The text of the proposal requires foundational model makers to put in place a policy to respect EU copyright law, including with regard to limitations copyright holders have placed on text and data mining. Plus they must provide a “sufficiently detailed” summary of training data used to build the model and make it public — with a template for the disclosure being provided by the AI Office, an AI governance body the regulation proposes to set up.
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Europe’s talks on world-leading AI rules paused after 22 hours; will start again Friday
European Union talks on world-leading comprehensive artificial intelligence regulations were paused Thursday after 22 straight hours, with officials yet to hammer out a deal on a rulebook for the rapidly advancing technology behind popular services like ChatGPT. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that talks, which began Wednesday afternoon in Brussels and ran through the night, would resume on Friday morning.
Source: Europe’s talks on world-leading AI rules paused after 22 hours and will start again Friday
WMG CEO: EU shouldn’t miss opportunity to include transparency and record-keeping rules in AI Act
The text from the European Parliament proposes light-touch transparency and record-keeping obligations for enormously popular technologies like ChatGPT. Requiring generative AI companies to comply with these transparency and record-keeping requirements will boost the value of AI in Europe and provide the creative community with the means to ensure their rights are being respected and are not being used without authorization.
UK Patent Office AI ruling: ‘A whole new era’
A recent ruling in the English High Court could be significant for AI companies – music-tech startups included. The ruling last month overturned a previous decision by the UK Patent Office. The change means that startups can now patent their training mechanisms, as well as their final trained systems. “AI music startups couldn’t patent their innovations before because they were being misinterpreted through a legacy vocabulary and understanding,” Dacci CEO Rachel Lyske said.
Source: Daaci hails AI patents ruling: ‘Welcome to a whole new era’ – Music Ally
Alphabet unveils long-awaited Gemini AI model
Alphabet on Wednesday introduced its most advanced artificial intelligence model, a technology capable of crunching different forms of information such as video, audio and text. Called Gemini, the Google owner’s highly anticipated AI model is capable of more sophisticated reasoning and understanding information with a greater degree of nuance than Google’s prior technology, the company said.
Sydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M
Sydney, Australia-based Leonardo.Ai is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users announced a $31 million USD round from investors including Blackbird, Side Stage Ventures, Smash Capital, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung Next. Founded last year, Leonardo.Ai’s founders say that since December, it has hit seven million users, who have generated over 700 million images in total.
Source: Sydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M | TechCrunch
Mistral AI Raises $487M in Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz
French AI startup Mistral AI is set to raise about $487 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz and including investments from Nvidia and Salesforce. Mistral AI, founded by former scientists from Google’s DeepMind and Meta, has quickly gained prominence in the European artificial intelligence (AI) startup scene. The company specializes in open-source software for chatbots and generative AI tools, leveraging the experience of its founders in working on large language models similar to those developed by OpenAI.
Source: Mistral AI Raises $487M in Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance
Source: Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance
AI and the English Major
On the surface, the situation for English majors might appear to be dire. If computers can write (and write well enough that few can tell the difference), what’s the point? But dig a little deeper, and the English major becomes more valuable, not less. “The more the boundaries between human and AI feel blurry, the more important it will be to have somebody who’s been educated with a kind of sophisticated sense of the full range of creative possibilities of the human mind,” said Colby College English Professor Aaron Hanlon.
Source: AI and the English Major
AI-Generated Jimmy Stewart Narrates Bedtime Story for Calm App
An AI-generated voice of Jimmy Stewart, the legendary Hollywood actor who died in 1997, reads a new bedtime story on the Calm sleep and meditation app. The voice of Stewart, who starred in films including “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “Vertigo” and “Rear Window,” was recreated for the Calm story using AI voice-cloning technology. The project has the consent of Stewart’s family and his estate (managed by CMG Worldwide).
Source: AI-Generated Jimmy Stewart Narrates Bedtime Story for Calm App (EXCLUSIVE)