Reddit's AI Licensing Deal, ChatGPT Goes Berserk, Chatbot Misleads & Air Canada Pays, and OpenAI Boosts GPT-4 Turbo

Reddit signed an AI licensing deal days before filing for an IPO, ChatGPT went berserk, Air Canada must reimburse for chatbot errors, and GPT-4 Turbo's rate limits were doubled.

Reddit Strikes $60 Million AI Data Licensing Deal Amidst IPO Preparations

Reddit signed a $60 million annual licensing deal with an undisclosed AI company (which Reuters reported is Google) to use their vast user-generated content, signaling a strategic move as they eye a public offering.

This development reflects a broader industry shift towards securing legally sound data sources for AI training, diverging from the previous norm of freely mining the open web. This deal is far greater than the value of similar arrangements, such as OpenAI's deals with news publishers like Axel Springer.

That $60 million is 7.5% of their 2023 revenue, according to their S-1, which was filed later in the week on Thursday.

ChatGPT Glitch Triggers Wave of Bizarre Responses

ChatGPT began delivering a barrage of nonsensical responses, merging languages and even emojis into confusing outputs. Here is an example of what users experienced.

OpenAI quickly acknowledged the issue, stating that an optimization attempt had inadvertently introduced a bug affecting the model's language processing abilities. This error was traced back to a malfunction in the probability selection step, crucial for determining subsequent words in a sentence, leading to erratic word sequences.

Despite the flurry of bewildered user reports and widespread disruption, including impacts on ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI announced the problem's resolution by Wednesday morning.

Air Canada Must Compensate Passenger Who Was Misled by AI Chatbot

Air Canada was ordered to pay a passenger hundreds in damages due to misleading information provided by its online chatbot regarding bereavement discounts.

Jake Moffatt, who sought a refund after being incorrectly informed he could claim a discount following the purchase of his ticket for travel after his grandmother's passing, faced rejection from Air Canada. Despite confirming the discount with an airline representative, Moffatt's subsequent refund claim, supported by his grandmother's death certificate, was denied, highlighting a discrepancy between the chatbot's advice and the airline's policy.

The small-claims tribunal found Air Canada responsible for the chatbot's misinformation, emphasizing the airline's accountability for all website content, and ordered a compensation of CA$812.02 to Moffatt. This decision underlines the legal and ethical responsibilities of corporations in managing their AI-driven services and the potential liabilities arising from chatbot errors.

OpenAI Upgrades GPT-4 Turbo with 1.5 Million Tokens Per Minute and No Daily Limits

OpenAI has significantly upgraded GPT-4 Turbo by doubling the rate limits to 1.5 million tokens per minute and removing daily restrictions entirely. This move, aimed at preventing API abuse while ensuring fair access and managing infrastructure load, marks a substantial leap from the model's original capabilities, which boasted input tokens at three times cheaper and output tokens at twice the affordability of its predecessor, GPT-4.

The revision also introduces a broader range of usage tiers, accommodating needs from free access limited at $100/month to extensive organizational use at $10,000/month. Additionally, OpenAI has expanded GPT-4 Turbo's functionality to include image analysis through Azure OpenAI, combining text and visual data processing for enriched multimodal AI interactions.