The evolutionary momentum of artificial intelligence (AI) is taking remarkable new turns when ChatGPT causes a fever and brings a series of AI applications to the throne, behind it is a “fork” of AI called Generative.
Generative AI has become a buzzword this year and is receiving a lot of attention from the public, especially as Microsoft and Google are racing to launch products with technology that they believe will change the nature of life. current job or way of working.
Here’s what to know about this new AI technology.
What is Generative AI?
Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that focuses on creating new content/data based on existing data, which is also part of the application of machine learning. Like other forms of artificial intelligence, AI will “learn” how to perform the requested actions based on data collected in the past. But instead of simply classifying or identifying data like other popular AIs, Generative AI will generate entirely new content – from text, images, even computer code – based on a process that “training”.
The most famous AI application is ChatGPT, a chatbot released by OpenAI late last year and backed by Microsoft. The AI that gives it the power to be known as a giant assistant in terms of language is capable of taking written requests (input) and then responding with natural words (and arguments). natural as a human being.
GPT-4, a newer model that OpenAI announced this week, is an upgraded version of the application when it comes to “multimodal” content creation, as it can “sense” more than just text but also images
So what should we be worried about?
The rapid development of AI has raised concerns about the potential misuse of technology.
School systems are wondering if their students are using AI-generated essays to answer, which is clearly causing them a lot of trouble as well as a decline in the quality of their output. schools. While cybersecurity researchers also expressed concern that Generative AI could allow bad actors to create more misinformation than before.
At the same time, the technology itself is prone to errors. There is still a lot of information that is not accurate with the fact that AI is helping to spread and promote, as well as why companies soon disseminate it before being thoroughly tested. This can have unpredictable consequences in the future.
Is this just a race between Google and Microsoft?
It is true that these two companies are at the forefront of research and investment in large language models, as well as the largest scale to bring AI into popular software such as Gmail, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). But they are not alone in this race, other large companies like Salesforce Inc and many smaller companies such as Adept AI Labs are also creating their own competing AI algorithms or packaging technologies from those companies. other companies to give users new power through the form of software.