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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 This sentiment reflects the growing tension between rapid technological advancement and outdated legal frameworks.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

‘Fairly Trained’ debuts tougher standards for ethical AI certification 

Many AI developers use architectures that include more than one model. These models serve different functions in the AI technology the company is building. So far, Fairly Trained has offered developers certification badges based on specific models they use. Now, however, the non-profit will be issuing new badges to certified companies, and those companies “will be required to be transparent with users about which elements of their architecture are and are not certified.”

Source: Music AI platforms can get a ‘Fairly Trained’ certification for meeting ethical standards. Those standards just got tougher.

Apple Music for Artists Adds Radio Monitoring for 40,000+ Stations

Apple says it offers radio monitoring for 40,000 radio stations from more than 200 countries and regions. Radio Spins data is integrated throughout the Apple Music for Artists experience so artists can see which stations and regions are giving their music air time. The Trends page offers more detailed data, such as the stations that are spinning an artists’ music the most, or which songs from an artists’ catalog are receiving the most plays across all monitored stations.

Source: Apple Music for Artists Adds Radio Monitoring for 40,000+ Stations

Meta won’t release its multimodal Llama AI model in the EU

Meta says it won’t be launching its upcoming multimodal AI model — capable of handling video, audio, images, and text — in the European Union, citing regulatory concerns. The decision will prevent European companies from using the multimodal model, despite it being released under an open license. “We will release a multimodal Llama model over the coming months, but not in the EU due to the unpredictable nature of the European regulatory environment,” Meta spokesperson Kate McLaughlin said.

Source: Meta won’t release its multimodal Llama AI model in the EU

The Death of MTV News and What It Means for Digital Archives

This action sets a dangerous precedent for the preservation of digital media. As our world moves more and more online, the role of media companies in maintaining accessible archives becomes increasingly crucial. The deletion of these archives can lead to a cultural amnesia, where future generations lack the resources to learn from past media landscapes, understand the evolution of societal norms, and appreciate the artistry and creativity that characterized different eras.

Source: The Death of MTV News and What It Means for Digital Archives: Guest Column

AI Content Detectors Don’t Work (The Biggest Mistakes They Have Made)

A copywriter ran the Declaration of Independence through an AI content detector. The result? It’s 98.51% AI-generated, despite being written in 1776. But is this mistake a one-off, or reflective of AI content detectors in general? “AI content detectors don’t work,” said Dianna Mason, SEO content specialist whose research uncovered the Declaration of Independence assessment.

Source: AI Content Detectors Don’t Work (The Biggest Mistakes They Have Made)

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