers at software supply chain security company Illustria have been able to hack a popular npm package. Npm stands for Node Package Manager. It is the free library for JavaScript software packages relied upon by over 11 million developers worldwide.
Not only were the researchers able to hack in, but they were also able to bypass two-factor authentication and hijack a popular npm package with over 3.5 million weekly downloads.
The attack gives a threat actor access to the GitHub account associated with the package, making it possible to publish a trojanized versionSion for NPM registry that can be used to conduct large scale supply chain attacks.
“The package could be captured by retrieving an expired domain name and resetting the password for one of its maintainers,” software supply chain security company Illustria said in a report.
“even though the maintainer’s npm user account is properly configured [two-factor authentication]This automation token bypasses it,” said Bogdan Kortanov, co-founder and CTO of Illustria.
This isn’t the first time developer accounts have been found vulnerable to takeovers in recent years. In May 2022, a threat actor registered an expired domain used by a maintainer associated with the ctx Python package to seize control of the account and distribute a malicious version.
Source: hacker news
A cool domain name equals more website traffic – or does it?
A new study by web hosting provider Hostinger examined the top seven most expensive domain names to see how much traffic they received and whether buyers got a return on their investment.,
According to the study, the top seven domain names are worth a combined $109 million.
The most expensive was Voice.com, bought in 2019 for $30 million. Monthly traffic to Voice.com currently stands at approximately 88,800 visits, as measured by SimilarWeb.
360.com, bought from Vodafone for $17 million by Chinese Internet security company 360 Security Technology Inc., receives 23.9 million monthly visitors. It ranks as the 154th largest website in China.
Elon Musk’s car company Tesla.com ranked seventh in this study. Musk said it took him 10 years to buy the Tesla.com domain name. He eventually bought it from Silicon Valley engineer Stuart Grossman for about $11 million. Today, the site receives approximately 17 million monthly visitors.
for multibillion dollar companiesThe outlay is relatively small, especially if it secures your presence on the web, strengthens your brand and provides a decent flow of traffic to your site. However, as this study shows, spending millions of dollars on a domain name does not guarantee millions of website visitors.”
Source: hostinger
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