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This new AI answer engine plans to pay media companies for their content

Similar to Perplexity, ProRata’s answer engine will cite its sources, but takes a slightly different approach. Built on Meta’s Llama as its foundational large language model, ProRata’s search will only perform retrieval-augmented generation on content that it has licensed. ProRata’s answer engine also uses proprietary attribution algorithms designed to calculate how much any given publisher’s content contributed to an answer.

Source: This new AI answer engine plans to pay media companies for their content

Hollywood writers AI strike negotiator warns EU, US to remain on guard

EU politicians should remain on guard for the impact of the EU AI Act since its effects remain to be seen, the key negotiator behind a 148-day strike by Hollywood writers whose effects rippled beyond California warned in Brussels. Ellen Stutzman, executive director of the Writers Guild of America West (WGA), led negotiations on behalf of 11,500 screenwriters against producers of series and films.

Source: Hollywood writers AI strike negotiator warns EU, US to remain on guard

Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds Sounds

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, sees the technology as a way to accelerate the work of Hollywood moviemakers and online creators. Like OpenAI, it has started testing the technology with a small group of professionals. Though many believe the technology could speed the work of seasoned moviemakers, it could also replace less experienced digital artists.

Source: Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds 

Generative AI & Licensing: A Special Report

To date, more than two dozen content owner deals with AI developers have been publicly confirmed, according to VIP+ research. A diverse range of publisher types are now engaged in licensing, with dealmaking rampant among news publishers, stock image companies and platforms such as Reddit and Stack Overflow. Yet the licensing market for generative AI is coming to fruition in a contentious and uncertain legal environment.

Source: Generative AI & Licensing: A Special Report

European Commission appoints 13 experts to draft AI Code 

The European Commission has today announced the list of independent experts from the EU, US and Canada tasked to lead work on drafting a Code of Practice on General Purpose Artificial Intelligence, which includes language models such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The EU’s AI Act, which entered into force last month – provides stringent rules for providers of GPAI models, which will become effective in August 2025.

Source: European Commission appoints 13 experts to draft AI Code 

Rethinking Photography in the Age of AI 

After Instagram instituted a label on images to clearly identify those that were AI-generated, many photographers stood up in arms, angry that it also included images retouched using AI. “It is not the same,” they say. “Retouching,” they say, “is not generating, and our images should not be classified as such.” Photographers are angry that their images carry this label because it implies their images are fake and untrustworthy.

Source: Rethinking Photography in the Age of AI – Kaptur

California Forces a Rethink of A.I. Regulation

The most sweeping effort yet to regulate artificial intelligence, a California bill that could have informed laws around the world, is going back to the drawing board. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the legislation, known as S.B. 1047 — under strong pressure from Silicon Valley giants. Now, governments must again try to figure out the best way to rein in the fast-growing technology’s excesses, while letting innovation flourish.

Source: California Forces a Rethink of A.I. Regulation

Major music companies, urging Canada’s CRTC not to regulate streaming as if it were radio

Industry groups representing major record companies and streaming platforms have a message for Canada’s telecom regulator: streaming is not radio, and shouldn’t be regulated as if it were. The groups were responding to the CRTC’s recent series of workshops on implementing new rules governing streaming services. Under those rules, streaming services that are not Canadian-owned are required to pay 5% of revenue into funds that subsidize Canadian content and creators.

Source: Major music companies send letter to Canada’s CRTC, urging it not to regulate streaming as if it were radio

Startup Runway Giving Filmmakers up to $1 Million If They Use AI to Make Their Movies 

Runway, the generative AI company that recently inked a first-of-its-kind deal with Lionsgate, will dole out grants of up to $1 million to filmmakers working on AI-powered projects. Runway is launching The Hundred Film Fund, an initiative to help produce and fund as many as 100 short films and feature-length movies that use generative AI technology to tell their stories.

Source: AI Startup Runway Says It’s Giving Filmmakers up to $1 Million If They Use Artificial Intelligence to Make Their Movies (EXCLUSIVE)

OpenAI Is Growing Fast and Burning Through Piles of Money

OpenAI’s monthly revenue hit $300 million in August, up 1,700 percent since the beginning of 2023, and the company expects about $3.7 billion in annual sales this year, according to financial documents reviewed by The New York Times. But it expects to lose roughly $5 billion this year after paying for costs related to running its services and other expenses according to an analysis by a financial professional who has also reviewed the documents.

Source: OpenAI Is Growing Fast and Burning Through Piles of Money

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