Last Week in AI #226: OpenAI lawsuits, NASA to explore AI on spaceships, OpenAI vs. Microsoft, generated content flooding the Internet, and more!

Class action lawsuits against OpenAI, NASA exploring AI interfaces to assist astronauts, OpenAI products maybe competing with Microsoft's, the concerns of AI generated content flooding the Internet

Top News

ChatGPT maker OpenAI faces class action over how it used people’s data

OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that it violated the copyrights and privacy of millions of internet users by using their data without permission. The lawsuit argues that OpenAI scraped data from social media comments, blog posts, Wikipedia articles, and other sources to train its AI technology. The case raises questions about the legality of using publicly available data to train AI models and could set a precedent for how AI algorithms are trained and how people are compensated for the use of their data. The lawsuit adds to the growing list of legal challenges faced by companies in the AI industry. The key takeaway from the article is that the lawsuit against OpenAI highlights the need for clearer regulations and transparency around the use of data in AI development.

Our Take: While OpenAI already faces legal battles around specific issues like defamation or copyright issues surrounding Github’s reproduction of other code, this case marks a broader attempt to take legal action against the core of ChatGPT’s model. The field of AI law is newly emerging, with a need for stronger legal models and understanding of the technology, and ‘fair use’ claims may be difficult to evaluate in an environment where the technology’s inner workings are not fully transparent (this brief from the Congressional Research Service provides a helpful overview of how different AI models could violate certain requirements for claiming fair use). One thing that will be particularly interesting to observe is how the different parts of the legal claim play out: While the article primarily mentions data scraping as well as negligence causing harm to minors, the complaint filed also accuses OpenAI of violating unfair competition laws, and engaging in deceptive business practices. In the event that the court rejects some of these arguments and sustains others, the case may influence which fields of law take the lead in regulating AI.

‘It’s not like science fiction any more’: Nasa aiming to make spaceships talk

Nasa engineers are developing an AI interface that could allow astronauts to communicate with their spacecraft and mission controllers to converse with AI-powered robots on distant planets and moons. The AI, similar to ChatGPT, could be included on the Lunar Gateway space station as part of the Artemis program. The system would have a natural language interface, allowing astronauts and mission control to communicate with it easily. The AI would also be able to detect and possibly fix glitches and inefficiencies in real time. The goal is to have conversational interactions with space vehicles and receive alerts and interesting findings from them. The AI would also enable collaborative learning among robotic rovers on distant planets through federated learning, without the need to transmit large amounts of data back to Earth.

Our Take: This is yet another example of how quickly the latest advances in generative AI are being adopted and deployed in broader application areas. The technology adoption curve has been speeding up through the latest innovations, and generative AI seems to fit this trend. It’ll be interesting to see how NASA addresses the reliability concerns of generative AI when it comes to mission-critical applications.

OpenAI Plans ChatGPT ‘Personal Assistant for Work,’ Setting Up Microsoft Rivalry

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has revealed plans to transform the chatbot into a "supersmart personal assistant for work." This assistant would have knowledge about an individual and their workplace, enabling it to perform tasks like drafting emails or documents in the person's style and with up-to-date business information. This move puts OpenAI in potential competition with Microsoft, its primary business partner, as well as other OpenAI software customers like Salesforce, who also aim to develop AI assistants for work.

Our take: It’s clear that OpenAI thinks this is a good direction to pursue, but it’s hard to see how this would play out long term. By building and developing additional products on top of its models, OpenAI will be competing not only with its largest investor (Microsoft), but also with its customers (e.g. startups building on top of OpenAI API) as well. It’ll also be very easy to make the case that OpenAI is leveraging its customers’ data (seeing their API calls) to build its own products, and this could be a very tricky legal situation.

How the Great AI Flood Could Kill the Internet

The rise of AI-generated books on Amazon's bestselling lists highlights the potential threat to the online information ecosystem. While the quality of these books is poor, click farms are using bots to manipulate rankings and monetize the system. This is just the latest development in the relationship between humans and writing, from the exclusive access of the high class to the democratization of information through the printing press and the internet. However, the algorithmic feed and the emergence of AI tools have led to passive consumption of content, allowing for the proliferation of low-quality AI-generated content. This "Great AI Flood" could lead to the internet becoming a desert populated by AI bots, potentially causing the loss of high-quality content and the degradation of the online experience. The key takeaway is that our laziness and reliance on AI tools may have unintended consequences for the internet.

