I see this as a tool to make access to ‘free to use’ sites easier. What is the harm?

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/openai-sends-shutdown-letter-to-gpt4free

OpenAI Threatens Popular GitHub Project With Lawsuit Over API Use

Anyone can use ChatGPT for free, but if you want to use GPT4, the latest language model, you have to either pay for ChatGPT Plus, pay for access to OpenAI's API, or find another site that has incorporated GPT4 into its own free chatbot. There are sites that use OpenAI such as Forefront

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and You.com

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, but what if you want to make your own bot and don't want to pay for the API?

A GitHub project called GPT4free

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allows you to get free access to the GPT4 and GPT3.5 models by funneling those queries through sites like You.com

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, Quora

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and CoCalc

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and giving you back the answers. The project is GitHub's most popular new repo, getting 14,000 stars this week.

Now, according to Xtekky, the European computer science student who runs the repo, OpenAI has sent a letter demanding that he take the whole thing down within five days or face a lawsuit.

I interviewed Xtekky via Telegram, and he said he doesn't think OpenAI should be targeting him since he isn't connecting directly to the company's API, but is instead getting data from other sites that are paying for their own API licenses. If the owners of those sites have a problem with his scripts querying them, they should approach him directly, he posited.

Holding robots accountable.

https://journalppw.com/index.php/jpsp/article/view/16476

Tort Liability Of Humanoid Robots' Damages A Comparative Study Between Civil Law And Rulings Of Islamic Jurisprudence

The robot (Humanoid Robot) is most notably outstanding feature of artificial intelligence. It has been used into several areas such as civil and customer service, medicine, industry, education, home and military service, and others, which raises many legal issues and obstacles, including but not limited to defining the concept of a robot, the extent of its legal personality, legal responsibility and legitimate basis that a robot liability can be established, represented in the theory of faulty products, theory of human representative liable for damages caused by robots, theory of guarding objects liability, and the theory of legal certainty of the Master on the work of his /her subordinates (Master-slave basis), as well as evaluating these theories, and Islamic jurisprudence point of view on that liability. Finally, the study followed by a conclusion that includes key findings and proposals.

Tools & Techniques. How to get the best out of your AI.

https://www.makeuseof.com/tools-to-improve-prompt-engineering-skills/

7 Online Tools to Improve Your Prompt Engineering Skills

Prompt engineering is easy to learn but hard to master. You might have trouble achieving your desired output as you execute complex, multi-step projects. AI won’t do what you want unless you explicitly explain your instructions and convey your message.

With that said, not all prompts must come from your imagination. Here are seven tools that will help you learn about various AI platforms, write effective prompts, and become a proficient prompt engineer.