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[UPDATED] Poisoning training data: Russian propaganda for AI models?

Several outlets report about Russian propaganda agencies poising AI training data, citing Newsguard: An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow’s disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time They only seem to have published 5 out of the 15 questions the... Read more...

OpenAI Agents additions

OpenAI have made additional agentic features available to developers: Web Search, File Search, Computer Use and an SDK that improves on Swarm (Announcement). The “Computer Use” API gives access to the CUA model, which also powers OpenAI Operator. My notes on this: fixed “Bing search: OpenAI news” with initial screenshot demo script here th... Read more...

ChatGPT model selector

Ethan Mollick recently shared a tongue-in-cheek remark on how to choose between various ChatGPT “models” (LinkedIn, X, Bluesky). My inital suggestion of creating a decision chart to simplify navigating the ChatGPT user interface had received positive feedback, so I have created a first draft here. Meanwhile, Peter Gostev compiled a “Feature Stat... Read more...

[UPDATED] GPT 4.5 Preview

OpenAI have released GPT 4.5 in preview: GPT‑4.5 is a very large and compute-intensive model, making it more expensive⁠ than and not a replacement for GPT‑4o. The System Card remarks reduced hallucination, practical use on the API confirms it’s also much slower in terms of tokens per second. Priced at $75.00 $37.50/$150.00 (input/output), i... Read more...

[UPDATED] Article out: AI-assisted Process Visualization

My article on AI-assisted Process Visualization is now available in print and as E-Paper: iX-Magazin issue 03’25. Its pre-release on heise+ has sparked a remarkable amount of feedback from readers worldwide. As questions went beyond the scope of the initial publication, I decided to compile a Q&A in English to share select follow-ups. This ... Read more...