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Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms

Enlarge / Michael Jackson in concert, 1986. Sony Music owns a large portion of publishing rights to Jackson’s music. reader comments 103 Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Records have sued AI music-synthesis companies Udio and Suno for allegedly committing mass copyright infringement by using recordings owned by the labels to train music-generating AI… Read More: Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms »

Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks

Anthropic / Benj Edwards reader comments 11 On Thursday, Anthropic announced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its latest AI language model and the first in a new series of “3.5” models that build upon Claude 3, launched in March. Claude 3.5 can compose text, analyze data, and write code. It features a 200,000 token context window and… Read More: Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks »

Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters to life

Enlarge / Screen capture of a Runway Gen-3 Alpha video generated with the prompt “A giant humanoid, made of fluffy blue cotton candy, stomping on the ground, and roaring to the sky, clear blue sky behind them.” reader comments 30 On Sunday, Runway announced a new AI video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha that’s still… Read More: Runway’s latest AI video generator brings giant cotton candy monsters… »

Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes

OpenAI / Apple / Benj Edwards reader comments 125 On Monday, Apple announced it would be integrating OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant into upcoming versions of its iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems. It paves the way for future third-party AI model integrations, but given Google’s multi-billion-dollar deal with Apple for preferential web search, the OpenAI… Read More: Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes »

Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in tech

Enlarge / He isn’t using an iPhone, but some people talk to Siri like this. reader comments 68 On Monday, Apple premiered “Apple Intelligence” during a wide-ranging presentation at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California. However, the heart of its new tech, an array of Apple-developed AI models, was overshadowed by the announcement… Read More: Apple and OpenAI currently have the most misunderstood partnership in… »

Apple unveils “Apple Intelligence” AI features for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

reader comments 96 On Monday, Apple debuted “Apple Intelligence,” a new suite of free AI-powered features for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia that includes creating email summaries, generating images and emoji, and allowing Siri to take actions on your behalf. These features are achieved through a combination of on-device and cloud processing, with a… Read More: Apple unveils “Apple Intelligence” AI features for iOS, iPadOS, and… »

DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service

DuckDuckGo reader comments 28 On Thursday, DuckDuckGo unveiled a new “AI Chat” service that allows users to converse with four mid-range large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral in an interface similar to ChatGPT while attempting to preserve privacy and anonymity. While the AI models involved can output inaccurate information readily, the… Read More: DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service »

Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks without retaliation

reader comments 28 On Tuesday, a group of former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees published an open letter calling for AI companies to commit to principles allowing employees to raise concerns about AI risks without fear of retaliation. The letter, titled “A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence,” has so far been signed by… Read More: Ex-OpenAI staff call for “right to warn” about AI risks… »

Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic

reader comments 13 On Wednesday, Axios broke the news that OpenAI had signed deals with The Atlantic and Vox Media that will allow the ChatGPT maker to license their editorial content to further train its language models. But some of the publications’ writers—and the unions that represent them—were surprised by the announcements and aren’t happy… Read More: Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The… »

Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new company blog post hints at why

Enlarge / The Google “G” logo surrounded by whimsical characters, all of which look stunned and surprised. reader comments 92 On Thursday, Google capped off a rough week of providing inaccurate and sometimes dangerous answers through its experimental AI Overview feature by authoring a follow-up blog post titled, “AI Overviews: About last week.” In the… Read More: Google’s AI Overview is flawed by design, and a new… »