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Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images
In a class action lawsuit filed against AI-generated image service providers Stability AI, Midjourney, and DevianArt, a US district judge ruled that determining whether generated images may be in direct violation of copyright laws is “not plausible” at the moment.The...
What exactly will the UK government’s global AI Safety Summit achieve?
From tomorrow, the UK government is hosting the first global AI Safety Summit, bringing together about 100 people from industry and government to develop a shared understanding of the emerging risks of leading-edge AI while unlocking its benefits. The event will be...
UK government earmarks $122 million on AI for healthcare
The government of the UK will spend approximately £100 million ($122 million) in the coming years to help develop AI technologies for the healthcare and life sciences sectors, as part of a formalized AI Life Sciences Accelerator Mission.The program, announced last...
Biden lays down the law on AI
In a sweeping executive order, US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday set up a comprehensive series of standards, safety and privacy protections, and oversight measures for the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI).Among more than two dozen...
What to expect from Apple’s Scary Fast event
Apple’s Scary Fast launch event takes place later today spookily late as Japan wakes up to Halloween morning— so what so we expect? We’ve been keeping tabs on Apple; here’s what we think is coming.Chinese energy The biggest evidence so far comes from a Chinese...
OpenAI readying team to prevent AI from starting a nuclear war
ChatGPT-creator OpenAI is readying a team to prevent what the company calls frontier AI models from starting a nuclear war and other threats. “We believe that frontier AI models, which will exceed the capabilities currently present in the most advanced existing...
‘Data poisoning’ anti-AI theft tools emerge — but are they ethical?
Technologists are helping artists fight back against what they see as intellectual property (IP) theft by generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools whose training algorithms automatically scrape the internet and other places for content.The fight over what...
Intel shows recovery in PCs but faces competition in AI, data centers
A faster-than-expected recovery in sales of PC chips helped Intel post third-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations, but weakness in its data center business is a sign of vulnerability in a market where users are looking for processors that can handle AI workloads...
Apple teams up with US firms to push for clean energy
Apple is working with a variety of large US corporations, including Nike, to launch the Clean Energy Procurement Academy. It’s an attempt to empower other companies with the technical knowledge they need (and Apple has) to adopt clean energy and support supply chain...
Microsoft invested $13B in genAI — does Copilot for Windows show it’s a bad bet?
In the decades I’ve been writing about technology, I’ve never seen a something take off as fast as generative AI – or seen anything so hyped.The promises about how genAI will change our lives have come fast and furious. It will write the Great American Novel, compose...
Generative AI training data sets are now trackable – and often legally complicated
A new online tool allows users to identify, track and learn about the legal status of training data sets for generative AI, and a quick glance shows that many may have licensing issues.The tool, dubbed the Data Provenance Explorer, is the result of a joint effort...
UK’s Ofcom sets regulatory timeline in wake of online safety bill receiving royal assent
The UK government’s controversial Online Safety Bill has finally received Royal Assent and become law, paving the way for the country’s communications regulator to start laying out its legislative agenda.The bill, which will now be known as the Online Safety Act, aims...