• Avoiding ChatGPT won't ke

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Tue Apr 15 13:51:00 2025
    Avoiding ChatGPT won't keep OpenAI from infusing its AI models into your life

    Date:
    Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:00:00 +0000

    Description:
    OpenAIs new GPT-4.1 models are designed for developers to embed seamlessly
    into everyday apps, meaning even AI skeptics may soon be using advanced AI without realizing it.

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    If youve managed to steer clear of ChatGPT all this time, just know you might be using an OpenAI AI model soon without even realizing it.

    OpenAI unveiled a new suite of models aimed at developers looking to embed
    some AI into their software. The GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano
    models might not declare themselves, but they seem purpose-built for subtle inclusion in other products.

    These arent the chatbots you open for conversation and then close after
    getting your trivia question answered to go back to your email inbox. These models power your inbox, to-do list, or budgeting app. They could fuel a
    recipe manager and adjust ingredient portions for any last-minute additions
    to the dinner party.

    What makes GPT-4.1 and its smaller, slightly speedier siblings different from past releases is that it is explicitly designed for developers rather than
    for developers in addition to a role with ChatGPT. These are workhorse models optimized for instruction-following, coding, and reasoning from vast chunks
    of information.

    That means they are very good at doing exactly what you tell them to do in a format familiar to any software developer. OpenAI also boasts about its speed and cost relative to its power, making it even more enticing for developers with an ingenious app idea but limited resources.

    OpenAI has ideas about apps getting much smarter thanks to its models and the clever way developers can deploy them. Picture your expense tracker automatically and accurately, immediately categorizing purchases or your
    notes app, producing a summary of everything that happened during a particularly chaotic day at work. Your photo editor might offer captions that dont sound like they were written by a robot or at least like a robot that
    has spent some time around people.

    This is AI as infrastructure not a product, not a personality, but a quiet presence that makes everything run smoother and better.

    OpenAI inside

    Weve seen glimmers of this before. Gmails autocomplete, Photoshop's image suggestions, and other tools have plenty of AI underlying their features. However, what OpenAI is semi-obliquely promising with GPT-4.1 is that
    plugging AI into an app will be easy, fast, and cheap.

    Of course, relevant questions are raised about whether users should be
    alerted about the AI model since they might consciously avoid it in its more visible form. Plus, the usual privacy questions about apps get more complex with AI involved. If your grocery app starts predicting your purchases before you search, is that convenience or surveillance?

    Many apps might never tell you theyre using GPT-4.1 under the hood if they don't have to, especially if its just powering something like a search
    function or summarizing your reading list. Theres a good chance millions of people will be using OpenAI models every day without ever realizing it, for good or ill.

    Broad adoption of the models by developers might actually help with public acceptance. If AI is more like a utility and not an in-your-face feature, people might be more comfortable with it. It could be like Wi-Fi.

    You dont think about the Wi-Fi noting your location when you check the
    weather; you simply expect it to work. AI moves from spectacle to plumbing, annoying when it fails and invisible when it works.

    That also means who we define as an AI used will change. Instead of someone
    who opens ChatGPT or Midjourney, an AI user will just be someone using an
    app, like how everyone using an app is technically a software user.

    For OpenAI, there's also a possible shift in power in their favor. By moving away from direct engagement and toward app integration, youre ultimately relying on OpenAI whether you signed up for ChatGPT or not. Smarter tools are often more helpful, less annoying, and better at dealing with whatever task they're assigned.

    But it also means more of your digital life will be shaped by a handful of foundational models operated by companies that arent always transparent about how those models are trained, what data theyve consumed, or what they might
    get wrong.

    So, if youve been proudly avoiding AI tools, get ready to either massively extend your list of software to avoid or be prepared to parse some user agreements to check for GPT-4.1's quiet reshaping of your digital world.

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    Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/avoiding-chatgpt-w ont-keep-openai-from-infusing-its-ai-models-into-your-life

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