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Nvidia is reportedly acquiring AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a deal that could give the chipmaker a far stronger position in the market for openly available AI models and related cloud services. Matthias Bastian reports for The Decoder that the information comes from The Information. Neither company is cited as confirming the transaction. …
Bill Gates is calling for a new national and international framework to manage the economic and social upheaval he expects artificial intelligence to cause. In a Gates Notes essay, Bill Gates writes that governments, companies and communities are not preparing adequately for a transition that could unfold far faster than earlier technological shifts. Gates argues …
Apple Music plans to display visible labels on songs that content providers identify as materially generated using artificial intelligence. The service says it will introduce the feature later this year, but has not announced a launch date. The labels build on Apple Music’s AI Transparency Tags, introduced in March. Record labels and distributors use those …
OpenAI is extending its ChatGPT advertising pilot to 31 European markets, including Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland. Trishla Ostwal reports for Adweek that the rollout significantly broadens a pilot that had previously operated in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Mexico. The expansion comes …
Reddit is testing videos that use AI generated voices to read selected text posts and comments aloud. The feature presents a thread as a short video, with the spoken text highlighted on screen as the narration progresses. Jay Peters reports for The Verge that Reddit is manually choosing which existing posts become videos. The experiment …
OpenAI’s enterprise business now generates more revenue than its ChatGPT-led consumer operations, according to comments by chief financial officer Sarah Friar to investors. Kate Rooney reports for CNBC that Friar said the company began the year with revenue split roughly 60% consumer and 40% enterprise, but business demand grew faster than expected. Friar told investors …
Stripe plans to acquire OpenRouter, the AI model marketplace and gateway used by developers and companies to access models from multiple providers. OpenRouter announces in an official blog post that the deal remains subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the coming weeks. The company says its product, name, mission and …
Spotify plans to introduce labels for artist profiles that it determines do not represent real people. Starting in mid-September, profiles identified as artificial identities will receive an “AI Persona” badge across the streaming service. Emma Roth reports for The Verge that the platform will also keep music from these profiles out of editorial selections and …
Google is introducing a setting that lets users remove visible watermarks from AI generated images, videos and music created in Gemini and Flow. Emma Roth reports for The Verge that the option controls the small sparkle symbol shown in the lower right corner of media produced with Google’s Nano Banana and Omni models. Users can …
Twitch plans to use videos streamed on its platform to help train Amazon’s generative AI models, unless creators switch off a new setting. Amanda Silberling reports for TechCrunch that the policy has prompted strong criticism because creators are included by default. Recorded livestreams can provide Amazon with large volumes of video and audio, including footage …