This gives users more control over their data

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OpenAI is upgrading its AI bot ChatGPT in terms of data protection: According to a blog post by the company, a few settings will be activated in the near future that will give users more control over which data they permanently share with the program. For example, you will soon have the opportunity to easily determine that chat histories are not saved and therefore not used for training the AI.

In addition, users can use an export function to have conversations with the chatbot sent to them by email in order to get a precise overview of the information they are sharing. In addition, OpenAI wants to introduce a business subscription that allows more control over data.

The company is thus responding to the increasing concerns of data protection officials, which have even led to a ban on ChatGPT in some countries such as Italy.

According to figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA), sales of e-cars have increased enormously in the last three years. There are now 26 million electric vehicles worldwide, more than half of which are driven in China alone. This year another 14 million cars with electric motors are to be added. If things continue like this, it means that by 2030 we could save as much as five million barrels of oil.

The share of electric vehicles in the entire car market has almost quintupled since 2020, from 4 to 18 percent. Every fifth car now runs on electricity instead of a combustion engine. Experts assume that this rapid development is only a first wave, a boom in e-buses and e-trucks is still to come.

In addition to China, e-cars are mainly sold in Europe and the USA.

As Ispace CEO Tekeshi Hakamada had to admit, his company’s attempt at a first private moon landing on Tuesday evening probably failed. After a successful launch in December 2022, the unmanned lander Hakuto-R should have broken out of the orbit of the Earth’s satellite and touched down on its surface. Shortly before reaching the goal, however, the contact was broken off. There is no information yet on whether the probe is intact or shattered.

The Japanese company’s goal is to set up a base on the moon by 2040 and act as a transport company there. The loss of the lander also means a setback for science: on board were measuring devices for research institutions in the USA, Canada, Japan and the United Arab Emirates.

Second account and paying followers: Twitter boss Elon Musk actually only wanted to show Twitter users with a screenshot how the new paid subscription system works. However, the image contained more information than intended. The profile picture of a second account could be seen on it, which resourceful users could then quickly identify: The Tesla founder maintains an additional, unofficial profile under the Twitter handle @ErmnMusk. He himself confirmed this shortly after the first tweets about it were published.

Also evident in the screenshot: Musk has a whopping 24,700 followers who would pay $4 a month for exclusive content from the billionaire. That would mean revenue of $1.2 million a year. Musk has not yet commented on whether Musk is actually planning special content or whether it is just a test.

Although fintech startup Revolut says it has performed strongly over the past year, posting a 33 percent increase in revenue, an investor’s valuation report has valued it at just $18 billion. This means that the company’s value has shrunk by a full 46 percent since the last financing round in 2021. This is particularly surprising because the neobank was able to demonstrate profitability for the first time.

A Schroders-managed mutual fund reported a £4.7 million ($5.8 million) write-down in its 2022 results released on April 17.

Experts suspect that the valuation problems of companies like Revolut, N26 and Klarna indicate that the fintech boom is now clearly over.

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