Weekly Newsletter #11
Hallucinated (a.k.a. fake) footnotes and citations were found inside a report made for the Australian Government by Deloitte. The consultancy agreed to refund most of the money after this AI-generated fiasco. Will this be a wake-up call for corporations using AI outputs without any verification? 🚑
OpenAI is Bringing Back “Real Conversations”
ChatGPT recently got major restrictions in its responses to address ethical and legal issues concerning underage users and rising concerns over mental health.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged these restrictions made ChatGPT less enjoyable and useful for many users. They plan to introduce a strict age gate and bring the chatbot back to its “chatty” days. Altman said verified adult users will be able to engage in mature or even erotic conversations with ChatGPT after the planned update. 🫥
Turkish LLM: Kumru
Kumru (which means “dove” in Turkish) is the first large language model trained from scratch in Turkish by VNGRS. Most major models translate Turkish prompts into English behind the scenes, process them, and translate them back — but Kumru thinks in Turkish. Its tokenizer is trained specifically for Turkish, which could make a big difference. Though still early, Kumru has already achieved promising benchmark results compared to much larger open-source models. For local institutions prioritizing data privacy, this looks like a solid step forward.
Europe’s AI Challenge
The European Union continues its efforts to reduce dependency on the U.S. and China for artificial intelligence. Its latest AI adoption incentive plan allocates €1 billion to encourage usage across key industries.
⚡️ Quick Bits
- Growing suspicion around product deals and investments between giants like Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, and AMD. Sasha Yanshin YouTube →
- Google launches an option to hide sponsored search results. The Verge →
- Amazon launches prescription vending machines inside its One Medical clinics. CNBC →
- Apple revives its smart-glasses project; this pivot reportedly makes more sense. Bloomberg →
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10/27/2025
