AI Edition - It's AI Time - 17 [01-05-2024]

 AI Edition - It's AI Time - 17

As more publishers strike licensing deals with OpenAI, eight more U.S. newspapers sue for copyright infringement.

Just one day after the Financial Times announced it had struck a deal for OpenAI to license its content for AI training, Axios has reported that eight newspapers have sued OpenAI for copyright infringement for scraping their articles for training. This is particularly notable because until now, the New York Times was the only major publisher to take similar legal action, filing a lawsuit against OpenAI in December.


ChatGPT will remember you if you want it to.

Are you frustrated that you always have to remind ChatGPT about what you said? You’re in luck: OpenAI announced that ChatGPT’s Memory feature for paid subscribers, which it announced in February, is now generally available to all ChatGPT Plus users. You can tell ChatGPT to remember certain details of conversations and you can also give it permission to learn from chats.


FORTUNE ON AI

Elon Musk says any company that isn’t spending $10 billion on AI this year like Tesla won’t be able to compete — by Christiaan Hetzner


Top tech CFO says AI is no ‘blip or hype,’ it’s tech’s historic moment and his numbers back that up — by Will Daniel


Meta’s investors are worried about the billions it’s spending on AI—but its advertising empire makes it a positive, Deutsche Bank says — by Dylan Sloan


The U.S. and China have agreed to dialogue on AI about risks and safety concerns.

The U.S. and China plan to hold their first high-level talks on AI in the coming weeks to address risks and safety concerns, according to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. This development coincides with heightened tensions between the two countries, including discussions about potentially banning TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned app.


Meta’s AI assistant begs the question: How much is too much AI?

Meta's recent integration of AI-generated search across its platforms has sparked user concern about excessive AI. Fast Company's article suggests that AI has made Meta's apps difficult to use, while a Reddit thread and a ZDNet report discuss disabling Meta AI's search. Users are questioning whether AI features align with their needs and preferences.


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