New test detects ovarian cancer earlier thanks to AI; ChatGPT now lets you pull other GPTs into the chat

👪 OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to collaborate on AI guidelines LINK

• OpenAI announced a partnership with Common Sense Media to develop AI guidelines and create educational materials for parents, educators, and teens, including curating family-friendly GPTs in the GPT store.

• The partnership was announced by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Common Sense Media CEO James Steyer at the Common Sense Summit for America's Kids and Families in San Francisco.

• Common Sense Media, which has started reviewing AI assistants including OpenAI's ChatGPT, aims to guide safe and responsible AI use among families and educators without showing favoritism towards OpenAI.

🔬 New test detects ovarian cancer earlier thanks to AI LINK

• Scientists have developed a 93% accurate early screening test for ovarian cancer using artificial intelligence and machine learning, promising improved early detection for this and potentially other cancers.

• The test analyzes a woman's metabolic profile to accurately assess the likelihood of having ovarian cancer, providing a more informative and precise diagnostic approach compared to traditional methods.

• Georgia Tech researchers utilized machine learning and mass spectrometry to detect unique metabolite characteristics in the blood, enabling the early and accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer, with optimism for application in other cancer types.

🤖 ChatGPT now lets you pull other GPTs into the chat LINK

• OpenAI introduced a feature allowing custom ChatGPT-powered chatbots to be tagged with an '@' in the prompt, enabling easier switching between bots.

• The ability to build and train custom GPT-powered chatbots was initially offered to OpenAI’s premium ChatGPT Plus subscribers in November 2023.

• Despite the new feature and the GPT Store, custom GPTs currently account for only about 2.7% of ChatGPT's worldwide web traffic, with a month-over-month decline in custom GPT traffic since November.

📰 The NYT is building a team to explore AI in the newsroom LINK

• The New York Times is starting a team to investigate how generative AI can be used in its newsroom, led by newly appointed AI initiatives head Zach Seward.

• This new team will comprise machine learning engineers, software engineers, designers, and editors to prototype AI applications for reporting and presentation of news.

• Despite its complicated past with generative AI, including a lawsuit against OpenAI, the Times emphasizes that its journalism will continue to be created by human journalists.