Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home from Monday, August 5th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today.

Why is open AI sitting on technology that could detect AI cheating? Why is Bitcoin so correlated to the

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over. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

You know what would probably be useful? Some sort of water marking system or some other

method to detect text written by AI. It would be even better if that method had a, I don't know, 99.9%

reliability rate in terms of detecting AI text. And you know who apparently has exactly this, open AI. So why haven't we seen it?

quoting the journal. The project has been mired in internal debate at open AI for roughly two years and has been

ready to be released for about a year according to people familiar with the matter and

internal documents viewed by the Wall Street Journal.

It's just a matter of pressing a button, one of the people said.

In trying to decide what to do, open AI employees have wavered between the startup's

stated commitment to transparency and their desire to attract and retain users.

One survey the company conducted of loyal chat geepity users found nearly a third would be

turned off by the anti-cheating technology.

In Open AI, spokeswoman said the company is concerned the tool could disproportionately affect groups such as non-native English speakers.

The text water marking method we're developing is technically promising but has important risks we're weighing while we research alternatives, she said.

We believe the deliberate approach we've taken is necessary given the complexities involved

and its likely impact on the broader ecosystem beyond open AI end quote.

Employees who support the tools release, including those who helped develop it,

have said internally those arguments pale compared with the good such technology

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