ChatGPT is facing a spike in outages on Monday morning as OpenAI says it’s working to fix the bugs. OpenAI reported on its status page on Monday that it was experiencing a widespread outage impacting its popular AI chatbot. According to the Downdetector status page, a dramatic spike in outage reports began around 7:00 AM EDT on Monday.

In a 19-page order, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers granted summary judgment to OpenAI, saying that a lesser known tech firm originally built for open-source AI education infringed on the tech leaders’ trademark by offering chatbot and image generator tools, possibly looking to coast off the name recognition of the better known company.

"Now you call one of these things, an AI answers, it's like a super smart capable person… it can do everything that any customer support agent at that company could do, it does not make mistakes, it's very quick, you call once, the thing just happens, it's done, answers right away, great."

Credulous minister claims MoU – not contract – with chatbot biz could help 'fix NHS' and 'drive economic growth' The UK's Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) is jumping into bed with chatbot biz OpenAI,

Once cautious, OpenAI, Grok, and others will now dive into giving unverified medical advice with virtually no disclaimers.

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Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and xAI recently secured Defense Department contracts worth up to $200 million. A planned executive order could put those funds in jeopardy if they don't fall in line.