Elon Musk files new lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
Elon Musk has filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman after dropping a similar suit earlier this year. The new…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
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Big Brother: Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’
Argentinian President Javier Milei has created a new security unit that will employ machine learning and AI tools to predict crime. The far-right leader has made…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
NVIDIA faces dual antitrust probes from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Generative AI’s meteoric rise has seen NVIDIA briefly surpass Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company – its value more than trebling in a year. However,…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
Google pulls controversial AI ad from Olympics coverage amid backlash
Google has decided to remove its “Dear Sydney” advert for Gemini from NBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The ad aimed to market Google’s generative…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
DAI#50 – Cash crunch, Meta freebies, and AI legal shutdowns
Welcome to this week’s roundup of freshly baked AI news. This week OpenAI teased new products as it burns through cash. Meta dished out more state-of-the-art…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
The EU AI Act comes into force today: what you need to know
The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act officially entered into force on August 1, 2024 – a watershed moment for global AI regulation. This sweeping legislation…
By Sam Jeans · 5 min read
Meta’s SAM 2 model enables accurate video segmentation in seconds
Meta’s research division has introduced SAM 2 (Segment Anything Model 2), an AI system that marks a huge advancement in video analysis. This new model expands…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Proposed California bills could be disastrous for AI development
California is considering several bills to regulate AI with SB 1047 and AB 3211 set to have a huge impact on AI developers if they become…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
US Dept. of Commerce policy endorses ‘open’ AI models
The US Department of Commerce issued a policy endorsing open models in a sign of the Biden-Harris administration’s views on the contentious issue. Supporters of closed…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
The AI monetization conundrum rages on as OpenAI’s costs rocket
Despite its immense popularity, OpenAI is allegedly burning through cash at an unsustainable rate and could face a staggering $5 billion loss by the end of…
By Sam Jeans · 6 min read