Our Take: The more that the internet is flooded with low-quality content, the more people will depend on algorithms to do the work of filtering for them. If LLMs or image generators are used to scrape web data, create new content, and feed it back into the web, there are likely to be compounding effects. One critique of this article is that it primarily attributes our growing reliance on algorithms to ‘human laziness’, overlooking how it may be a self-perpetuating feature inherent to these systems.It’s crucial to consider how we can design better technologies, regulatory schemes, and internet cultures that reward meaningful creation of and engagement with material, rather than pushing content for the sake of profit or lackluster ‘creativity’.

Other News

Research

A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too - Artificial intelligence is predicted to match or exceed the problem-solving ability of the best human mathematicians by 2026.

RoboCat: A self-improving robotic agent - RoboCat is a self-improving AI agent for robotics that can learn to perform a variety of tasks across different arms, and then self-generate new training data to improve its technique, reducing the need for human-supervised training and accelerating robotics research.

Self-Improving Robots: Embracing Autonomy in Robot Learning - Robots can improve their skills autonomously through reinforcement learning algorithms that allow them to learn from trial-and-error without the need for frequent human intervention to reset the environment, leading to more efficient learning and improved performance.

Machine learning resurrects post-WWII neighborhoods in 3D using old maps - Machine learning is being used to create 3D digital models of past neighborhoods, providing valuable tools for studying economic losses incurred from demolishing historic areas.

Machine learning model detects heart attacks faster and more accurately than current methods - Machine learning model uses electrocardiogram (ECG) readings to diagnose and classify heart attacks faster and more accurately than current approaches, according to a study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers.

LeanDojo: Theorem Proving with Retrieval-Augmented Language Models - LeanDojo is a tool that uses machine learning models to prove theorems by interacting with Lean's proof environment, making it easier to reproduce and build on existing methods.

Unraveling GPU Inference Costs for Fine-tuned Open-source Models V/S Closed Platforms - Comparing the compute costs of fine-tuned open-source AI models versus closed platforms, this article explores the potential cost savings and benefits of using customizable open-source models for large-scale AI deployments.

Navigating to Objects in the Real World - Modular learning is a reliable approach to semantic visual navigation in the real world, outperforming end-to-end learning methods due to a large image domain gap between simulation and reality.

RVT: Robotic View Transformer for 3D Object Manipulation - RVT is a multi-view transformer for 3D object manipulation that is scalable, accurate, and outperforms existing methods in simulations and real-world tasks.

AudioPaLM - AudioPaLM is a large language model that combines text-based and speech-based models to process and generate text and speech, improving speech processing and outperforming existing systems for speech translation tasks.

DragDiffusion: Harnessing Diffusion Models for Interactive Point-based Image Editing - DragDiffusion is a method that extends an interactive point-based image editing framework to diffusion models, allowing for precise and controllable image editing with pixel-level precision.

Generative AI for Programming Education: Benchmarking ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Human Tutors - Generative AI models like ChatGPT and GPT-4 are evaluated and compared to human tutors in the context of programming education, with GPT-4 showing promising performance but still facing challenges in certain scenarios.

Researchers use AI to help save a woodpecker species in decline - Researchers are using AI to develop an algorithm that can identify the calls of red-headed woodpeckers in order to better understand their population and habitat needs.

Accurately predicting hit songs using neurophysiology and machine learning - Neurophysiologic responses to music can accurately predict hit songs, and machine learning models can further improve the accuracy of these predictions.

Machine learning assists in increasing the time resolution of X-ray computed tomography applied to mineral precipitation in porous media - Machine learning is used to increase the time resolution of X-ray computed tomography in order to observe the process of induced carbonate precipitation in porous media.

DreamDiffusion: Generating High-Quality Images from Brain EEG Signals - DreamDiffusion is a new method that generates high-quality images from brain EEG signals, eliminating the need for translating thoughts into text.

Decoding Repetitive Negative Thoughts: Machine Learning Predicts Rumination - Researchers have developed a predictive model using machine learning to recognize patterns of persistent negative thinking, or rumination, which may provide a valuable biomarker for depression, aiding in early detection and monitoring treatment progress.

Generate Anything Anywhere in Any Scene - Challenges remain in developing controllable models for personalized object generation using text-to-image diffusion models.

Microsoft, TikTok give generative AI a sort of memory - Microsoft and TikTok have developed generative AI systems that incorporate memory capabilities, allowing them to answer questions about past events and improve language model performance.

