Italy Bans ChatGPT OpenAI's ChatGPT has been banned in Italy due to concerns over user data protection. Garante, Italy's data protection authority, criticized OpenAI for not verifying user ages and collecting massive amounts of personal data. OpenAI has temporarily stopped access for Italian users and plans to present remedial measures to Garante. OpenAI pledges to increase transparency in handling user data and age verification. Other European privacy regulators show interest in potential coordinated actions on chatbots. Meta Announces Segment Anything Foundational Model for Computer Vision Meta has announced the Segment Anything project, aiming to democratize image segmentation. The project includes the General Segment Anything Model (SAM) and the Segment Anything 1-Billion mask dataset (SA-1B). SA-1B is the largest segmentation dataset with over 1.1 billion segmentation masks, annotating a mask with SAM takes 14 seconds. The project has potential use cases in AR/VR, content creation, and scientific research. Marketing professionals could benefit from improved image editing and manipulation, enhanced understanding of visual content, and potential for better-targeted campaigns through object recognition and segmentation. Pichai Dismisses AI Chatbot Threat - WSJ Google plans to add conversational AI features to its search engine. Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, dismisses chatbot threat and sees opportunities in AI. Pichai acknowledges the "incredible" user excitement around AI technologies and plans for Google Brain and DeepMind to collaborate more closely on building large algorithms. Pichai plans to enable users to engage with LLMs in search context. Google is testing new search products allowing follow-up questions. The AI Index Report: Measuring Trends in Artificial Intelligence The AI Index 2023 report offers comprehensive insights on AI progress and trends. The industry overtakes academia in producing significant machine learning models. Traditional benchmark performance saturation is increasing, and new benchmarks are emerging. AI systems have environmental impacts but also optimize energy usage. Misuse of AI incidents and controversies have grown 26 times since 2012. Demand for AI-related skills is increasing across nearly all American industrial sectors. Global AI private investment decreased 26.7% in 2022 compared to 2021. AI adoption has plateaued, but companies using AI experience cost decreases and revenue growth. Policymaker interest in AI is rising, with more AI-related bills passed into law. Chinese citizens feel most positive about AI products and services, while Americans are less positive. Interview: Emil Lamprecht - Researcher | Founder | CEO @ Growth Mechanics Emil explains a ninja marketing technique using GPT. Emil talks about the emergence of AI and how that will change how businesses need to adapt in the next 18-24 months.