Source: OpenAI reportedly warned Microsoft about rushing GPT-4 integration into Bing
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OpenAI warned Microsoft not to rush the integration of GPT-4 into Bing; users reported “unhinged” behavior in the Bing AI tool. Microsoft invested in a 49% stake in OpenAI to gain early access to its AI tech for Bing and to add CoPilot to Office. However, WSJ reports “conflict and confusion” behind the scenes, with some Microsoft employees complaining of a lack of direct access to OpenAI’s models and R&D. The open relationship may encounter more issues down the line, as both companies attempt to make money from similar products.
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Source: Reddit’s CEO reportedly told staff that the community’s API protest will blow over
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Reddit CEO, Steve Huffman, is not concerned that Reddit’s recent protest against the API policy changes will have any significant revenue impact. Over 8,000 subreddits went private in protest of the policy change which charges developers for API access.
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💬 Huffman said there hadn’t been “any significant revenue impact” as yet and said Reddit would “get through it.”
💻 Third-party developers have used the API to make thousands of apps that hook into Reddit, including moderation tools.
📱Two popular third-party apps that redditors use to access Reddit, Apollo and RIF, will shut down on June 30th.
🚀 Reddit has “critical mod tool launches we need to nail.”