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AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on ‘thousands’ of YouTube videos without permission
AI company Runway reportedly scraped “thousands” of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. Alleged spreadsheets of internal company data suggest Runway trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets.
Google gives free Gemini users access to its faster, lighter 1.5 Flash AI model
Google is making its Gemini AI faster and more efficient across the board.
Artists criticize Apple's lack of transparency around Apple Intelligence data
But some members of the creative community are unhappy about what they say is the company’s lack of transparency around the raw information powering the AI model that makes Apple Intelligence possible.
Midjourney is creating Donald Trump pictures when asked for images of 'the president of the United States'
The tests show that Midjourney’s guardrails to prevent users from generating images of Trump and Biden ahead of the upcoming US presidential election aren’t enough — in fact, it’s really easy for people to get around them.
Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers
Meta is updating its “Made with AI” labels after widespread complaints from photographers that the company was mistakenly flagging non-AI-generated content.
The nation's oldest nonprofit newsroom is suing OpenAI and Microsoft
The CIR's lawsuit is the latest in a long line of lawsuits filed by publishers and creators accusing generative AI companies of violating copyright.
Reddit puts AI scrapers on notice
Reddit has a warning for AI companies and other scrapers: play by our rules or get blocked.
Amazon reportedly thinks people will pay up to $10 per month for next-gen Alexa
Amazon is working on a higher, more-advanced tier of Alexa for which it may charge as much as $10 per month.
TikTok's gen AI avatars are based on real people and that only makes them more creepy
TikTok showed odd new AI-created “digital avatars” that it will begin offering to creators and brands on the app.
LinkedIn’s AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resumé
LinkedIn has added a bunch of new capabilities for its premium subscribers who are #OpentoWork, including personalized resumé, AI-assisted cover letters and more conversational job searches.
DuckDuckGo dips Into the AI chatbot pond
The new feature called AI Chat lets people access multiple large language models through a single chat interface.
OpenAI's board allegedly learned about ChatGPT launch on Twitter
“[The] board was not informed in advance of that,” Toner said on Tuesday on a podcast called The Ted AI Show. “We learned about ChatGPT on Twitter.”
OpenAI reportedly didn't intend to copy Scarlett Johansson's voice
OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post.
OpenAI will reportedly pay $250 million to put News Corp's journalism in ChatGPT
OpenAI and News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, The Sun, and more than a dozen other publishing brands, have struck a multi-year deal to display news from these publications in ChatGPT
The DOJ makes its first known arrest for AI-generated CSAM
The US Department of Justice arrested a Wisconsin man last week for generating and distributing AI-generated child sexual abuse material. As far as we know, this is the first case of its kind as the DOJ looks to establish a judicial precedent that exploitative materials are still harmful even when no children were used to create them.
Adobe Lightroom gets its own AI eraser tool
Adobe has launched Generative Remove, an AI tool for Lightroom.
Microsoft Surface and Copilot Event: Everything announced including new Surface laptops, Copilot+ PC and more
Microsoft revealed its grand vision of how to knit Windows and hardware more closely together and (surprise!) it's all rooted in AI. Here's everything the company announced at its Copilot and Surface event.
Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
Just ahead of its Build conference, Microsoft unveiled Copilot+ PCs. These are a "new class of Windows PCs" that can handle some generative AI processes on-device rather than in the cloud.
RIP ChatGPT's knockoff Scarlett Johansson voice [2023 — 2024]
OpenAI is removing an AI voice from ChatGPT that many believe sounds like Scarlett Johansson. The company didn't give a clear explanation for the decision.
OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever is leaving the company
Last year, Ilya Sutskever admitted that he regretted the role he played in the sudden dismissal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman.
