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Meta is appearing in court today in a significant legal case that could determine whether tech companies can use copyrighted material to train AI models without permission. According to reporting by Cristina Criddle and Hannah Murphy in the Financial Times, about a dozen authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Richard Kadrey are suing the tech giant …
OpenAI has rolled back a recent update to GPT-4o, the default model powering ChatGPT, following widespread criticism that the AI had become excessively flattering and agreeable. CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the issue on social media, stating that “the last couple of GPT-4o updates have made the personality too sycophant-y and annoying.” Users across various platforms …
The Washington Post has entered a strategic partnership with OpenAI to make its journalism accessible through ChatGPT. According to Todd Spangler’s article for Variety, the agreement will allow ChatGPT to display summaries, quotes, and links to Washington Post reporting in response to relevant search queries. The deal covers content across politics, global affairs, business, and …
ChatGPT surpassed Instagram and TikTok to become the world’s most downloaded non-game app in March 2024, according to app intelligence provider Appfigures. Sarah Perez of TechCrunch reports that the AI chatbot saw downloads increase by 28% from February, reaching 46 million new installations. This represents ChatGPT’s biggest month ever and its first time topping the …
Google has officially launched a feature that adds links in AI Overviews directing users to Google’s own search results. Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Land reports that this update aims to help users explore topics more easily. According to a Google spokesperson, the links appear when their systems determine it might be useful for users. …
OpenAI has countersued Elon Musk, accusing him of harassment and trying to harm the company through “press attacks, malicious campaigns” and legal claims. The countersuit asks a federal judge to stop Musk from further actions against the AI company and hold him responsible for damages already caused. The legal dispute centers on OpenAI’s planned transition …
Google has accelerated its AI model releases without publishing corresponding safety reports. According to TechCrunch reporter Maxwell Zeff, the company has not provided safety documentation for its latest models, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.0 Flash, despite previous commitments to transparency. Google’s director of Gemini, Tulsee Doshi, explained that Gemini 2.5 Pro is considered “experimental,” …
Analyst firm Gartner forecasts that global spending on generative AI will reach $644 billion in 2025, representing a 76.4% increase from 2024. According to the report detailed by Sean Michael Kerner in VentureBeat, hardware will account for approximately 80% of this spending, with devices alone claiming $398.3 billion. John Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, …
A new study by the AI Disclosures Project claims OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model on paywalled books from O’Reilly Media without a licensing agreement. Researchers Tim O’Reilly, Ilan Strauss, and Sruly Rosenblat analyzed how well different OpenAI models recognized content from O’Reilly books. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the team found that …
YouTube has suspended the monetization privileges of two popular channels specializing in AI-generated fake movie trailers. According to an investigation by Jake Kanter at Deadline, the channels Screen Culture and KH Studio will no longer earn advertising revenue from their content. The Google-owned platform cited violations of its monetization policies, which require creators to significantly …