🗞 Music Superstars Battle AI's Threat to Artist Royalties and Autonomy

👩‍🎤 Major musicians unite against AI replacing human artists. Read More

• Over 200 renowned artists like Billie Eilish and Katy Perry penned an open letter to AI developers and tech firms

• They demand to cease using AI to replicate artists' voices, train models without compensation, and dilute royalty pools

• The letter acknowledges responsible AI can advance creativity but argues some platforms misuse it to undermine artists

🤝 The UK and US sign landmark deal to collaborate on rigorous testing for advanced AI systems. Read More

• The agreement aligns scientific approaches to robustly evaluate cutting-edge AI models and mitigate risks

• Both countries will exchange research expertise, conduct joint public testing, share capabilities and personnel

• It aims to develop a common global approach to keep pace with emerging AI safety concerns

🚀 Israeli chipmaker Hailo raises $120 million, unveils high-performance generative AI chip. Read More

• Hailo secured $120 million in new funding round, valuing the company at $1.2 billion

• The funds will accelerate growth and roadmap execution, with plans for potential public listing

• Hailo launched Hailo-10, a high-performance chip for running generative AI applications locally without cloud services

• Early Hailo-10 applications target PCs and automotive infotainment, boosting CPU processing power

🤖 Major fast-food chains like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut plan to go "AI-first" with innovative technology. Read More

• Yum! Brands, operator of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, aims for an "AI-first mentality" across all restaurant operations

• Around 45% or $30 billion of Yum's sales are now digital, nearly double the level in 2019

• They have a mobile app "SuperApp" testing generative AI to assist managers and staff, amid rising minimum wages

🖌 AI tool summarizes meetings, emails and messages across platforms. Read More

• Read AI provides summaries of video calls, emails and messages from Zoom, Gmail, Slack etc.

• It delivers daily briefings with key points, overviews and chronological conversation summaries tailored to users

• The startup raised $21 million but its sentiment analysis feature has raised privacy and bias concerns

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