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South Korea plans to offer its entire population free access to premium generative AI services through a new government initiative called “AI for All.” Jiyoung Sohn reports for The Wall Street Journal that the program is designed to treat AI more like a public utility while strengthening the country’s technological independence. The government has selected …
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic, CEO Dario Amodei, and cofounder Benjamin Mann, alleging that Claude was built and operated using tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission. Tim Ingham reports for Music Business Worldwide that the case was filed in federal court in Northern California. It adds Sony and …
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 …