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An AI action plan submitted to the UK government by angel investor Matt Clifford recommends reducing cost and complexity of visas for AI experts and creating special zones for data centres to support the UK’s artificial intelligence sector. Commissioned by Science and Tech Secretary Peter Kyle in July, the report is based on Clifford’s consultations …
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced a collaboration with AI company Klay Vision to ethically train generative AI music models using UMG’s data, as reported by Emilia David. The partnership aims to create AI-generated music that respects copyright and includes protections for human creators’ likeness rights. Despite previously suing AI companies for using its data, …
OpenAI generates roughly 75% of its revenue from consumer subscriptions to products like its ChatGPT chatbot, with paid plans starting at $20 per month, according to CFO Sarah Friar in an interview with Bloomberg TV. Friar said ChatGPT has 250 million weekly active users, with a 5-6% conversion rate from free to paid. While OpenAI …
Humane, a San Francisco-based startup co-founded by former Apple engineers Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri, is now focusing on licensing its AI operating system CosmOS after the release of its AI Pin wearable device received significant criticism. As reported by Om Malik, the AI Pin faced issues such as poor battery life, heating problems, and …
Apple has announced that it will begin rolling out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union in April 2025, Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. The rollout will include core features such as Writing Tools, Genmoji, a redesigned Siri with enhanced language understanding, ChatGPT integration, and more. EU Mac users can …
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released version 1.0 of its Open Source AI Definition (OSAID), establishing the first industry standard for determining whether an AI system can be considered truly open source. Developed through years of collaboration with academia and industry, the OSAID requires open source AI to provide sufficient information to substantially recreate …
Researchers have discovered that Whisper, an AI-powered transcription tool used in various industries including healthcare, is prone to making up text or entire sentences, known as hallucinations. According to interviews with software engineers, developers, and academic researchers by AP, these hallucinations can include problematic content such as racial commentary, violent rhetoric, and imagined medical treatments. …
Meta has entered into a multi-year agreement with Reuters to integrate the news agency’s content into its AI chatbot, enabling users to receive real-time answers to queries about news and current events. According to Axios, users of Meta’s AI chatbot feature in the U.S. will have access to Reuters’ journalism when asking questions, with answers …
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has responded to an exclusive report by The Verge journalists Kylie Robison and Tom Warren, which claimed that the company plans to launch a new frontier AI model codenamed Orion by December, calling it “fake news out of control” on X (formerly Twitter). The report, citing sources familiar with the plan, …
OpenAI plans to release its next major AI model, called Orion, by December, The Verge has learned. Unlike previous releases, Orion will first be made available to companies to build their own products and features. The model is said to be more powerful than GPT-4, and is seen as a step toward artificial general intelligence …