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Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has recruited three senior researchers from Google DeepMind, according to a Financial Times report by Melissa Heikkilä. Marco Tagliasacchi and Zalán Borsos, who developed DeepMind’s podcast-generating “Audio Overviews” feature, will join Microsoft’s new AI lab in Zurich. The third hire, Matthias Minderer, will focus on AI vision capabilities. The researchers …
Google has revised its AI ethics guidelines, eliminating previous restrictions on using AI for weapons and surveillance applications. According to reporting by Nitasha Tiku and Gerrit De Vynck in The Washington Post, the company removed the “Applications we will not pursue” section that had been in place since 2018. Google’s AI chief Demis Hassabis and …
The European Union has implemented its first compliance deadline for the AI Act, allowing regulators to ban AI systems that pose unacceptable risks to individuals. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the regulations that took effect on February 2 establish four risk categories for AI applications, with the highest risk category facing complete prohibition. …
OpenAI is in early discussions to raise up to $40 billion in a funding round that could value the company at $300 billion, with SoftBank leading the investment. According to reporting by Berber Jin and Deepa Seetharaman in The Wall Street Journal, SoftBank is considering an investment of $15-25 billion. Part of the funding would …
OpenAI has formed a partnership with U.S. National Laboratories to apply its AI models to scientific research and nuclear security initiatives. According to Hayden Field at CNBC, the collaboration will give up to 15,000 scientists access to OpenAI’s o1 series models. The partnership aims to enhance power grid cybersecurity, advance disease treatment research, and deepen …
The U.S. Copyright Office has issued new guidelines confirming that AI-generated content can receive copyright protection when humans make substantial contributions or modifications. This clarification came in a document titled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability,” as reported by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat. The guidelines outline three scenarios where AI-generated material qualifies for copyright …
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued legal advisories warning artificial intelligence companies that many of their current practices may violate state laws. According to an article by Lucas Ropek, the memo identifies three main areas of concern: the use of AI for deception through deepfakes and chatbots, false advertising of AI capabilities, and discriminatory …
Researchers at Hugging Face have launched a project to create an open-source version of DeepSeek’s R1 AI reasoning model. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the initiative called Open-R1 aims to duplicate all components of the original model, including training data and methods. Led by Hugging Face’s head of research Leandro von Werra, the …
Y Combinator-backed Origami Agents has secured $2 million in seed funding to develop AI research agents that support human sales teams. As Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat, the San Francisco-based startup focuses on automating sales research tasks rather than replacing sales representatives entirely. Founded four months ago, the company has achieved $50,000 in monthly recurring …
Apple has appointed Kim Vorrath, a 36-year company veteran, to help improve its artificial intelligence capabilities and Siri digital assistant. According to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman, Vorrath joins Apple’s AI division as a top deputy to AI chief John Giannandrea. The move comes as Apple aims to catch up with competitors like OpenAI, …