LLM Powered Autonomous Agents - LLM-powered autonomous agents use large language models as their core controller, and they can perform tasks such as planning, self-reflection, and tool use, but they face limitations in context length, long-term planning, and reliability of natural language interfaces.

Applications

Quicker Cures: How Insilico Medicine Uses Generative AI to Accelerate Drug Discovery - Insilico Medicine, a drug discovery company, has successfully used generative AI to accelerate the preclinical drug discovery process, resulting in a drug candidate for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis entering Phase 2 clinical trials in just two and a half years, one-tenth of the cost, and one-third of the time it would have taken using traditional methods.

Wimbledon to introduce AI-powered commentary to coverage this year - Wimbledon is partnering with IBM to introduce AI-powered commentary and captions in its online highlights videos, using IBM's Watson AI platform to provide insights and analysis of the tournament.

AI comes to the farm: New technology tackles acres of weeds quickly by using robotics and lasers - Seattle-based Carbon Robotics is now shipping its LaserWeeder, an AI-powered agricultural tool that uses robotics and lasers to quickly and accurately eliminate weeds in fields, offering up to 80% cost savings in weed control.

Promising new AI can detect early signs of lung cancer that doctors can't see - Promising new AI tool called Sybil can accurately predict whether a person will develop lung cancer in the next year, potentially increasing rates of early detection and survival.

Natural Language Programming AIs are taking the drudgery out of coding - Natural Language Programming AIs like Codex and Copilot are revolutionizing coding by generating code based on natural language inputs, increasing productivity and reducing the need for manual coding.

Machine learning helps researchers identify hit songs with 97% accuracy - Machine learning applied to neural data can predict hit songs with 97% accuracy, making it easier for streaming services and radio stations to choose songs for playlists.

A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork. - AI is being used to help doctors with digital paperwork, such as recording patient visits and summarizing them for treatment plans and billing, in order to ease the burden of administrative tasks.

CognoSpeak: AI tool uses speech technology to quickly assess dementia risk - Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed an AI tool called CognoSpeak that uses speech technology to quickly assess the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by analyzing language and speech patterns, potentially reducing the burden on dementia assessment services and allowing patients to take the test at home.

ChatGPT Helped Him Say Goodbye to His Mom - AI, specifically ChatGPT, has the ability to evoke empathy and provide comfort in human relationships, as demonstrated by a story shared on r/ChatGPT about a user using the AI to say goodbye to their mother.

In Classrooms, Teachers Put A.I. Tutoring Bots to the Test - Teachers are using AI tutoring bots to help students with unfamiliar words and challenging math questions in the classroom.

“Stunning”—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature - Midjourney unveils version 5.2 of its AI-powered image synthesis model, featuring a new "zoom out" feature that allows for expanding the borders of an AI-generated image while keeping the original subject centered, along with other improvements such as an overhauled aesthetic system and a stronger "--stylize" command.

Satya Nadella has a surprising favorite use for ChatGPT—interpreting poetry - Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, uses ChatGPT to translate and better understand complex works of philosophy and poetry, including the writings of Martin Heidegger and the poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi.

CS50 Will Integrate Artificial Intelligence Into Course Instruction - CS50, Harvard's flagship coding course, will integrate artificial intelligence to help students find bugs in their code, provide feedback on program design, explain unfamiliar code, and answer questions, with the goal of eventually achieving a 1:1 teacher-student ratio.

These 'A.I. humans' are letting gamers modify their voices in real time - An AI firm in Spain has released "AI humans" that allow gamers to modify their voices in real time, with the technology being used by over 40 million people to speak in voices other than their own while playing games.

AI and the automation of work - Generative AI, Large Language Models, and ChatGPT are transformative technologies that have the potential to automate tasks in the workplace, but the process of integrating them into existing workflows and developing specialized tools and products will take time.

Business

Announcing our $58M funding to Build Generative Models and Advance AI Research - Reka, an AI research and product company, has announced $58 million in funding to build generative AI models and advance AI research, with a focus on universal intelligence and building enterprise-grade AI assistants.

Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M - Generative AI startup Runway has raised $141 million in an extension to its Series C funding round, with the capital set to be used to expand the company's research efforts and team, as well as develop new tools for artists and creators.

