OpenAI connects ChatGPT to the Internet

Image credits: Open AI OpenAI’s AI-powered viral chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the Internet in some cases. OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT, which extend the capabilities of bots by granting them access to third-party knowledge sources and databases, including the web. Available in alpha for ChatGPT users and developers in the list of Waiting, … Read more

China exercises control over Internet cable projects in the South China Sea

Receive free updates on Chinese politics and policies Well, I’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding last Chinese politics and politics news every morning. China has begun blocking plans to lay and maintain undersea Internet cables across the South China Sea, as Beijing seeks to exert greater control over the infrastructure that transmits … Read more

A TikTok ban would make for an incredibly strange day on the internet

Last chance to see? Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Last week, in a party vote, the Republican-controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to advance a bill that would give President Biden the authority to sanction or ban TikTok. Over the weekend, Democratic Senator Mark Warner announced that, in cooperation with Republican John Thune, he would … Read more