Elon Musk Expresses Concerns About AI – In a recent interview, Elon Musk shared his concerns about the potential impact of AI technology, including how it could harm humanity. He emphasized the importance of minimizing the chances of AI going wrong. Musk also touched on the personal challenges that may arise if AI outperforms humans at their jobs and how this could impact individual fulfillment and purpose.

Musk’s Role in OpenAI and New AI Venture – Musk claimed his early involvement in OpenAI, including his investment, naming, and recruitment efforts, played a significant role in its formation. Despite his concerns, Musk has founded a new AI company, X.AI, where he is working on a “TruthGPT”, a ChatGPT alternative.

Americans’ Concerns About AI – A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that most Americans perceive AI as a threat to humanity. This concern is particularly prominent among Donald Trump voters and Evangelical Christians. The rapid expansion of generative AI, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has sparked calls for regulation.

ChatGPT Plus Gets Web Browsing Capability – OpenAI has introduced web browsing and other plugins for ChatGPT Plus users, powered by Microsoft’s Bing API. This allows the chatbot to access real-time web content and offer additional services such as weather forecasts, shopping assistance, and interaction with thousands of different work apps.

Google to Use Generative AI in Advertising – Google plans to incorporate generative AI into its advertising efforts, with plans to use large language models to automate advertising and ad-supported services. The company plans to announce new AI technologies for advertisers at its upcoming Google Marketing Live event.

Italy Invests in Digital Skills Amid AI Rise – Italy has allocated €30M to improve the digital skills of unemployed individuals and workers at risk of job automation due to AI. The initiative is in response to concerns about job losses due to the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT.

YouTube Algorithm Criticized for Gun Content Recommendations – YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is facing criticism for suggesting videos about guns to children and teens. A study by the Tech Transparency Project found that YouTube recommended videos about toy firearms and real firearms to test accounts simulating 9 and 14-year-old boys.

Quick Hits – ServiceNow partners with Nvidia to leverage generative AI for enterprise functions; A Texas A&M professor mistakenly relied on ChatGPT to detect AI-generated papers, resulting in failure for over half of his class; Bellevue startup Union AI secures $19.1M Series A funding for its AI and data workflow orchestration platform.