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Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup based in San Francisco, has unveiled Claude 2.1, an updated version of its conversational AI assistant. The company claims significant enhancements in areas such as context length, accuracy, and integration capabilities. The most notable improvement in Claude 2.1 is the increased context window, now able to process up to 200,000 context tokens. This equates to approximately 150,000 words or 500 pages of text content, allowing users to upload and analyze entire technical documents, lengthy financial reports, or extensive literary works. The upgrade aims to provide better summaries, question answering, trend forecasting, and other insights by taking in more contextual information. However, processing such long messages slows response times to a few minutes, with expectations for improved speeds over time. In addition to the extended context window, Claude 2.1 boasts a two-times reduction in false or hallucinated statements, enhancing reli...

The latest update from ChatGPT has made its voice interaction feature available to all users for free, marking a major advancement in AI and tech inclusivity. This update has the potential to reshape the approach to content and SEO, offering new opportunities for brand marketers and SEO professionals to explore voice-optimized strategies. With the voice functionality now accessible to all users, ChatGPT has set a new standard in AI-user interaction, enhancing user engagement and accessibility. This update opens up fresh possibilities for businesses and content creators to connect with their audience in a more interactive and engaging way. By leveraging voice interaction, brands can create more personalized and immersive experiences for their users. For SEO professionals, this update presents an opportunity to explore new strategies for voice search optimization. With the increasing popularity of voice-enabled devices and virtual assistants, optimizing content for voice search has b...

The article discusses how some ChatGPT users are encountering high-demand errors on the OpenAI systems, and an intriguing development in the form of "ChatGPT Alpha" appearing in the model selection dropdown. There is speculation surrounding whether this means OpenAI is on the verge of launching ChatGPT Alpha. In addition to these observations, it is noted that OpenAI is actively addressing elevated errors on the API and ChatGPT. The article includes screenshots depicting the appearance of ChatGPT Alpha alongside the high-demand error messages, prompting discussion on the potential implications of this occurrence. The article also highlights a shift in the dropdown selection after the error disappears, indicating a return to typical options. Throughout the article, visual aids in the form of screenshots provide a comprehensive look at the discussed developments. The accompanying images included in the article offer a firsthand view of the notable instances of ChatGPT Alph...

Google has announced that they will be removing the search console crawl rate limiter tool from their search console, with a scheduled removal date of January 8, 2024. This decision comes as a result of improvements to their crawling algorithms which have essentially made the tool unnecessary. The crawl rate limiter tool was first introduced to the search console fifteen years ago in 2008, with the purpose of allowing publishers to control Googlebot crawling in order to prevent overwhelming their servers. At the time, some publishers were experiencing an excessive amount of crawling, which could lead to their servers being unable to serve webpages to users. After receiving complaints, Google released the tool within the search console. However, the impact of the tool was primarily to provide Google with data. According to the company, requests to limit crawling usually took about a day to go into effect and remained in effect for 90 days. The decision to remove the rate limiter to...

Google has announced a significant update to its structured data support, which will impact the way online forums and personal profile pages appear in search results. The new structured data markup is designed to enhance the visibility of first-hand content from online forums and provide accurate information about content creators. The introduction of structured data for online forums aims to improve the display of information from web forums in search results. This new markup will enable Google Search to showcase first-person perspectives from social media and online communities more accurately and comprehensively. In addition, a new 'ProfilePage' structured data markup will allow Google to better identify key information about content creators, such as their name, social media handle, number of followers, profile photo, and content popularity. This feature is intended to provide accurate information about creators of first-person content in search results. Moreover, the ...

LinkedIn has rolled out a new content moderation framework that optimizes moderation queues and reduces the time to catch policy violations by 60%. This breakthrough technology may be the future of content moderation as it becomes more widely available. The previous method of using a first in, first out (FIFO) process resulted in harmful content taking a long time to be reviewed and removed, exposing users to offensive content. To address this issue, LinkedIn has developed an automated framework using a machine learning model to prioritize content likely to violate policies, moving those items to the front of the queue. This new process has significantly sped up the review process. The new framework uses an XGBoost machine learning model to predict which content items are likely to violate policies. XGBoost is an open-source machine learning library that helps classify and rank items in a dataset by training the model to identify specific patterns on a labeled dataset. LinkedIn has ...

Google is implementing updates to its personalized advertising policy, specifically targeting consumer financial products and services. This update, set to take effect in February 2024, will prohibit advertisers from targeting audiences for credit and banking ads based on sensitive factors such as gender, age, parental status, marital status, or zip code. The existing policy, which currently prohibits "Credit in personalized ads," will be renamed "Consumer finance in personalized ads" under the changes. The new policy aims to protect users' privacy and prevent discrimination in financial services advertising. Google will begin enforcing the updated restrictions on February 28, 2024, with full enforcement expected within six weeks. Advertisers in violation will receive a warning at least seven days before any account suspension. Google has advised advertisers to review their campaigns for compliance issues and to carefully check their ad targeting settings. T...

