UK Set to Revise AI Oversight Amid Big Tech Data Boom

pymnts.com The head of the U.K.’s financial regulator announced plans to explore how big tech companies’ access to extensive data might lead to improved financial products and more…

EU-Japan to cooperate on AI, data flows

euronews.com The regions will call upon the OECD countries to support safe, secure AI. The European Union and Japan will announce a cooperation between the EU’s AI office and Japan’s…

Meet the French startup hoping to take on OpenAI

economist.com SOME RACES are over before they get going. So it can seem in the contest to make large language models (LLMs). These algorithms power ChatGPT-like “generative” artificial…

G7 need tech trust tests to counter China, Vestager says

euronews.com Tech criteria can include environmental footprint, labour rights, cybersecurity and data security, and should be objective and independent. G7 countries – Canada, France,…

AI deepfakes threaten to upend global elections. No one can stop them

washingtonpost.com As more than half the global population heads to the polls in 2024, AI-powered audio, images and videos are sowing confusion and clouding the political debate Divyendra…

UK unions publish AI bill to protect workers from 'risks'

theregister.com A UK federation of trades unions has published a bill designed to protect workers from “the risks and harms” of AI-powered decision-making in the workplace. The Trade Union…

Meta steps up AI battle with OpenAI and Google with release of Llama 3

theguardian.com Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type…

Hollywood’s AI Concerns Present New and Complex Challenges for Legal Eagles to Untangle

variety.com Technology has been disrupting Hollywood even longer than the L.A. district now synonymous with the entertainment business has existed. From Thomas Edison’s 1877 invention…

Commission presses governments to appoint AI regulators

euronews.com By the end of this year, certain provisions of the AI Act will already start to apply. National governments will receive a letter next week asking them to appoint their AI…

Report: Mistral AI Targeting $5 Billion Valuation

pymnts.com Mistral AI is reportedly exploring a funding round that would value it at $5 billion. The French startup has been in talks with investors about raising several hundred…

UK watchdog hackles raised by AI-cloud partnerships

theregister.com The UK's competition watchdog sniffed around the AI industry with a bit more interest than usual on Thursday at an antitrust event in the US. Speaking at the 72nd Antitrust…

Global Screenwriters Groups Lay Out 5 Principles To Prevent A.I. From Replacing Jobs

observer.com A coalition of screenwriters unions passed a joint resolution today (April 11) with proposed industry standards for the use of A.I. Members of the Federation of…

How Corporate 'Intrapreneurs' Can Harness the Power of AI to Transform Their Businesses and Supercharge Their Careers

benzinga.com Innovation doesn't understand corporate hierarchy and titles. I saw this first-hand when I led the Global Innovation Programs at Cisco CSCO and later advised leading Fortune…

MPs bemoan UK's lack of protection for copyright against AI

theregister.com UK lawmakers have slammed the government for its lack of action in protecting copyright holders against the infringement of their intellectual property by developers of…

Global Screenwriters Call for AI Regulation

hollywoodreporter.com The members of two screenwriter unions, the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE), and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG), have passed a joint…