Dan Priest, the newly appointed Chief AI Officer at PwC, a leading consulting firm, is focusing on scaling artificial intelligence (AI) in businesses in 2025 after proving its value in 2024. In an interview with The Associated Press, Priest discussed his role and PwC's predictions for the year ahead, noting that companies will increasingly adopt AI into their daily operations and future business models.
https://www.tbsnews.net/tech/ai-becoming-ingrained-businesses-where-it-going-2025-1030681Balaji, an engineer who worked at OpenAI, has raised concerns about the company's use of people's data without their consent and its potential for copyright infringement. He told The New York Times that he was concerned about how the company's commercial products were rolling out, including their propensity for spouting false information known as hallucinations. Balaji had considered testifying in several lawsuits against OpenAI, including one brought by The New York Times, and had expressed his concerns to the Associated Press. He left OpenAI after a period of internal turmoil that led to the firing and rehiring of CEO Sam Altman.
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