Typeface, which is building generative AI for brands, raises $100M at a $1B valuation - Typeface, a generative AI startup focused on enterprise use cases, has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Salesforce Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion, with the funds being used to expand the platform and grow the team.

Inflection lands $1.3B investment to build more ‘personal’ AI - Inflection AI, an AI startup, has raised $1.3 billion in funding to develop its personal AI assistant called Pi, with the support of investors including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, and Nvidia.

Celestial AI raises $100M to transfer data using light-based interconnects - Celestial AI has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round to support the production of its photonics platform, which uses light-based interconnects to transfer data, enabling memory disaggregation and reducing the amount of electricity necessary for data movement, according to CEO David Lazovsky.

Gleamer, which provides AI software for radiologists, raises $29.5M - Gleamer, a French startup that has developed AI software to help radiologists diagnose and detect bone trauma lesions in scans, has raised $29.5 million in a Series B round of funding to expand its product portfolio and team.

AI video creation app Captions bags $25M from top VCs - AI video creation app Captions has raised $25 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $40 million, and has expanded its features to include AI-powered redubbing, human-like voiceovers, short clip production, and AI-created royalty-free music, attracting both consumer and business users.

Grocers plan to increase AI spending by 400% before 2025 - Grocers plan to increase AI spending by 400% before 2025, with AI expected to deliver $113 billion in operational efficiency and new revenue opportunities by that time.

OpenAI-powered app from Microsoft is coming to Epic Systems to help save doctors time - Microsoft's AI-powered clinical notes application, developed by Nuance Communications, is being integrated into Epic Systems to reduce physicians' administrative workloads and generate clinical notes in a matter of seconds, saving time for doctors and improving patient care.

Unity shares rise 12% after company announces A.I. marketplace - Unity's shares rose 12% after announcing a marketplace for AI software, allowing customers to choose from a variety of AI tools for game development.

Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge - Microsoft is launching an AI Skills Initiative that includes a global grant challenge, free online courses, and a training toolkit for teachers, as part of its effort to address a technical skills gap in the workforce and economy.

Parrot, an AI-powered transcription platform that turns speech into text, raises $11M Series A - Parrot, an AI-powered transcription platform, has raised $11 million in a Series A round and introduced a new feature that summarizes depositions in seconds for legal experts, aiming to streamline the deposition process and bring much-needed technology to the legal industry.

China's Baidu claims its Ernie Bot beats ChatGPT on key tests as A.I. race heats up - Baidu's Ernie Bot, based on its foundational AI model Ernie 3.5, outperformed OpenAI's ChatGPT in key areas and even beat OpenAI's GPT 4 in Chinese language tests, highlighting the intense competition in generative AI between the US and China.

Adobe indemnity clause designed to ease enterprise fears about AI-generated art - Adobe has written an indemnity clause stating that it will pay any copyright claims related to artworks generated in its generative AI art creation tool, Firefly, in order to ease enterprise users' legal concerns around permissions.

ChatGPT on iOS now comes with Bing built-in - Paid users of the ChatGPT app on iOS can now access information from Microsoft's Bing search engine, providing up-to-date web information for subscribers of the ChatGPT Plus plan.

As the generative AI craze rages on, Ramp acquires customer support startup Cohere.io - Ramp, a finance automation company, has acquired Cohere.io, a startup that built an AI-powered customer support tool, with the goal of using AI to solve problems for Ramp customers in more efficient ways.

Microsoft brings new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge - Microsoft introduces new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge, including automatically generated buying guides, AI-generated review summaries, and a price match tool.

AI interviews will be used by 43% of companies by next year, survey finds - 43% of companies plan to use AI interviews for job candidates by next year, with two-thirds believing it will improve hiring efficiency and over half expecting AI to eventually replace human hiring managers, although concerns about bias and the screening out of qualified candidates remain.

How 9 companies are preparing for the A.I. talent battle - Nine companies are preparing for the AI talent battle by upskilling employees and attracting new talent through various strategies, such as launching AI training programs, infusing AI into intern programs, providing learning opportunities for both basic and emerging areas of technology, and partnering with universities and tech thought leaders to offer advanced AI programs.

AI startups buck funding winter, grow share in ’23 - AI startups in India are defying the funding winter and attracting venture capital investments, with the share of VC investments in AI startups increasing from 10% in 2022 to 15% in the first five months of 2023, indicating growing interest and deal activity in the AI sector.

