{"id":2164,"date":"2023-06-20T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2023-06-20T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:20:57","slug":"softbank-ceo-says-he-is-heavy-user-of-chatgpt-speaks-to-openais-sam-altman-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=2164","title":{"rendered":"Softbank CEO Says He is \u2018Heavy User\u2019 of ChatGPT, Speaks to OpenAI\u2019s Sam Altman Often"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SoftBank Group<\/a>‘s Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Tuesday he is a “heavy user” of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot from Microsoft<\/a>-backed startup OpenAI.<\/p>\n

Son said he is speaking “almost everyday” to OpenAI<\/a> CEO Sam Altman<\/a>, who has made high-profile visits to Tokyo this year as he looks to capitalise on interest in generative AI and exert influence on the regulation of the burgeoning technology around the world.<\/p>\n

“I am chatting with ChatGPT<\/a> everyday – I am a heavy user,” Son told shareholders of the group’s telecoms subsidiary.<\/p>\n

Son has stepped back from public pronouncements in recent months to focus on the planned listing of chip designer Arm<\/a> as his technology investment conglomerate books heavy loss due to the sliding value of its portfolio.<\/p>\n

The group holds its annual general meeting on Wednesday with the market looking for details of Son’s investment outlook at a time when excitement over AI<\/a> is driving capital expenditure around the world.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0Mercedes-Benz said<\/a> on Thursday last week US drivers could power some of their luxury vehicles with ChatGPT in a test program starting June 16.<\/p>\n

Compatible with some 900,000 vehicles that have the automaker’s “MBUX” systems, ChatGPT will download over the air after drivers opt in via a Mercedes app or by voice command, the company said. The test will last three months during which Mercedes will see how drivers use the technology.<\/p>\n

Mercedes said ChatGPT would make its car system’s answers sound more natural and would let drivers ask for destination information or address other queries, like what to cook for dinner.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2023<\/em><\/p>\n