Dozens of big brands have blocked GPTBot, OpenAI's new web crawler

Several popular websites, including Amazon, Quora, and The New York Times, have blocked GPTBot, the new web crawler introduced by OpenAI, indicating their reluctance to allow OpenAI to scrape their data without compensation or proper citation.

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8/11/2023

Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge

Main topic: OpenAI's web crawler, GPTBot, and its potential impact on AI models. Key points: 1. OpenAI has added details about GPTBot, its web crawler, to its online documentation. 2. GPTBot is used to retrieve webpages and train AI models like ChatGPT. 3. Allowing GPTBot access to websites can help improve AI models' accuracy, capabilities, and safety.

8/17/2023

Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over

Main topic: The New York Times may sue OpenAI for scraping its articles and images to train AI models. Key points: 1. The New York Times is considering a lawsuit to protect its intellectual property rights. 2. OpenAI could face devastating consequences, including the destruction of ChatGPT's dataset. 3. Fines of up to $150,000 per infringing piece of content could be imposed on OpenAI.

8/22/2023

OpenAI opens GPT-3.5 Turbo up for custom tuning

OpenAI now allows businesses to fine-tune GPT-3.5 Turbo with their own data, enabling customization of the model to match or exceed the abilities of GPT-4 for specific tasks.

8/28/2023

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Enterprise — 4 times the power of consumer version

OpenAI has released ChatGPT Enterprise, a faster and more secure version of its chatbot tool, which offers unlimited access to GPT-4 at twice the performance speed and improved privacy and security standards.

9/1/2023

The Guardian blocks ChatGPT owner OpenAI from trawling its content

The Guardian has blocked OpenAI from using its content for AI products like ChatGPT due to concerns about unlicensed usage, leading to lawsuits from writers and calls for intellectual property safeguards.

9/21/2023

AI Models Under Attack - Bots Interrogating Systems and Costing Unsuspecting Developers Thousands

Bots are scraping information from powerful AI models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4, in new ways, leading to issues such as unauthorized training data extraction, unexpected bills, and the evasion of China's AI model blockade.

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Posted 8/25/2023, 12:43:00 PM