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The artificial intelligence (AI) space has exploded in 2023. Here, we reflect on the artificial intelligence pause that did not happen, a lawsuit that might change the whole AI space And the Sam Altman firing and rehiring saga. Based on the numbers, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool in the world today. It was launched on November 30, 2022, and exploded to 100 million monthly users within its first three months. On its first anniversary, ChatGPT now records an impressive 100 million weekly users, and according to Google Trends data, it is now at the height of its global popularity. In only 12 Months, ChatGPT’s existence has contributed to narratives that surround the extinction of humankind, allegations that OpenAI developed it by supposedly committing mass-scale copyright infringement, and a tumultuous CEO firing and rehiring that pundits are still trying to understand. ChatGPT’s Existential Threat To Humanity In March 2023, thousands of researchers, CEOs, pundits, and academics involved in the field of artificial intelligence signed an open letter, that called on AI developers in the entire world to suspend the development of any AI networks that are more powerful than GPT-4 for six months. At the time, they shared concerns that “human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity,” among many other things. While the efficacy and viability of a global, self-imposed pause on AI development is being discussed, the letter had nearly no significant impact on the nascent sector. OpenAI and its competitors, including Google, Anthropic, and Elon Musk – one of the most vocal signatories for the pause in development – continued developing their respective artificial intelligence projects throughout 2023. For example, in the case of Musk, his chatbot and self-professed ChatGPT competitor, Grok, was launched about six months to the day after the Tesla…

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