Meituan buys founder’s months-old ‘OpenAI for China’ for $234M - Meituan acquires Light Years Beyond, an AI startup founded by a co-founder of Meituan, for $234 million in cash and debt, after the founder resigned due to health reasons, potentially hindering the startup's progress in developing large language models.

Nvidia Acquired AI Startup That Shrinks Machine-Learning Models - Nvidia quietly acquired OmniML, an AI startup that enables machine-learning models to run on devices instead of the cloud.

Snowflake expands Microsoft partnership to bring generative AI to its data cloud - Snowflake partners with Microsoft to introduce generative AI to its Data Cloud product at the Snowflake Summit 2023 in Las Vegas.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI to locate first non-US office in London - OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has chosen London as the location for its first international office, aiming to attract talent and drive innovation in AGI development and policy.

Voice.ai raises $6M as its real-time voice changer approaches 500K users - Voice.ai, a startup that offers real-time voice changing technology, has raised $6 million in funding to expand its library of voice filters and develop new applications like singing, as it aims to bring AI voice modifying technology to consumers in an affordable way.

NVIDIA H100 GPUs Set Standard for Generative AI in Debut MLPerf Benchmark  - NVIDIA H100 GPUs set new records on MLPerf training benchmarks, delivering the best AI performance, especially on large language models (LLMs) for generative AI, and achieving near-linear performance scaling on demanding LLM tests.

Amazon isn’t launching a Google-style ‘Code Red’ to catch up with Big Tech rivals on A.I.: ‘We’re 3 steps into a 10K race’  - Amazon is taking a slow and steady approach to winning the generative artificial intelligence race, investing $100 million in a center to help businesses use AI and emphasizing its customer-centric approach.

OpenAI Chooses London for Its First Corporate Office Outside US - OpenAI has selected London as the location for its first corporate office outside the US.

Reka emerges from stealth to build custom AI models for the enterprise - Reka, a startup founded by researchers from DeepMind, Google, Baidu, and Meta, has emerged from stealth with $58 million in funding to develop custom AI models for enterprises, starting with its multimodal AI assistant Yasa that can be easily personalized to proprietary data and applications.

Merlyn Mind launches education-focused LLMs for classroom integration of generative AI - Merlyn Mind has launched a suite of large language models (LLMs) specifically tailored for the education sector, allowing teachers and students to engage with generative models that operate on user-selected curricula, fostering an enhanced learning experience.

nan - Thomson Reuters is acquiring Casetext, an AI assistant for lawyers, for $650 million in cash, highlighting the trend of acquiring AI startups in the industry.

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Financial Times - Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more.

Sam Altman says he doesn’t need equity in $27 billion OpenAI because he already has ‘enough money’ and is motivated by other ‘selfish’ benefits - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, says he doesn't need equity in the company because he already has enough money and is motivated by the impact, access, and interesting life that comes with being the world's unofficial AI kingpin.

Concerns

The True Threat of Artificial Intelligence - The rise of artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., is causing mounting anxiety among experts and technology executives, who warn of the existential dangers and call for responsible innovation and risk management.

Massive Leak Of ChatGPT Credentials: Over 100,000 Accounts Affected - Over 100,000 OpenAI ChatGPT account credentials have been leaked on the dark web, highlighting the need for enhanced security practices in an AI-dependent world.

17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot - Tesla's Autopilot system has been involved in 736 crashes since 2019, resulting in 17 fatalities and 5 serious injuries, according to an analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data, raising concerns about the safety of the technology.

Humans may be more likely to believe disinformation generated by AI - People are more likely to believe disinformation generated by AI than disinformation written by humans, which is concerning given the growing problem of AI-generated disinformation and the increasing power of AI language models.

Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads - Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are making money from programmatic ads, with over 140 major brands unknowingly paying for ad placements on unreliable AI-written sites.

Adobe Stock creators aren’t happy with Firefly, the company’s ‘commercially safe’ gen AI tool - Adobe Stock creators are unhappy with the company's generative AI image generation platform, Firefly, claiming that Adobe trained the AI tool on their stock images without their consent or notification, leading to a flooding of AI-generated images on the platform that is cannibalizing sales of human-generated content.

Meta’s new AI lets people make chatbots. They’re using it for sex. - Open-source AI models are challenging the control of tech giants, allowing people to build their own chatbots, but this freedom also raises concerns about the potential for misuse and harm.

