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How Apple plans to label AI-generated images 

AppleInsider has learned that the company plans to label AI-generated imagery through image metadata, also known as EXIF data. This means that AI-generated images created through Image Playground would be clearly marked through that metadata. The image source, which typically displays the name and brand of the camera used to take a picture, will display “Apple Image Playground,” serving as a clear indication that the image was created by AI.

Source: How Apple plans to label AI-generated images made through its new Image Playground app

DeepMind’s new AI generates soundtracks and dialogue for videos

In a post on its official blog, DeepMind says that it sees the tech, V2A (short for “video-to-audio”), as an essential piece of the AI-generated media puzzle. “Video generation models are advancing at an incredible pace, but many current systems can only generate silent output,” DeepMind writes. “V2A technology [could] become a promising approach for bringing generated movies to life.”

Source: DeepMind’s new AI generates soundtracks and dialogue for videos | TechCrunch

Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatch

What if each time you watched a movie, it played out differently? That’s the idea behind generative film, a new genre that some filmmakers are starting to experiment with. The idea is to use AI to mix up scenes and create completely different versions of the same movie each time it is played. So far, there’s only been one film created like this and that’s a new documentary designed to take audiences on a deep dive into legendary music industry icon Brian Eno’s career.

Source: Movies may soon use AI to change the story each time you rewatch

Musical AI unveils new platform for ethical use of copyrighted material in generative AI

Musical AI, formerly known as Somms.ai, has launched a new rights management platform designed to allow proper attribution and compensation for the use of copyrighted works in AI training and generation. The platform addresses a growing concern in the AI space: the lack of a system for attributing and licensing copyrighted material used to train AI models, said Musical AI on Wednesday (June 12).

Source: Musical AI, formerly Somms.ai, unveils new platform for ethical use of copyrighted material in generative AI

‘Devastating’ potential impact of Google AI Overviews on publisher visibility revealed

The dramatic impact of Google‘s AI-written summaries on search result visibility for publishers has been revealed through exclusive new research. A Press Gazette-led investigation has found that AI-written summaries were returned for nearly a quarter of news-related search queries in mid-May in the US, with the result that organic links to publisher articles were pushed far down the page.

Source: ‘Devastating’ potential impact of Google AI Overviews on publisher visibility revealed

Meta halts plans to train AI on Facebook, Instagram posts in EU

Meta has apparently paused plans to process mounds of user data to bring new AI experiences to Europe. The decision comes after data regulators rebuffed the tech giant’s claims that it had “legitimate interests” in processing European Union- and European Economic Area (EEA)-based Facebook and Instagram users’ data—including personal posts and pictures—to train future AI tools.

Source: Meta halts plans to train AI on Facebook, Instagram posts in EU

DOJ, FTC Divvy Up AI Antitrust Oversite

With the U.S. Congress seemingly too paralyzed to take meaningful action on artificial intelligence (or really anything else), federal regulators continue to try to step into the breach. Further to our previous post, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are close to reaching an agreement on dividing up antitrust scrutiny of the largest AI companies, according to a report in the New York Times and subsequently confirmed by CNN.

Though not yet final, according to the reports, the agreement would see the FTC continue its current probe of OpenAI and Microsoft (along with Amazon and Anthropic) while DOJ will take on Nvidia and continue its oversight of Google. Separately (or perhaps not), the FTC expanded its investigation of Microsoft, seeking information on its recent acquihire and $650 million licensing deal with startup Inflection AI and whether the deal was deliberately structured to skirt federal antitrust review.

This Is How GenAI Will Transform Media and Entertainment. 

Generative AI “is nothing more than mathematics, probability, and statistics,” I2A2 President & CEO Renard Jenkins said in a recent keynote, attempting to assuage those who might fear that AI will transform Hollywood’s “dream factory” into “a warehouse of nightmares.” Jenkins believes that the transformational nature of this technology is a foregone conclusion for Media & Entertainment.

Source: Renard Jenkins: This Is How GenAI Will Transform Media and Entertainment. (Don’t Freak Out.) – NAB Amplify

Meta to give EU users an opt out for AI data training

Meta will start training its AI models using everyone’s social media posts though European Union users can opt out, a luxury the rest of the world won’t enjoy. The move, which the Facebook parent detailed in an announcement today, is ostensibly to bring its machine-learning systems to Europe. Meta has so far not included its European userbase in its AI training data, presumably to avoid legal conflict with the continent’s privacy regulations.

Source: Meta to give EU users an opt out for AI data training

Mistral raises massive $640M to take on OpenAI, Anthropic in the global gen AI race

A year after entering the generative AI race with Europe’s largest-ever seed round of $113 million, Mistral AI is raising more cash — lots more, like, almost 6X that amount. The Paris-based startup today announced it has secured $640 million series B funding in a combination of debt and equity, taking its valuation to nearly $6 billion.

Source: Mistral raises massive $640M to take on OpenAI, Anthropic in the global gen AI race

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