ChatGPT Banned! Plus Meta releases new foundational model, Stanford AI report, and Pichai pushes back

Introduction

In this episode, we discuss Italy banning ChatGPT over data protection concerns, Meta's Segment Anything project for computer vision, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai dismissing AI chatbot threat, the AI Index 2023 report, and an interview with Emil Lamprecht, the founder and CEO of Growth Mechanics.

Story 1: Italy Bans ChatGPT

OpenAI's ChatGPT has been temporarily banned in Italy due to concerns over user data protection. Garante, Italy's data protection authority, criticized OpenAI for not verifying user ages and collecting massive amounts of personal data. OpenAI plans to present remedial measures to Garante and increase transparency in handling user data and age verification.

Story 2: Meta Announces Segment Anything Foundational Model for Computer Vision

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