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California Governor Gavin Newsom signs executive order to study generative AI
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order instructing agencies in the state to study potential risks and use cases for the technology.
The Grammys will consider that viral song with Drake and The Weeknd AI vocals for awards after all
The creator of 'Heart on my Sleeve,' a song that used generative AI to mimic the vocals of Drake and The Weeknd, has submitted it for Grammy Award consideration. As it turns out, the composition may actually be eligible for songwriting awards, including song of the year.
'Slack AI' will summarize your work chat starting this winter
Salesforce will start piloting Slack's generative AI capabilities this winter.
US Copyright Office opens public comments on AI and content ownership
The US Copyright Office (USCO) wants your thoughts on generative AI and who can theoretically be declared to own its outputs. The technology has increasingly commanded the legal system’s attention, and as such office began seeking public comments on Wednesday about some of AI’s thorniest issues (via Ars Technica). These include questions about companies training AI models on copyrighted works, the copyright eligibility of AI-generated content (along with liability for infringing on it) and how to handle machine-made outputs mimicking human artists’ work.
Baidu opens up its ERNIE generative AI to the public
Baidu has made ERNIE Bot, its generative AI product and large language model, generally available to the public through various app stores and its website. The company also plans to release a string of AI apps it says will allow folks "to fully experience the four core abilities of generative AI: understanding, generation, reasoning, and memory."
Google's Duet AI can generate emails and documents in different tones
Google has revealed more details about how you'll be able to use the Duet AI assistant to help you rapidly whip up emails and documents. Sadly, there's no "insert funny and relevant GIF" option.
Google wants an invisible digital watermark to bring transparency to AI art
Google took a step towards transparency in AI-generated images today. Google DeepMind announced SynthID, a watermarking / identification tool for generative art. The company says the technology embeds a digital watermark, invisible to the human eye, directly onto an image’s pixels. SynthID is rolling out first to “a limited number” of customers using Imagen, Google’s art generator available on its suite of cloud-based AI tools.
Google's Duet AI is coming to Workspace apps, but pro users will need to pay extra
Back at I/O, we got a sense of some of Google's big plans for generative artificial intelligence, including the integration of the Duet AI virtual assistant into Workspace productivity apps. The company is now starting to roll out Duet AI to those who pay for versions of Docs, Gmail, Sheets and so on that are geared toward professionals. The virtual assistant is also making its way to Google Meet and Google Chat.
Snapchat's new 'Dreams' feature uses generative AI to remix users' selfies
Snapchat has added a new generative AI feature to its app, called “Dreams.”
Americans growing anxious as AI adoption expands, Pew Research finds
Americans have grown more worried about AI in the last nine months. A new survey from the Pew Research Center indicates 52 percent of respondents are more concerned than excited about rising artificial intelligence use, up 14 points since December. Meanwhile, only 10 percent say they’re more excited than worried, while another 36 percent described their views as equally balanced. “Concern about AI outweighs excitement across all major demographic groups,” the Pew Research Center wrote in a blog post today.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise service encrypts corporate conversations
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Enterprise today, the business-focused subscription it teased in April. The company says it won’t train its AI models on any business data or conversations. “Our models don’t learn from your usage,” the company wrote in an announcement blog post about the enterprise features. In addition, the new plan encrypts business chats (in transit and at rest) and is SOC 2 compliant. OpenAI says companies including Block, Canva, Carlyle, The Estée Lauder Companies, PwC and Zapier have already tested ChatGPT Enterprise.
Judge rules that AI-generated art isn't copyrightable, since it lacks human authorship
A federal judge has agreed with US government officials that a piece of artificial intelligence-generated art isn't eligible for copyright protection in the country since there was no human authorship involved.
NCSoft's new AI suite is trained to streamline game production
Korean MMORPG publisher NCSoft has developed four new AI large language models, dubbed VARCO, to help streamline future game development.
Google is working to improve Bard's soulless life advice
According to The New York Times, one of the capabilities it's looking to give its AI chatbot, Bard, is the ability to give advice about issues users face in their lives.
OpenAI is using GPT-4 to build an AI-powered content moderation system
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it's using GPT-4 to build an AI-powered "content moderation system that is scalable, consistent and customizable." The company says humans should still be involved in the moderation process.
Google Photos update improves Memories view with generative AI
Google Photos just got a major update that adds generative AI to its popular Memories view. This toolset already creates scrapbook montages using your photos and videos, but now these montages will be highly personalized, with collections that make sense according to your life. AI-enhanced algorithms now collect the images into relevant categories, a recent vacation as an example, and create a catchy title to accompany the montage.
Google's latest AI trick is summarizing long web pages
Google's "SGE while browsing" can quickly generate the most salient points of long-form content found on the web.
WhatsApp is testing AI-generated stickers
WhatsApp is testing the ability to create stickers using generative AI. According to WABetaInfo, the feature is available to a small number of testers through the Google Play Beta Program, but Meta is seemingly preparing to roll it out more broadly in the coming weeks.
Every Amazon division is working on generative AI projects
Just like pretty much every other major tech company, Amazon is placing a heavy focus on generative artificial intelligence. CEO Andy Jassy noted on Amazon's latest earnings call that every division has multiple generative AI projects in the works.
Meta releases an open source AI kit that creates audio from text prompts
Meta has released a generative AI kit that lets you create music and sound effects from text prompts.