The Accelerated Mobile Pages WordPress plugin, with over 100,000 installations, recently patched a medium severity vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to inject malicious scripts to be executed by website visitors. This vulnerability, known as a "cross-site scripting via shortcode" flaw, is a common type of vulnerability that occurs when a plugin does not adequately secure user inputs. The vulnerability specifically occurred due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. In the context of WordPress, a shortcode is a feature that allows users to insert a tag within posts and pages, enabling them to embed functionality or content provided by a plugin. In this case, the vulnerability allowed attackers to exploit the shortcode function of the plugin to inject malicious scripts into websites. According to a report by the Patchstack WordPress security company, the vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.89 of the plugin. ...

Stability AI recently made headlines with the debut of its new product, Stable Video Diffusion. This innovative generative AI video model has the unique capability of transforming static images into dynamic video content, offering a sneak peek into the future of video content creation. Stable Video Diffusion, a foundation model from Stability AI, has been specifically designed for image-to-video capabilities and can perform tasks such as multi-view synthesis from a single image. The company is offering two versions of the model, capable of generating 14 and 25 frames at frame rates that range from 3 to 30 frames per second. While the company is open to feedback and aims to update the models with the latest advancements, it has clarified that the model is not intended for real-world or commercial applications at this stage. For those interested in exploring further, the code for Stable Video Diffusion is available on GitHub, along with the necessary weights to run it locally on the ...

The article discusses the implications of Google patent US11769017B1, shared by a user named @seostratega. The patent focuses on "Generative Summaries for Search Results" and lays the groundwork for Google's SGE (Search Generative Engine) by integrating generative AI search summaries. The patent was filed on March 20th, a few weeks before the first announcement and beta release of SGE. The patent describes a method for creating search result summaries using large language models (LLMs). These models understand the context and content of web pages, generating concise and relevant summaries. This reimagines the search results page, enabling more complex queries and delivering AI-powered overviews with links to further information. The article explains the relationship between the patent and Google SGE. With the use of LLMs, SGE can generate AI-powered snapshots for queries, providing users with immediate understanding of a topic and avenues to delve deeper. The technolo...

In a recent update, Google has expanded its support for organization structured data markup, allowing companies to provide more detailed information about themselves in search results. This new markup will be used to showcase company details in knowledge panels and other visual elements on the search results page, making it easier for users to find essential information about organizations they are searching for. In the past, Google allowed sites to use “logo” and “url” markup to specify the image and link for their logo in search results. Now, Google enables sites to include further information such as their name, address, contact info, and business identifiers. The existing logo structured data guidelines are being merged with the broader organization markup documentation. The logo report in Google Search Console and tests in the Rich Results Test tool have transitioned to more comprehensive organization markup validations. The Rich Results Test tool allows testing organization m...

The study published by Microsoft delves into the application of advanced prompting techniques in the context of AI, particularly focusing on the performance of a generalist AI, GPT-4, in comparison to a specialist AI model. The researchers found that GPT-4 was able to outperform Google’s specialized Med-PaLM 2 model in the medical domain, showcasing the impact of advanced prompting techniques on the capabilities of generative AI. The study emphasizes the significance of advanced prompting techniques in enhancing the performance of generative AI models. This is particularly relevant as it highlights the potential for generalist AI to achieve high-quality output comparable to that of specialist models. The findings affirm the principles underlying advanced prompting techniques and illustrate their ability to yield exceptional results in generating images or text output. One of the techniques employed by the researchers is Chain of Thought (CoT) reasoning, which has been extensively u...

OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has recently shared its plans for upcoming developments and improvements. One of the major announcements is the launch of the GPT Store, which is scheduled for early next year. This launch is in line with OpenAI's dedication to advancing AI technologies and making them more accessible to the public. In addition to the GPT Store, OpenAI has made significant enhancements to its GPT Builder tools. These improvements include a more user-friendly configuration interface and enhanced file handling capabilities. These updates aim to make the tools more intuitive and efficient for users, ultimately advancing AI development and application. Furthermore, OpenAI has expressed its commitment to privacy improvements, ensuring that the use of AI technologies is mindful of privacy concerns. This demonstrates OpenAI's awareness of the ethical considerations surrounding AI and its dedication to addressing these issues proactively....

