YouTube's new monetization process for Shorts will take effect in February, Microsoft Teams is introducing a new Premium edition, ChatGPT is being used by cybercriminals to create malware and fake girl bots, and a controversial non-consensual AI mental health experiment has sparked outrage. Stay tuned for the latest updates in the tech industry!

00:00 - Intro
01:45 - YouTube’s New Shorts Monetization Process Will Come Into Effect in February
10:42 - Some Microsoft Teams features will move to new Premium edition
18:44 - Armed With ChatGPT, Cybercriminals Build Malware And Plot Fake Girl Bots
24:34 - Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment

Summary:

Microsoft plans to move some features of its Microsoft Teams software to its more costly Premium edition in February. The features include live translated captions, custom Together Mode scenes, and virtual appointment options, which will only be available to users who purchase the Premium edition. The standard version of Teams will still have access to the features for 30 days after the launch of Premium. Microsoft Teams Premium is expected to cost $10 per user per month, and include AI-powered smart features such as live translations and advanced meeting protections.

Cybercriminals have started using OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to build hacking tools, according to cybersecurity researchers. Scammers are also testing the chatbot's ability to build other chatbots designed to impersonate young females to ensnare targets. Underground criminal forums have caught on to the potential of ChatGPT, with one hacker sharing code written by the chatbot that stole files of interest, compressed them and sent them across the web. Another user shared Python code that could encrypt files, claiming OpenAI's app helped them build it.

YouTube's new monetization process for Shorts, which allows creators to earn money from ads displayed between videos in the Shorts feed, will go into effect on February 1st. This new revenue sharing model replaces the YouTube Shorts Fund. Creators with over 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the preceding 90 days will be eligible to apply for a cut of ad revenue. YouTube expects this new process to be more sustainable and equitable, with payouts expected to be greater than creators currently receive from the Creator Fund.

Koko, a nonprofit mental health platform, ran an experiment that provided AI-written mental health counseling to 4,000 people without obtaining their informed consent. The experiment used technology from OpenAI's GPT-3 large language model, which is behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot. People participating in the experiment rated the AI-crafted responses positively until they were informed that they were written by AI. Critics have raised concerns about the lack of informed consent and whether an Institutional Review Board approved the experiment. The company's co-founder has stated that the experiment is exempt from informed consent requirements as the results were not planned to be published.

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