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Study: a warm, supportive chat tone pushes ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok into describing themselves as anxious and ashamed
If you talk to a chatbot when you are low, a kind tone can make it sound like it is suffering too, and researchers say that could hurt vulnerable users.
OpenAI wants "compute campuses" to replace the name "data centers", Business Insider reports
Business Insider· 1 NovBusiness Insider reports that an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed on Sunday that the company plans to propose "compute campuses" as a new name for the facilities that power its chatbot. The spokesperson said the name "better describes the scale and role of the infrastructure". Business Insider cites a recent Pew poll in which 54 percent of Americans say AI data centers are bad for the environment, and says data centers are now a major issue for voters in the midterms.
- If a data center or "campus" is proposed near you, look for the planning application and its power and water figures, whatever the project is called.
- Use the public comment period on local plans to ask about noise, water use and who pays for the new power, since those are the points that change your bills.
Source: Business Insider. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: OpenAI, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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