Munich: The German company Siemens denied a report issued by Southwest German Radio (SWR) about the boycott of Israel clause in a contract it concluded with the Turkish Railways Company.
Today, Friday, the radio said that Siemens sold high-speed trains to Turkey despite its commitment to boycott Israel.
It reported that the Islamic Development Bank of Saudi Arabia funded state railway trains and demanded strict compliance with the boycott regulations of the Arab League and the African Union.
“Neither Siemens nor Siemens Turkey signed a boycott declaration in 2018 regarding high-speed train grants,” said a Siemens spokesperson.
He added that only the country of origin from which the installed parts came was announced, noting that the group has been active in various fields of work in Israel for about 60 years, and it is “deeply rooted there.”
Obstacles hinder the work of “Chat GPT”, despite its promising prospects in the field of artificial intelligence
Washington: ChatGPT, which generates text, ads, and lines of information in seconds, is more awe-inspiring than any other modern technology.
- "Remarkable" -
The launch of this “chatbot” (conversational robot) at the end of November 2022 is considered a turning point in the field of artificial intelligence.
However, some observers who are skeptical of the software see ChatGBT as an amazing marketing tool that has helped California-based OpenAI raise billions of dollars from Microsoft.
"From a scientific point of view, the software is not a particularly interesting advance," says Yan Le Kun, head of artificial intelligence at Meta and a professor at New York University.
He explains in an interview with the "Big Technology Podcast" that this "eye-catching show" does not actually answer the questions of netizens, but rather "creates words after words" without the ability to form a vision of the world.
This chatbot is nothing more than an algorithm-based computer program fed huge amounts of data.
"When we're using these generative AI models, we have to realize that they're more like slot machines than calculators," says Haomiao Huang of the Kleiner Perkins Investment Fund in Silicon Valley.
And he states in an article published by “Ars Technica” that “every time you ask a question and click on the button, you get an answer that may be amazing … or bad,” noting that “the problem is that software failures can never be predicted.”
- 'Like a conversation' -
ChatGPT is based on GPT3, an artificial intelligence model created three years ago.
What impressed large segments of users is the aspect that gives the impression that they are talking to someone.
Jason Davis, a professor at Syracuse University, says, "What the software provides is similar to a conversation, and it involves more ease than searching through the Google engine."
He notes that the success of ChatGPT is an indication of the "true power of this tool".
OpenAI president Sam Aultman says he was surprised by the enthusiasm with ChatGPT.
"Given the economic impact of this technology, it is best that we continue to develop it slowly," he says in an interview with Strictly VC.
He points out that “people, institutions and elected officials need to become familiar with the tool and think about the consequences of using it.”
On Wednesday, Open AI announced the launch of a paid version of Chat GBT, for those wishing to use it had to pay $20 per month to receive better and faster service.
The company is also working on software that can distinguish between text written by people and those generated by artificial intelligence.
- Stronger capabilities -
A large number of workers in various professions such as law, engineering and journalism wonder if artificial intelligence software will disrupt their work. Teachers in secondary schools and universities are beginning to be affected by these technologies because their students are using them.
In the technology sector, ChatGBT may provide some modernity to Microsoft, which has become seen as an old company compared to Google, Apple and Meta.
Jason Davis says, "There is no need after today for Microsoft Word, as the new software, as soon as you give it instructions, starts writing texts."
ChatGPT will make the Bing search engine and the Office suite more accessible, in addition to enhancing its capabilities.
And big companies are still careful not to rush to adopt the software, for fear that it will be used in abusive ways, such as creating disinformation, for example.
Yan Le Kun believes that ChatGBT has become the star of chatbots because tech giants are afraid to launch a platform that will “create anything” or worse. “Then companies will lose a lot and the potential benefits are not clear.”
Last August, Meta released its first chatbot prototype, Blenderbot 3. In press statements, company officials repeatedly referred to encountering misinformation and "anti-Semitic" stereotypes.
Generative AI is in the so-called “overexpected” phase of the new technologies cycle identified by industry benchmark Gartner.
Then follows this stage of what is called “disappointment”, before the practical uses become clear and the technology is in a more stable stage.
Even today, ChatGBT is not considered an author. "Similar to driver assistance systems, chatbots provide assistance to a person with typing," says Yan Lukun.