Hacker News with Generative AI: ChatGPT

I replaced my to-do list with ChatGPT's Tasks and it changed how I plan (techradar.com)
Elon Musk says he'll drop his $97B bid for OpenAI if it remains a non-profit (theguardian.com)
Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4bn offer to buy the non-profit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company.
"Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar" (bsky.app)
Sharing a ChatGPT Account with My Wife (startupbaniya.com)
I was curious to see how ChatGPT would respond to this question, and the answer was interesting because my wife and I share the same ChatGPT Pro account, but we use AI in different ways.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world (thebullshitmachines.com)
We were promised hyper-intelligent computer systems that would usher in an era of unparalleled prosperity and innovation.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI taking claims of data breach 'seriously' (the-independent.com)
OpenAI is investigating reports of a potential data breach affecting millions of user accounts, but says it has yet to find evidence supporting the claims.
Andrej Karpathy: Deep Dive into LLMs Like ChatGPT [video] (youtube.com)
ChatGPT and the Enshittification of Google (tompccs.github.io)
In any analysis of Gen-Z’s use of ChatGPT (and Tik-Tok for that matter) to find information in just the same way you and I used to use Google, the question we should be asking is - why has no one been able to make a substantial business out of giving people the information they actually need?
Time Bandit ChatGPT jailbreak bypasses safeguards on sensitive topics (bleepingcomputer.com)
A ChatGPT jailbreak flaw, dubbed "Time Bandit," allows you to bypass OpenAI's safety guidelines when asking for detailed instructions on sensitive topics, including the creation of weapons, information on nuclear topics, and malware creation.
Just used ChatGPT Operator to book a flight (reddit.com)
Just used ChatGPT Operator to book a flight!
ChatGPT goes down as OpenAI scrambles to fix bug (nypost.com)
ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence-powered bot, had been experiencing outages early on Thursday morning, according to tech giant OpenAI.
Paul Schrader on AI-Produced Scripts: 'Every Idea ChatGPT Came Up with Was Good' (indiewire.com)
Paul Schrader may be spending a bit too much time on the computer. Though the septuagenarian filmmaker rolled out his latest project, “Oh, Canada,” only last year, Schrader is already hard at work generating new ideas, not just for himself, but other legendary cinematic artists as well. Taking once again to his beloved Facebook page, Schrader shared in a post that he’d been experimenting with ChatGPT and was shocked to find how developed it had become.
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment (andymasley.substack.com)
If you don’t have time to read this post, these four graphs give most of the argument:
She Is in Love with ChatGPT (nytimes.com)
She Is in Love with ChatGPT (nytimes.com)
ChatGPT knows which country I'm in, despite conversation memory set to 'off' (imgur.com)
Ask HN: What are some (weird) ways you're using ChatGPT? (ycombinator.com)
I’m a lazy person, and I’m proud of it. As a programmer, I’m always on the lookout for creative and efficient ways to use LLMs, especially ChatGPT.
OpenAI is losing money on its pricey ChatGPT Pro plan, CEO Sam Altman says (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected
Reflections (samaltman.com)
The launch of ChatGPT kicked off a growth curve like nothing we have ever seen—in our company, our industry, and the world broadly.
ChatGPT search vs. Google: A deep dive analysis of 62 queries (searchengineland.com)
The emergence of ChatGPT search has led to many questions about the quality of the overall results compared to Google.
Ask HN: Is ChatGPT down? (ycombinator.com)
Looks like Azure is experiencing a major outage, but I cannot find anything about it. If you look at downdetector.com you'll notice reported outages from OpenAI, Microsoft 365, XBox Live, Walmart, the list goes on.
ChatGPT Saved Chats: Save and organize your important conversations in ChatGPT (chromewebstore.google.com)
12 Days of OpenAI: Day 11 – A new way to work with ChatGPT [video] (youtube.com)
Sorry Human, You're Wrong (engineeringprompts.substack.com)
When ChatGPT o1 Pro was released, I knew I had to try it. As an early and frequent user of almost every model OpenAI has launched - and later, those from other companies (Claude remains my favorite) - I couldn’t resist the opportunity.
Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT (macstories.net)
Apple is releasing iOS and iPadOS 18.2 today, and with those software updates, the company is rolling out the second wave of Apple Intelligence features as part of their previously announced roadmap that will culminate with the arrival of deeper integration between Siri and third-party apps next year.
Computing Inside an AI (willwhitney.com)
Since the launch of ChatGPT, explorations in two directions kicked into high gear.
ChatGPT Down and Out (cnbc.com)
ChatGPT Is Down (chatgpt.com)
ChatGPT Down (openai.com)
We have reports of API calls returning errors, and difficulties logging in to platform.openai.com and ChatGPT. We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.
ChatGPT Will Not Say "David Mayer" [video] (youtube.com)