Has ChatGPT become 'lazy' and less intelligent?

Microsoft has more layoffs, a new law to ban sale of cell phone location data and a security company demonstrates in real time how easy it is to poison a Large Language model.

These and more top tech news stories on Hashtag Trending.

I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and Tech News Day in the US.

#microsoft #layoffs

Microsoft has confirmed another round of layoffs, the specifics of which remain undisclosed. The layoffs span across multiple teams, including sales, and come as part of a broader trend in the tech industry, with companies like Meta and Twitter also making significant cuts after a pandemic-induced hiring spree.

But these layoffs at Microsoft are a regular occurrence around the start of its new fiscal year on July 1. The company stated, “Organizational and workforce adjustments are a necessary and regular part of managing our business. We will continue to prioritize and invest in strategic growth areas for our future and in support of our customers and partners.”

#chatgpt

Paris-based startup Mithril Security has demonstrated the potential for poisoning large language models (LLMs), such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Meta’s LLaMA, to spread misinformation.

#privacy #massachusetts

A proposed law in Massachusetts, the Location Shield Act, aims to disrupt the data brokerage industry by prohibiting the sale of cellular location data. The law would require companies to obtain consent before collecting or processing such data.

#meta #threads

Meta’s new social media app, Threads, is set to introduce an alternative home feed of posts in response to user complaints.

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri confirmed that a feed for Threads, showing posts in chronological order from accounts users follow, is currently in the works.

#fakework

And finally, I caught a story in the Business Insider today about “The Tech Industry’s ‘Fake Work’ Problem: A Result of ‘Lazy Management’” according to the article.

The issue is that these are not “headcount” or “bodies” – they are people and if you are going to manage with a blunt instrument that “takes them in and spits them out” – don’t be amazed when you find out how alienated and cynical your workforce can become.

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