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OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
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On the AI Inside podcast, hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI's planned adult chat feature for GPT-5, sparking online debate. They also cover Nvidia's personal AI supercomputer, the US nuclear energy plans for AI data centers, and California's AI chatbot regulations. The episode touches on AI's impact on scientific research and personalized advertising.
OpenAI is planning a new ChatGPT feature for adults, which has people talking. The episode also covers how AI needs a lot of power, like from nuclear plants, and new AI computers people can buy.
This episode offers insight into OpenAI's controversial move into adult content generation and the broader implications for AI safety and regulation. It connects to current discussions about AI's societal impact, the energy demands of AI, and the evolving landscape of AI hardware and software. Listeners interested in the ethical and practical challenges of advanced AI, particularly those from OpenAI, will find this relevant.
- HostJason Howell
- HostJeff Jarvis
- Episode Title: OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
- Show: AI Inside
- Length: 72 minutes
- OpenAI Adult Feature: Sam Altman announces ChatGPT will roll out erotica for verified adult users.
- US Nuclear Energy Plan: US to see $350 billion nuclear boom to power AI, report says.
- Nvidia Product Launch: Nvidia's 'personal AI supercomputer' goes on sale October 15th.
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI’s new adult chat feature in GPT-5, Nvidia’s launch of a personal AI supercomputer, and the US plan for a nuclear energy boom to power AI data centers.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:20:11 -Sam Altman says OpenAI isn’t ‘moral police of the world’ after erotica ChatGPT post blows up
0:21:43 -OpenAI forms advisory council on wellbeing and AI
0:23:40 -California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots
0:31:00 -OpenAI's BIG bet on buildings its own chips (with Broadcom)
0:35:54 -US to See $350 Billion Nuclear Boom to Power AI, Report Say
0:40:00 -Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots
Jeff's Arxiv Showdown!
0:45:43 -Implications and Perceptions of Injecting Personalized Advertising into LLM Chatbots
0:47:20 -THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI
0:50:47 -Artificial Intelligence Expands Scientists’ Impact but Contracts Science’s Focus
0:53:00 -Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ goes on sale October 15th
0:54:57 -Apple’s Head of ChatGPT-Like AI Search Effort to Leave for Meta
0:56:07 -Salesforce boosts AI capabilities with global launch of Agentforce 360
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Questions people ask
- What is OpenAI's new adult feature?
- OpenAI announced ChatGPT will roll out erotica for verified adult users, a move that has generated significant online reaction and discussion.
- What is Nvidia's new product?
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