Hope, fear, and AI - AI is a rapidly emerging and uncertain technology that has the potential to both disrupt and benefit society, with industry figures and lawmakers weighing in on how to regulate it and individuals expressing a mix of fear, hope, and uncertainty about its impact.

Analysis

A Golden Age of Robotics is Coming 2025 to 2045 - A golden age of robotics is on the horizon, starting around 2025 and lasting for two decades or longer, with robots becoming truly useful in various settings and ushering in a Machine Economy.

Why transformative artificial intelligence is really, really hard to achieve - Transformative artificial intelligence (AI) faces major technical, social, and economic hurdles that may limit its impact on economic growth, including the need to overcome bottlenecks in essential economic sectors, the difficulty of automating physical tasks, the limitations of current AI architectures, the importance of tacit human knowledge, and the challenges of social and political barriers to technology adoption.

Embracing change and resetting expectations - AI tools like GPT-4 are being used experimentally to answer questions, generate documents, provide emotional support, and more, but there are challenges in analyzing the accuracy and substance of their responses, and questions about how human institutions and practices will adapt to their use.

Whose generated line is it anyway? AI tries to crack humour’s DNA - AI's attempts at generating humor are falling short due to the complexity of comedy, which involves context, language, taboo, tone of voice, and more, making it a significant challenge for AI to conquer.

Policy

EU launches four new testing facilities to develop responsible AI - EU launches four new testing facilities to develop responsible AI in sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture and food, and cities and communities, with the aim of ensuring the development of trustworthy AI and securing a responsible and society-ready approach to building artificial intelligence.

The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports - The TSA plans to expand its facial recognition program to 430 US airports, following successful results in its pilot program, despite concerns about efficacy and privacy.

Nvidia's chips fuel A.I. — Here's why the U.S. worries about China's access - Nvidia's powerful semiconductors, which are crucial for fueling artificial intelligence, have raised concerns in the U.S. about China's access to the technology and its potential implications for democracy and human rights.

A.I.’s Use in Elections Sets Off a Scramble for Guardrails - AI's use in elections is raising concerns about the spread of disinformation and the need for legislation to regulate synthetically generated ads, as political campaigns increasingly experiment with AI-generated content for fundraising, attack ads, and instant responses to debate questions.

Three Ideas for Regulating Generative AI - Transparency, holistic evaluations, and guardrails for responsible open-source AI research and development are necessary for regulating generative AI.

How to Prepare for the Deluge of Generative AI on Social Media - Generative AI on social media has the potential for both malicious and non-malicious uses, such as disinformation, spear phishing, nonconsensual intimate imagery, and voice cloning for scams, but it also offers opportunities for filters, AI-generated art, illustration, entertainment, and pro-social chatbots, and it is important for platform companies, civil society, and researchers to address the potential harms and benefits and develop appropriate policies and safeguards.

Phil Spencer, Xbox chief, on AI: ‘I’m protective of the creative process’ - AI in video game design and production is raising questions about its impact on game content and development teams, but Xbox chief Phil Spencer emphasizes that AI is primarily being used for policy enforcement and network safety rather than streamlining production or reducing team sizes.

How AI Influences What You See on Facebook and Instagram - Facebook and Instagram are using AI systems to rank and personalize content, and they are providing more transparency and control to users through system cards, detailed information about AI predictions, and customizable features, while also making tools available for public interest research.

AI's next battle: open or closed - Open-source AI models are growing in popularity as startups and giants compete with market leader ChatGPT, but concerns about national security and misuse remain.

nan - The House is implementing new regulations for the use of the AI chatbot ChatGPT by congressional offices, including the requirement to use the paid version with privacy features and restrictions on incorporating it into regular workflow.

Barred From Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition - Facial recognition technology is being used by private businesses, such as QD Stores outside London, to identify shoplifters and alert store staff when they enter any shop within a few miles that uses the same technology.

European companies claim the EU’s AI Act could ‘jeopardise technological sovereignty’ - European companies criticize the EU's AI Act, claiming it is ineffective, could harm competition, and jeopardize Europe's competitiveness and technological sovereignty.

Fun

Meet the robots attending the UN’s ‘AI for Good Global’ summit - Over 50 robots, including Sophia, Spot, and Geminoid, will be attending the UN's 'AI for Good Global' summit in Geneva, where tech luminaries will discuss AI for good.

SOCIAL MEDIA TITLE TAG - A video featuring a little girl and a man creatively simulating playing the violin through constant outfit and body posture changes attracts significant attention on social media.

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