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Meta to resume AI training in UK after regulatory pause

Meta will begin using publicly shared content from adult users in the UK on Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence models. The company will use publicly available information, such as adult users’ posts, comments, photos, and captions on both platforms. In July, Meta paused AI releases in the European Union following the Irish Data Protection Commission’s orders to halt its AI assistant rollout in the EU due to data privacy concerns.

Source: Meta to resume AI training in UK after regulatory pause

AI Explained: Inside the World of Datasets 

Artificial intelligence datasets form the bedrock of modern systems. As tech giants and researchers push the boundaries of machine capabilities, the data they use quietly shapes the future of technology — for better or worse. The more relevant, high-quality information an AI system processes, the better it performs. This reality has sparked intense competition for data, with companies racing to amass ever-larger collections of text, images and other information.

Source: AI Explained: Inside the World of Datasets | PYMNTS.com

Federal Lawmaker Urges Mechanical Licensing Collective Reforms

SGA, MCNA, and the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) today reached out with a formal release doubling down on demands for “much-needed operational and structural improvements” to the Mechanical Licensing Collective. Those improvements were most recently described by Representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) in a letter to Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter late last month.

Source: Federal Lawmaker Urges Mechanical Licensing Collective Reforms

AllTrack Becomes Fourth U.S. PRO Accepted By CISAC

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors & Composers (CISAC) has integrated AllTrack with its exclusive data exchange tools. AllTrack has joined ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC as fellow U.S.-based PROs affiliated with CISAC. Common Information System tools has made it seamless for collection societies around the world to connect directly with AllTrack.

Source: AllTrack Becomes Fourth U.S. PRO Accepted By CISAC

Sony is excited about its new blockchain platform, Soneium – and music could play a big part in its future

Sony has announced plans to launch a new blockchain platform, Soneium, with plans to integrate the company’s various businesses and intellectual property, potentially including its music catalog. Developed by Sony’s Singapore-headquartered joint venture with Startale Labs, Sony Block Solution Labs, Soneium is described as the “infrastructure network that forms the basis of Web3“.

Source: Sony is excited about its new blockchain platform, Soneium – and music could play a big part in its future

Condé Nast Inks Multiyear OpenAI Deal for Its Magazine Brands

As part of the partnership, content from Vogue, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, GQ, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Wired, Bon Appétit and more will be used within OpenAI products, including ChatGPT and the company’s Search GPT prototype, a new search feature which offers direct links to news stories. The company plans to eventually integrate it directly into ChatGPT.

Source: Condé Nast Inks Multiyear OpenAI Deal for Its Magazine Brands

A new web crawler launched by Meta is quietly scraping the web for AI training data

The crawler, named the Meta External Agent, was launched last month according to three firms that track web scrapers and bots across the web. The automated bot essentially copies, or “scrapes,” all the data that is publicly displayed on websites, for example the text in news articles or the conversations in online discussion groups.

Source: A new web crawler launched by Meta last month is quietly scraping the web for AI training data

Survey: 84% of tech execs back copyright law overhaul for AI era

The survey, which polled 307 U.S. adults in director-level positions or higher, found that an overwhelming 84% of data, privacy, and AI decision-makers support updating U.S. copyright laws to protect against AI. This sentiment reflects the growing tension between rapid technological advancement and outdated legal frameworks.

Source: Survey: 84% of tech execs back copyright law overhaul for AI era

OpenAI has a ‘highly accurate’ tool to detect AI content, but no release plans

OpenAI appears to be holding back a new “highly accurate” tool capable of detecting content generated by ChatGPT over concerns that it could be tampered with or cause non-English users to avoid generating text with artificial intelligence models. The company mentioned it was working on various methods to detect content generated specifically by its products in a blog post back in May.

Source: OpenAI has a ‘highly accurate’ tool to detect AI content, but no release plans

Faceoff: Auditable AI Versus the AI Blackbox Problem

Companies that can’t see how AI is making each decision are at risk financially, reputationally, and legally. The prevailing atmosphere of ignorance — one formed from illogical fear and the other from a lack of information — is untenable. But breaking the AI black box seems undoable. And yet remarkable progress has been made in making AI auditable — an important step in coaxing AI to reveal its secrets.

Source: Faceoff: Auditable AI Versus the AI Blackbox Problem

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