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  • Yes, OpenAI Scrapes Google Search

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    My last story about ChatGPT scraping Google and leaking prompts received a lot of attention, and I was especially pleased to see that OpenAI said that they’ve fixed the issue.  So what was “the issue”, and what did they fix? My research with Slobodan Manić on the topic showed two things: Some raw ChatGPT prompts […]

  • ChatGPT Scrapes Google and Leaks Prompts

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    UPDATE: Thanks to Ars Technica’s reporting on this story, OpenAI has claimed to have fixed the leakage but that this only affected a “small number” of prompts. Based upon what OpenAI has said and the speed of the response I think it’s most likely that the glitch was related to the layer of ChatGPT that […]

  • The Duality of ChatGPT

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    by Jason Packer with help from Juliana Jackson “.. the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” – Scott Fitzgerald, 1936 We’re at a dangerous inflection point in AI, where soon there may be so […]