Daily AI News Podcast: Friday December 27, 2024 - Another Major ChatGPT Outage & Microsoft Forces Copilot

Today we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is impacting different areas. One article focuses on AI-generated books about lace making and how these fake books are harming the craft by spreading misinformation and stealing designs. Another article highlights the development of DeepSeek V3, a powerful new AI model from China that excels in tasks like coding and translation, surpassing even popular models like OpenAI's GPT-4. There's also news about ChatGPT experiencing outages due to issues with its cloud provider, Microsoft. The notebook also mentions the launch of a new magazine dedicated to AI art, exploring the intersection of human creativity and AI, and concerns about the potential for ChatGPT Search to be manipulated into providing misleading information. Lastly, it discusses Microsoft's strategy of integrating its AI assistant, Copilot, into its Microsoft 365 subscription service, even raising prices for users who may not want it. Other articles explain how AI is being used to improve the realism of facial expressions in robots and that Microsoft and OpenAI have defined "artificial general intelligence" based on profit generation.