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Y Combinator faces criticism for backing AI startup PearAI that copied an existing open-source project and released it under a more restrictive license. As reported by Julie Bort, PearAI founder Duke Pan admitted to cloning the code from the Continue project. The issue arose when PearAI initially used its own license, created with ChatGPT, and …
E-learning platform Udemy has given course instructors only a three-week window to opt out of their AI training program, which has now expired. As Jason Koebler of 404 Media reports, the over 250,000 courses were automatically approved for AI training unless instructors actively objected. Many instructors criticize the approach as non-transparent and unfair. Udemy justifies …
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a controversial AI safety bill. The Democrat justified his decision by stating that the bill only considered the largest and most expensive AI models, without taking into account their use in high-risk situations. Newsom emphasized that smaller models could also make critical decisions, while larger models are often used …
OpenAI is experiencing explosive growth. Revenue rose to $300 million in August – an increase of 1,700 percent since the beginning of 2023. The company expects to reach $3.7 billion in revenue for the full year 2024. This is according to financial documents obtained by the New York Times. Despite the boom, OpenAI is in …
Top AI companies are reaching millions in revenue within a year – significantly earlier in the lifecycle than comparable technology companies outside of the AI sector, according to an analysis by payment provider Stripe. Specifically, the top 100 revenue-generating AI companies on Stripe’s platform took a median of 11 months to reach $1 million in …
The European Commission has announced the first 100+ signatories of the AI Pact. The voluntary pact aims to encourage companies to disclose their approaches to developing and using artificial intelligence. As Natasha Lomas reports for TechCrunch, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI are among those who have signed up, while Apple and Meta are missing. The …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the value of individual content for AI training is overestimated. In an interview with The Verge, he explains that while Meta will partner for important content, it would rather not pay for it. Zuckerberg sees the need to rethink fair use in the age of AI. Meta and other …
OpenAI has released a multilingual dataset that evaluates the performance of AI models in 14 languages. As Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat, the Multilingual Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMMLU) dataset includes languages such as Arabic, German, Swahili, and Yoruba. It was shared on the open data platform Hugging Face and builds on the popular MMLU …
The United States and eight leading technology companies have launched the “Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI”. As announced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York, the partners are committing more than $100 million to harnessing AI for sustainable development in emerging markets. In addition to the U.S. State Department, the initiative …
Russia, Iran and China are increasingly relying on AI to influence US voters ahead of the presidential election in November. According to a report by Joseph Menn in the Washington Post, this was stated by US intelligence officials. According to the report, Russia in particular is focusing on discrediting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Moscow is …