Welcome to the Generative AI Report, a new feature here on insideBIGDATA with a special focus on all the new applications and integrations tied to generative AI technologies. We’ve been receiving so many cool news items relating to applications centered on large language models, we thought it would be a timely service for readers to start a new channel along these lines. The combination of a large language model, fine tuned on proprietary data equals an AI application, and this is what these innovative companies are creating. The field of AI is accelerating at such fast rate, we want to help our loyal global audience keep pace.
How NLP Can Provide Deeper, Actionable Data Insights for All Healthcare Stakeholders
June 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Anoop Sarkar, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, emtelligent, discusses how providing clinicians with the most accurate and relevant information about a patient at the point of care requires a collaboration between AI-powered medical NLP and clinicians with deep medical knowledge. These collaborations will fulfill the promise of medical NLP.
#insideBIGDATApodcast: Should We, and Can We, Put the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence?
June 11, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Appearing on the New Yorker Radio Hour, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, which created ChatGPT, says that AI is a powerful tool that will streamline human work and quicken the pace of scientific advancement. But ChatGPT has both enthralled and terrified us, and even some of AI’s pioneers are freaked out by it – by how quickly the technology has advanced.
The Science and Practical Applications of Word Embeddings
June 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper takes a look at how word embeddings are directly responsible for many of the exponential advancements natural language technologies have made over the past couple years. They’re foundational to the functionality of popular Large Language Models like ChatGPT and other GPT iterations. These mathematical representations also have undeniable implications for textual applications of Generative AI.
Fake ChatGPT Apps Scam Users Out of Thousands of Dollars, Sophos Reports
June 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, announced that it had uncovered multiple apps masquerading as legitimate, ChatGPT-based chatbots to overcharge users and bring in thousands of dollars a month. As detailed in Sophos X-Ops’ latest report, “’FleeceGPT’ Mobile Apps Target AI-Curious to Rake in Cash,” these apps have popped up in both the Google Play and Apple App Store, and, because the free versions have near-zero functionality and constant ads, they coerce unsuspecting users into signing up for a subscription that can cost hundreds of dollars a year.
Dataiku 12 Accelerates Into the AI Era With Power and Control
May 31, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, unveiled Dataiku 12, their latest breakthrough release packed with transformative new features designed to help organizations confidently harness AI in their advanced analytics initiatives with enhanced transparency and strengthened governance features.
ChatGPT: A Fraud Fighter’s Friend or Foe?
May 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this contributed article, Doriel Abrahams, Head of Risk, U.S., Forter, explores how ChatGPT can combine with social engineering to conduct fraud, some of the generative AI trends he anticipates will play out this year, and how existing fraud rings could use the technology to manipulate both businesses and consumers alike.
New Report: 65% Plan to Use ChatGPT Instead of Traditional Search Engines
May 5, 2023 by Leave a Comment
A new Forbes Advisor report found that over 75% of consumers are concerned about misinformation from AI even though 65% plan to use ChatGPT instead of traditional search engines when searching for information or answers.
Kinetica Announces Conversational Query – ChatGPT Integration with Analytic Database
May 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Kinetica announced an analytic database to integrate with ChatGPT, ushering in ‘conversational querying.’ Users can ask any question of their proprietary data, even complex ones that were not previously known, and receive an answer in seconds. The combination of ChatGPT’s front-end interface that converts natural language to Structured Query Language (SQL), and Kinetica’s analytic database purpose built for true ad-hoc querying at speed and scale, provides a more intuitive and interactive way of analyzing complex data sets.
Why ChatGPT is a Cyber Threat to Businesses
May 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Our friends over at NordVPN discuss that on dark web forums, the number of threads on ChatGPT rose from 37 to 91 in a month, making bot exploitation one of the most popular topics among dark web surfers. Also, ChatGPT and social engineering attacks such as phishing, smishing or pretexting might be easily used to steal valuable information.
