Nvidia buys the open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, bringing one of the most widely used platforms for sharing AI models, data sets, and developer tools under the chipmaker’s control. The transaction is Nvidia’s second-largest acquisition, after its $20 billion purchase of Groq assets last year. It also marks a major expansion beyond the …

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U.S. Justice Department supports fair use defense in New York Times AI case

The US Department of Justice has urged a federal court to treat the use of copyrighted text for training large language models as fair use, siding with OpenAI and Microsoft in their dispute with The New York Times. In a letter filed in the consolidated copyright case in Manhattan, the government argues that AI training …

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EU places ChatGPT under stricter Digital Services Act oversight

The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to the EU’s strictest platform rules. The designation applies after ChatGPT surpassed 45 million average monthly users in the European Union. Reddit and Roblox received similar designations as very large online platforms. The three companies …

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Instagram targets AI influencers that hide behind human looking profiles

Instagram will reduce the reach of accounts built around AI generated people if they do not identify themselves with a new “AI-generated profile” label. The rule targets profiles that can appear to feature a real person but actually use a synthetic persona. Karissa Bell reports for Engadget that creators who believe Instagram has penalized them …

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South Korea wants to put unlimited AI in every citizen’s hands

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 …

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Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over alleged mass song piracy

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 …

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Nvidia reportedly agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

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. …

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Bill Gates warns AI could erase jobs faster than society can adapt

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 …

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Apple Music will label songs materially generated with AI later this year

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 …

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OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads to 31 European markets

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 …

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