🗞 News nonprofit sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• News Outlet Challenges AI Giants Over Copyright Issues 📰

• EU Investigates Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership for Antitrust Concerns 🔍

• OpenAI Introduces New Tool to Enhance Code Reviews 🤖

• Airbnb CEO's Crucial Role in OpenAI's Growth Strategy 🤝

• Elon Musk Reveals Timeline for Advanced AI Chatbots 🚀

• Microsoft Executive's Comments Ignite Web Content Debate 🤔

• Amazon Strengthens AI Team with Key Startup Hires 🚀

• Analyst Predicts Massive Cash Generation for Nvidia 💰

• Apple Plans to Integrate AI Features into Vision Pro Headset 🥽

📰 News nonprofit sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. Link

• The Center for Investigative Reporting alleges unauthorized use of its content in AI training, threatening the future of independent journalism.

• Lawsuit claims OpenAI's business is "built on the exploitation of copyrighted works" and warns of potential harm to publisher-reader relationships.

• Case joins a series of similar lawsuits from media outlets and authors, while some organizations opt for collaboration through licensing deals with AI companies.

🔍 EU scrutinizes Microsoft-OpenAI partnership for potential antitrust concerns. Link

• European Commission sends follow-up request to understand if "certain exclusivity clauses could have a negative effect on competitors."

• Regulator closes merger investigation, concluding Microsoft hasn't acquired lasting control over OpenAI, but will continue monitoring key players in AI sector.

• Focus on Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI and OpenAI's exclusive use of Microsoft's cloud technology could lead to formal investigations.

🤖 OpenAI launches CriticGPT to enhance code reviews and AI training. Link

• New AI model improves code review outcomes by 60% compared to traditional methods, helping identify errors in ChatGPT-generated code.

• CriticGPT will be integrated into OpenAI's Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback pipeline to provide better tools for evaluating complex AI outputs.

• While successful, CriticGPT has limitations in handling longer, more complex tasks and needs further development to address multi-part errors.

🤝 OpenAI CEO credits Airbnb's Chesky for crucial growth advice. Link

• Sam Altman reveals Brian Chesky provided invaluable guidance during ChatGPT's rapid rise, offering "3 hours every other week" of strategic counsel.

• Chesky's advice impacted key areas including hiring, strategy mapping, and addressing political consequences of AI technology.

• Altman emphasizes the importance of embracing "hard and often painful" criticism for successful leadership, citing Chesky as being "almost always right.”

🚀 Elon Musk announces launch dates for advanced Grok AI chatbots. Link

• Grok 2 by xAI set to launch in August with improvements in dataset purging and AI capabilities.

• Grok 3 planned for release by year-end, to be trained on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs for enhanced performance.

• New versions aim to surpass current AI benchmarks, with features like real-time knowledge, image generation, and web search integration.

🤔 Microsoft AI chief claims open web content is "freeware", sparking copyright debate. Link

• Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly states that publishing on the open web makes content freely usable, ignoring established copyright laws.

• His comments come amid lawsuits against Microsoft and OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement in AI training.

• Experts clarify that copyright protection is automatic and fair use requires court determination, not a "social contract" as Suleyman suggested.

🚀 Amazon bolsters AGI team by hiring key leaders from AI startup Adept. Link

• David Luan, former Adept CEO, joins Amazon to lead the new "AGI Autonomy" team, reporting to AGI head Rohit Prasad.

• Amazon licenses Adept's technology, including multimodal models and datasets, to accelerate development of digital agents for software workflow automation.

• The move reflects intensifying competition among tech giants for AI talent and technology, with Adept previously valued at $1 billion after raising $350 million in 2023.

💰 Nvidia's AI dominance to generate $270 billion cash in 3 years, analyst predicts. Link

• Melius Research projects Nvidia will become a "cash gusher," potentially leading to significant stock buybacks and shareholder returns.

• Analyst Ben Reitzes cites Nvidia's "full stack" approach and annual innovation cadence as key advantages, setting a $160 price target (30% upside).

• CEO Jensen Huang touts upcoming Blackwell architecture as potentially "the most successful product in our history and even in the entire computer history."

🥽 Apple plans to extend its AI features to the Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Link

• The company aims to bring "Apple Intelligence" capabilities like improved Siri and AI tools to Vision Pro, beyond just iPhone, iPad and Mac.

• This won't launch on Vision Pro in 2024, as Apple needs to rethink how the AI features will work in mixed reality.

• Apple is also making changes to Vision Pro store demos, allowing potential buyers to view personal media and improving headband comfort.

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