Meta, OpenAI Sued by Comedian Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Meta, OpenAI Sued by Comedian Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Meta Platforms and OpenAI for allegedly using their content without permission to train artificial intelligence language models.  The proposed class action lawsuits filed by Silverman, Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden in San Francisco federal court Friday allege Facebook…

Lightning Labs Announces AI Toolkit That Can Hold, Process Transactions in Bitcoin

Lightning Labs Announces AI Toolkit That Can Hold, Process Transactions in Bitcoin

The year of 2023 will probably be remembered as the year when Artificial Intelligence (AI) revamped all other technologies. Lightning Labs, that developed the Lightning Network for instant payments on Bitcoin, has now created AI tools to facilitate crypto-related activities. Basically, Lightning Labs has claimed that its new tools can…

Meta, OpenAI Sued by Comedian Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Rules Could Hurt Europe

The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe’s competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open letter signed by more than 160 executives at companies ranging from Renault to Meta. EU lawmakers agreed to a set of draft rules this month where systems like ChatGPT would have to disclose…

Inflection AI Raises .3 Billion Investment From Microsoft and Nvidia

Inflection AI Raises $1.3 Billion Investment From Microsoft and Nvidia

Inflection AI, a startup backed by several Silicon Valley heavyweights, said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion (nearly Rs. 10,670 crore) from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia, amid a boom in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The investment, a mix of cash and cloud credit, valued the one-year-old company…

OpenAI Sued in US for Allegedly Misusing Artists’ Work to Train ChatGPT

OpenAI Sued in US for Allegedly Misusing Artists’ Work to Train ChatGPT

Two US authors sued OpenAI in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to “train” its popular generative artificial-intelligence system ChatGPT. Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said ChatGPT mined data copied from thousands of books without permission,…

Nvidia, AMD, Other US Chipmakers Face Fall in Shares as US Plans Curbs on Export to China

Nvidia, AMD, Other US Chipmakers Face Fall in Shares as US Plans Curbs on Export to China

Shares of US chipmakers fell on Wednesday following a report that the Biden administration was planning new curbs on export of computing chips for artificial intelligence to China as early as July. Companies such as Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, which rely on the world’s second largest economy for…

Baidu Says Its Latest Ernie 3.5 AI Model Outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Multiple Key Metrics

Baidu Says Its Latest Ernie 3.5 AI Model Outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Multiple Key Metrics

Baidu, China’s leading search engine provider, said the latest iteration of its ChatGPT-style service had surpassed the widely popular Microsoft-backed OpenAI chatbot on multiple key metrics. Baidu said in a statement on Tuesday that Ernie 3.5, the latest version of its Ernie AI model, had surpassed “ChatGPT in comprehensive ability…

Infosys Launches Free AI Certification Training on Springboard Virtual Learning Platform

Infosys Launches Free AI Certification Training on Springboard Virtual Learning Platform

IT services company Infosys on Thursday announced it has launched a free Artificial Intelligence (AI) certification training on Infosys Springboard Virtual Learning Platform.  According to a statement, Infosys AI-first specialists and data strategists, responsible for delivering Infosys Topaz AI-first set of services, solutions, and platforms will help shape the curriculum, to arm learners with future-ready skill sets. Infosys will provide certification in AI and Generative AI skills, crucial for landing jobs, through InfosysSpringboard Virtual Learning Platform, it said. The certification will offer…

Paul McCartney Clarifies New Beatles Song Not Artificially Created, AI Used to Clean Recording

Paul McCartney Clarifies New Beatles Song Not Artificially Created, AI Used to Clean Recording

Paul McCartney has clarified the use of artificial intelligence in The Beatles‘ new song after it caused quite a buzz on social media. In a BBC radio interview, Paul recently shared that the British super group would be releasing a song this year and using AI to add the late…