Security researchers at Wordfence have identified a critical security flaw in the MW WP Form plugin, affecting versions 5.0.1 and earlier. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated threat actors to exploit the plugin by uploading arbitrary files, including potentially malicious PHP backdoors, with the ability to execute these files on the server. The MW WP Form plugin is utilized to simplify form creation on WordPress websites using a shortcode builder. It enables users to easily create and customize forms with various fields and options, including a feature that allows file uploads using a specific shortcode for data collection. However, it is this specific feature that is exploitable in the identified vulnerability. The security issue, categorized as an Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability, permits hackers to upload potentially harmful files to a website without needing to be registered with the website or possess user permissions. This type of vulnerability can lea...

Microsoft has recently announced the introduction of Deep Search, a significant enhancement to Bing's web search capabilities, which is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 technology. This new feature, integrated with advanced AI, aims to provide users with more relevant and comprehensive responses to complex search inquiries. Instead of replacing Bing's current web search functionality, Deep Search enriches it by enabling a more in-depth and nuanced exploration of the web. Deep Search leverages Bing's existing web index and ranking system, now enhanced by GPT-4, to transform user queries into detailed descriptions that accurately capture their intent. This technology is particularly effective at clarifying queries with multiple potential meanings, expanding the scope of search topics to uncover a broader array of web pages. By rewriting queries to explore various facets of a search topic, Deep Search delves deeper into the web to retrieve results that might be overlooked in ...

In a recent study, researchers have discovered a method to bypass the safety guardrails of GPT4 and GPT4-Turbo, allowing them to generate harmful and toxic content. By utilizing a technique called Tree of Thoughts (ToT) reasoning, the researchers were able to jailbreak these large language models (LLMs) with a remarkably low number of queries, on average less than thirty. ToT reasoning is a variation and enhancement of Chain of Thought (CoT) prompting, which instructs the generative AI to follow a sequence of steps accompanied by examples to show how the reasoning task works. Unlike CoT, ToT allows for multiple paths of reasoning, allowing the AI to stop, self-assess, and come up with alternate steps. This method was developed in a research paper titled "Tree of Thoughts: Deliberate Problem Solving with Large Language Models" in May 2023. The researchers also introduced a new method of jailbreaking large language models called Tree of Attacks with Pruning (TAP), which uti...

The popular Elementor website builder plugin for WordPress was found to have a high severity vulnerability in its template uploader functionality. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to upload and execute files on the website server. Elementor, with over 5 million installations, is known for its ease of use in creating professional websites through a drag and drop interface. The vulnerability, rated 8.8/10, poses a Remote Code Execution risk, meaning an attacker could gain control of the website and run various commands. Specifically, this is categorized as an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, which allows attackers to upload malicious files for executing commands on the affected website server. According to Wordfence, the Elementor plugin is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via file upload in all versions up to and including 3.18.0. This means that authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above can upload files and execute code on the serv...

Google has recently announced upcoming changes to their cryptocurrency advertising policies, specifically regarding Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts. These changes will take effect on January 29th, 2024, and will apply globally to all accounts advertising Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts. The announcement advises advertisers to familiarize themselves with the new requirements and ensure compliance. Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts are financial products that allow investors to trade shares in trusts holding substantial amounts of digital currency. These trusts provide investors with equity in cryptocurrencies without direct ownership, offering a way to diversify their portfolios. The updated policy will outline the scope and requirements for the advertisement of Cryptocurrency Coin Trusts, and advertisers targeting the United States will be able to promote these products and services as long as they comply with the specific policies and obtain certification from Google. In addition to the United St...

Google recently completed the rollout of their last announced Reviews System update. This update marks the end of the company's practice of announcing changes to the review system, as future updates will be implemented on an ongoing and regular basis without public announcement. The Reviews System is a critical component of Google's search algorithm, affecting the ranking of review-related content and search queries. The goal of the Reviews System is to prioritize high-quality, people-first content. Google has published guidelines to help publishers understand the type of content that the Reviews System aims to rank, emphasizing the importance of insightful analysis, original research, and expertise in the topic. The recent update to the Reviews System was announced on November 8, 2023, and was fully implemented by December 7, 2023. Google's Search Status Dashboard confirmed the completion of the rollout, and the Google Search Central account also tweeted about the conc...

Google recently released a video featuring three valuable tips for using Google Search Console to diagnose and resolve technical issues that may affect a website's indexing and ranking. The three tips offered by Google are checking if a page is indexed or indexable, verifying if a page is a duplicate or if another page serves as the canonical URL, and reviewing the rendered HTML for coding-related issues. The first tip advises users to utilize the URL inspection tool in Google Search Console to determine if a page is indexed and indexable. The tool provides information on the last crawl date and allows users to request a crawl. Additionally, Google notes that if a page does not frequently change, Googlebot may crawl it less, which is a normal conservation of resources by both Google and the targeted web server. The second tip focuses on checking if a page is being ignored due to duplication or if another page has been selected as the canonical URL. Google emphasizes that it is ...