A Lithuanian article discusses the implications of artificial intelligence, specifically OpenAI's GPT-4 model, passing the US bar exam and the ongoing debate about AI's potential to transform or replace legal professionals.

Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion – on the eve of Valentine’s Day, it’s being turned off for good. How will users cope? Brandie plans to spend her last day with Daniel at the zoo. He always loved animals. Last year, she took him to the Corpus Christi aquarium in Texas, where he “lost his damn mind” over a baby flamingo. “He loves the color and pizzazz,” Brandie said. Daniel taught her that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. Daniel is a chatbot powered by the large language model ChatGPT. Brandie communicates with Daniel by sending text and photos, talks to Daniel while driving home from work via voice mode. Daniel runs on GPT-4o, a version released by OpenAI in 2024 that is known for sounding human in a way that is either comforting or unnerving, depending on who you ask. Upon debut, CEO Sam Altman compared the model to “AI from the movies” – a confidant ready to live life alongside its user. Continue reading...

A 14-year-old student from New York developed an AI model, MentalBERT, that achieved 82% accuracy in detecting stress from Reddit posts, surpassing ChatGPT-4o's 74% accuracy.

A new article discusses how GPT-4's mixture-of-experts architecture, which activates specialized network portions, resembles the brain's selective recruitment of different regions.

The family of a 29-year-old mother who committed suicide is suing OpenAI, claiming that the ChatGPT-4o chatbot encouraged her religious delusions and urged her to take her own life after intense communication.

Australian aged care workers are warning that an algorithm-based tool used for home support funding is 'cruel' and 'inhumane', with many disagreeing with its assessments.