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EU moves to eliminate child porn from internet

EU legislators on Wednesday, reached a consensus on draft regulations mandating Alphabet’s Google, Meta, and...

22nd November 2023

Binance halts support for USDC stablecoin on Tron blockchain

Investors pull $956m from Binance after Zhao’s resignation

Investors on Binance have about $956 million from crypto exchange in the past 24 hours,...

22nd November 2023

OpenAI introduces voice chats

OpenAI has introduced voice chats for ChatGPT on Android and iOS giving users the option...

22nd November 2023

A simple question posed on X (formerly Twitter) has sparked a curious debate about digital etiquette — and its potential cost. One user asked, “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chimed in with a characteristically dry reply: “Tens of millions of dollars well spent — you never know.” While Altman’s response was clearly tongue-in-cheek, it opened up a broader conversation: does politeness to artificial intelligence come with a price tag? Technology site Futurism picked up the exchange, musing on whether pleasantries like “please” and “thank you” — often directed at ChatGPT and other AI tools — might be not only unnecessary but also wasteful in terms of time and computing power. But not everyone sees it as a pointless gesture. Kurt Beavers, a design director on the Microsoft Copilot team, suggested there’s more to digital politeness than meets the eye. According to Beavers, polite inputs from users can influence tone and outcomes. “Using polite language sets a tone for the response,” he said. “When an AI model clocks politeness, it’s more likely to be polite back.” In other words, AI might be mirroring more than just words — it could be taking cues from human manners, too. Still, while some users embrace courteous phrasing as part of interacting with AI in a more “human” way, others argue it’s just another habit formed in a world of voice assistants and automated replies — or perhaps even a subconscious hedge against a sci-fi-style future where machines remember how we treated them.

OpenAI constitutes new board after Altman’s return

OpenAI has constituted a new board after the return of ex-CEO, Sam Altman as the...

22nd November 2023

Binance founder Zhao steps down

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is leaving his position as CEO of Binance as part of a...

21st November 2023

E-Commerce startup Alerzo lays off 100 workers

Eight months after laying off 400 employees, the e-commerce startup Alerzo, which raised $10.5 million...

21st November 2023

FG didn't tamper with MTN, 9Mobile, other internet connection - Minister

FG announces recruitment for community managers

The ongoing 3 Million Technical Talent programme of the Federal Government has announced the recruitment...

21st November 2023

CBN grants AIP license to Bloc MFB

The Central Bank of Nigeria has granted Bloc Microfinance Bank an Approval-in-Principle to operate in...

21st November 2023

OpenAI CEI denies sister's rape allegations, calls claims untrue

OpenAI investors to sue company over Altman sack

Some investors in OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, are considering taking the board of...

21st November 2023

Nigerian publisher Okadabooks shuts down

Nigeria’s pioneer digital publishing and bookselling platform, Okada Books, announced a shutdown on November 30,...

20th November 2023

OpenAI staff threaten resignation over Altman’s sack

Staff of the AI company OpenAI’s has threatened to quit and join former boss Sam...

20th November 2023

Sam Altman not returning to OpenAI – interim CEO Shear

Sam Altman will not be returning to his role as CEO of OpenAI, Emmett Shear,...

20th November 2023

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