A group of programmers has sued GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI, claiming that the companies violated open-source licenses when using public code to train the GitHub Copilot coding assistant. Copilot is powered by OpenAI's Codex AI, an AI model trained on data scraped from web-based public repositories of code. More: - Leading the class-action lawsuit is programmer and attorney Matthew Butterick, who worked with Joseph Saveri Law Firm to investigate the case. The team recently filed the lawsuit in the District Court of Northern California in San Francisco.
- In a statement, Butterick said the suit challenges Copilot's legality and may be the first U.S. class-action case to call into question the "training and output of AI systems."
- According to the suit's argument, the companies infringed on the legal rights of programmers by scraping and using their code without proper attribution under open-source licenses.
- While Microsoft argues it is a case of fair use, some coders have noted some of its code outputs are very similar to what's available in their own repositories.
- Microsoft-owned GitHub argues that the training data was not intended to generate code verbatim; it claims over 99% of the output doesn't match the training data.
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A Goldman Sachs report predicts that the market for humanoid robots could reach $154B by 2035, rivaling the size of the current electric-vehicle market. The financial opportunities of humanlike robots have been up for debate since Tesla revealed the first prototypes of its Optimus robot in September. More: - The bank believes a market size of at least $6B in 10 to 15 years is achievable to fill "4% of the U.S. manufacturing labor shortage gap by 2030 and 2% of global elderly care demand by 2035."
- In a so-called "blue sky scenario," GS envisions a market for humanoid robots of up to $154B by 2035.
- The investment case for humanoid bots is "sizable," Goldman Sachs concluded.
- However, hurdles still need to be overcome for mass adoption, including barriers to product design, affordability, and public acceptance, according to the prediction.
- Markets and Markets predicts the human robotics market will reach a smaller value of $17.3B by 2027
Tesla bot: - On Sept. 30, Tesla showed off two prototypes of its Optimus humanlike robot during its AI Day event.
- Optimus, which weighs 125 pounds and stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, will utilize the same chips and sensors as Tesla's self-driving systems.
- Customers will be able to order the robot "within three years" and "probably not more than five years," CEO Elon Musk estimates.
- He believes the robots will cost less than $20,000 each to produce.
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Israeli company AutoLeadStar, which offers an AI-driven marketing platform for auto dealerships and manufacturers, said it secured $40M to further invest in its technology. Companies can use AutoLeadStar's Customer Data and Experience Platform for digital commerce, consumer engagement, and personalized marketing. More: - Riverwood Capital led the Series C growth round, joined by existing investors PICO Venture Partners, Target Global, and Aleph.
- Its platform helps facilitate dealerships' data-informed strategies and integrate data sales from across sales, inventory, marketing, and commerce.
- AutoLeadStar says nearly 1,000 dealerships in the U.S and Canada, which use its software to automate their systems and allow customers to do most of the car-buying process online.
- AutoLeadStar co-founder and CEO Aharon Horwitz said the company's valuation rose "significantly" since its last round but didn't provide a figure.
- Its revenue has also doubled every year since 2019, he said.
- AutoLeadStar has raised $57M to date.
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Y-Combinator alumni PhotoRoom closed a $19M funding round to help e-commerce stores take better pictures for their products by using AI. The fresh capital will help the startup add the Stable Diffusion AI image generator to its app. More: - PhotoRoom relies on deep learning to identify elements and objects in photos for editing purposes.
- The company's proprietary AI technology transforms pixels into objects and makes picture editing easier for non-professionals.
- The company claims that with its product, applying features such as background blur or removal takes seconds.
- PhotoRoom claims that it has been profitable since 2020, while its user base has grown to over 40 million.
- The round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from angel investors hailing from Facebook, Hugging Face, and Disney+.
- The PhotoRoom app now claims 7 million monthly active users and 40 million downloads on iOS and Android.
Some of this information first appeared in Inside Venture Capital. TECHCRUNCH
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Television technology company Samba TV recently acquired voice assistant and visual AI startup Disruptel for an undisclosed sum. Through the deal, Samba adds new capabilities to its audience analytics platform, including the ability to analyze more on-screen content. More: - St. Louis-based Disruptel developed an AI platform that processes and identifies video and image content on screens in real-time using vision, a knowledge graph, and a facial recognition database.
- The company also created a natural language voice assistant, Context, that works with smart TVs and can be combined with targeted advertising.
- Using the technology, Samba will upgrade its platform with more interactive features such as "smart pause," which will provide added on-screen information about actors and actresses.
- The AI will improve Samba's detection efforts, including better brand recognition, so companies can measure how often their brand appears through paid product placement and organically, said co-founder and CEO Ashwin Navin.
- Samba launched Samba AI in 2021 and is planning to roll out "many new applications" in the AI space soon, according to Navin.
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